TIA Portal: Improve software quality with a Digital Twin

Description

Are you tired of refactoring your PLC program during commissioning? Do you want to test your whole automation system/machine before downloading it to one or more physical PLCs? If these questions apply to you, or you simply want to learn more about improving your PLC program quality then you need to consider implementing Digital Twins.

There is an abundance of Digital Twin software available for a myriad of applications. However, these often have hefty price tags, steep learning curves and are often not directly compatible with TIA Portal. During this course, we will design a Digital Twin that does not require an additional license. Instead, we will leverage PLCSim, which is installed by default, to create a Digital Twin to enable testing.

This course is divided into several chapters:

1. Introduction
   Course content.

2. What is a Digital Twin?
   Learn what a Digital Twin is with an example.

3. Why use a Digital Twin?
   Advantages and disadvantages of Digital Twin implementation, when to apply it and when not.

4. Simulation in TIA Portal
   How to leverage TIA Portal for Digital Twin creation, and learn about what you can accomplish with this approach.

5. Digital Twin architecture
   Code-along of the Digital Twin implementation.
   *Bonus*: Learn how to separate your hardware layer from the PLC software through layering.

6. Digital Twin visualization

   Code-along of creating a visual screen to interact with your Digital Twin.

7. How to use the Digital Twin
   Implementation of Digital Twin logic and demonstration for a sample project.

Code-along with me and learn how to set up your own Digital Twin in TIA Portal.

Who this course is for:

• PLC programmers interested in better software quality