Teaching is a complex task, especially these days with the ever growing number of students. Besides, some students, if not all the group can be studying remotely. We have designed PLC3000 to help addressing this challenge. It adapts to your context and saves you time. So, you can focus on teaching PLC programming and factory automation.
PLC 3000 is the first full web-based platform for teaching PLC programming and factory automation. It only requires a computer with a web browser, connected to the internet. Even a tablet can be used. This makes PLC 3000 extremely versatile. It adapts to your teaching environment, context, and habits.
Your students can start a lab session with you in a classroom within your university, and then finish from home. They can work all the time remotely, even in different countries, as in the context of MOOCs, or because of a pandemic. And of course, you can have a hybrid lab session with PLC 3000. Some students can be with you in person, while others study remotely. All will be using exactly the same tool, and do the exact same exercises.
PLC 3000 is a 100% online solution. No need to worry about installing anything. You always have the latest up to date version immediately available to you and your students. Everywhere, 24 hours / day, 7 days/week.
You can use any computer with any operating system: a PC running Windows or Linux, a Mac with MacOS X, Chromebooks, and even an iPad or an Android tablet. PLC 3000 runs on any device connected to the web. Totally hassle free. Teachers and students can focus on learning, during the whole session.
While most programming tools are complex, we took the route of simplicity. PLC 3000 has been designed with the student in mind. It’s User Interface (UI) is made simple to enable student quickly forget the environment and focus on stuff that matters: writing a program to automate the task at hand.