Improve your skills

Your PLC programming playground

Automation systems simulation environment for PLC programming training.

PLC-Playground offers web-based dynamic systems simulation modules to build your skills in PLC programming.

Standard interface

Just connect your PLC over standard IP communication protocols like Modbus TCP or Ethernet/IP

Zero stress

There's no piece of hardware there! Try your ideas with no risk to damage anything...

Practice freely

Improve your skills where you are at any time. You only need a computer and an internet connection.

Your learning curve

Each module is packed with progressive exercises to give you new chalenges!

Step 1

Create account

Enter your email and create a password
Check your inbox to find the confirmation email
Then just sign in

Step 2

Get started

Go to the tutorial section
Follow the "getting started" tutorial
Check othe tutorials if needed

Step 3

Start practicing

Select the module you're interested in
Check the exercises to learn about the module
Develop your own ideas and give it a try!

With PLC-Playground, you can develop your programs and test your code with no hardware. You can then test your ideas at home, in train or anywhere.

PLC-Playground focuses on simple modules enabling you to work only on a specific aspect of PLC programming. It is mainly developped with the idea that efficient learning doesn't only involve strong theoretical knowledge but also trials and errors. You very often learn more from failures than from successes! So it is important to give learning people the opportunity to fail without the risk of damaging things! PLC-Playground is then pretty well suited for this important learning process even if the models are not as complex as they could be in the real world.

For who PLC-Playground has been developped

Focusing on industrial automation
A couple of free models and exercises
Registration required
Tutorials to guide beginners

For students

Start practicing without the need of a physical system. Don’t worry about damaging something and try your ideas. Experiment and develop your skills everywhere and anytime with guided exercises.

For teachers

Demonstrate programming techniques and run live demonstration with just a PC and an internet connection.

For everyone

Curious to understand how PLC programming works? Take a seat and start exploring the basic concepts and build your first programs.