Which free Siemens PLC course should I start with?

Siemens TIA Portal. It assumes nothing and runs fully in PLCSIM. Follow it with S7-1500 Advanced, and take S7-300 with STEP 7 if you maintain older plants.

Is Siemens PLCSIM free?

PLCSIM comes with the TIA Portal trial, which is free for 21 days and can be reinstalled. Every simulation exercise in the courses works in it.

Is the certificate a Siemens certificate?

The EDWartens Certificate of Completion is optional, paid, verifiable by code and issued after the final assessment. It is not a vendor credential.

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Free Siemens PLC courses with certificate

Every Siemens course on EDWartens, free: TIA Portal from zero, the S7-300 installed base with STEP 7, advanced S7-1500, WinCC SCADA, and LOGO! with S7-200 SMART. Complete, self-paced, with notes, quizzes and an optional verifiable certificate.

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6 courses · 110 modules · 90h 8m of video

FreePLC programmingBeginner

Siemens TIA Portal

From zero electrical knowledge to a working, simulated S7-1200 program, for nothing.

Read a ladder rung and predict what the PLC will do with it
Wire sinking and sourcing sensors to an S7-1200 without guessing
Build timers, counters and comparators into working interlocks

22 modules 12h 53mView course

FreePLC programmingBeginner

Siemens S7-300 with STEP 7

The classic Siemens PLC, from an empty SIMATIC Manager project to a commissioned, diagnosed, running machine.

Build an S7-300 rack in HW Config and read the addresses it assigns
Write ladder with contacts, coils, Set/Reset, edges and flip-flops that behave safely
Use S7 and IEC timers and counters, and know which one a problem needs

22 modules 13h 6mView course

FreePLC programmingIntermediate

Siemens S7-1500 Advanced Programming in TIA Portal

Beyond the basics: block design, optimized DBs, UDTs, S7-GRAPH, SCL, drives, libraries, software units, multiuser, testing tools and worked projects on the S7-1500.

Simulate on PLCSIM and use clock memory and time functions
Choose FC, FB, DB and instance types deliberately, with libraries and versioning
Use optimized block access and know when standard access is still needed

19 modules 18h 30mView course

FreeHMIBeginner

HMI Design and Programming: Siemens WinCC and FactoryTalk View ME

What an HMI is and how to design one well, then two mainstream tools end to end: Siemens WinCC in TIA Portal and Rockwell FactoryTalk View Machine Edition on PanelView Plus, with WinCC flexible for the legacy base.

Design a high-performance HMI: grey ground, colour for abnormal, screen hierarchy
Build a WinCC TIA project with templates, connection, tags, screens, animation, text lists, pop-ups
Configure alarms, trends, recipes, users, scripts, libraries and languages in WinCC

16 modules 10h 49mView course

FreePLC programmingBeginner

Siemens Small Controllers: LOGO! 8 and S7-200 SMART

The LOGO! logic module from unboxing to analog, clocks, display, comms and worked applications in LOGO!Soft Comfort, plus the S7-200 SMART basics in STEP 7-MicroWIN SMART.

Identify and wire LOGO! 8 base and expansion modules
Install LOGO!Soft Comfort, connect over Ethernet, download, upload and test online
Program FBD logic, switch circuits, timers, counters, latching and shift registers

16 modules 15h 41mView course

FreeSCADAIntermediate

Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced

Siemens SCADA end to end: WinCC V7/V8 from project to client-server and SQL, WinCC Unified with JavaScript, faceplates, plant objects and collaboration, and WinCC Advanced/flexible practice with alarms, trends, recipes and PLC interfacing.

Place WinCC V7/V8, Unified and Advanced/flexible and choose between them
Build a V7 project: drivers, tags, structure tags, screens, navigation, animation, faceplates, VBS
Configure alarms, tag logging, trends, reports, users and runtime security

15 modules 19h 9mView course

Why learn Siemens systems in India

Siemens is the most common PLC brand in Indian process and infrastructure plants, and TIA Portal skills are the single most requested item on automation job posts. The S7-300 keeps running in plants built before 2018, so both the classic and the current toolchain are worth knowing.

Questions

Which free Siemens PLC course should I start with?: Siemens TIA Portal. It assumes nothing and runs fully in PLCSIM. Follow it with S7-1500 Advanced, and take S7-300 with STEP 7 if you maintain older plants.
Is Siemens PLCSIM free?: PLCSIM comes with the TIA Portal trial, which is free for 21 days and can be reinstalled. Every simulation exercise in the courses works in it.
Is the certificate a Siemens certificate?: The EDWartens Certificate of Completion is optional, paid, verifiable by code and issued after the final assessment. It is not a vendor credential.