Learning Materials - Siemens SIMATIC S7 and PCS7

Tutorial

Siemens Automation Cooperates with Education (SCE) provides tutorial materials on Siemens S7 in the following link:

• Siemens S7 training modules

Animation / Flash
The following is the presentation on Siemens PLCs for begineers:

• PLC for Begineers

The following links are a flash animation of Siemens S7 (right click to download):

• The S7 Architecture
• The SIMATIC Manager
• The Basic Languages ​​LAD, FBD, STL
• Communication with SIMATIC S7
• Visualization - The HMI Integration
• The High-Level Language S7-SCL
• The Graphical Language S7-GRAPH
• Testing and Commissioning Functions

The following link is the demo for Siemens PCS7 system (right click to download):

• Demo System for Process Automation

Books
Several books are available for good sources for studying the Simatic S7 (note That the following links Provide only the sample pages):

• Muller, J., Neumann, F., Pfeiffer, B., Controlling with SIMATIC , Willey-VCH, 2005.
• Jones, CT, STEP 7 in 7 Steps: A Practical Guide to Implementing S7-300/S7-400 Programmable Logic Controllers , Brilliant-Training, 2006.
• Berger, H., automating with SIMATIC , Willey-VCH, 2003

Master's Thesis
The following link is the Master's Thesis about Siemens S7 application:

• Gulabi, A., Development of a SCADA System with Embedded PLC and Java Application for Synchronous Operation of Standard Servo Drives , Department of Information and Electrical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, 2007.

The following links are the Master's Thesis about Siemens PCS7 application:

• Nordstrom, L., Construction of a Simulator for the Siemens Gas Turbine SGT-600 , Department of Electrical Engineering, Linkoping University, 2005.
• Ugarte, EG, Automatic Status Logger for a Gas Turbine, Department of Science and Technology , Linkoping University, 2007.
• Ljungkrantz, O., Steam Net Simulation with Real Control System , Department of Automatic Control, Lund Institute of Technology, 2003.

Further References

• Take a look on Siemens SITRAIN webpage for self-study courses
• A blog's article by Okartee explained the study path for Siemens PLC
• More sources, tools, tutorials, notes can be found at the Siemens Industry Automation and Drive Technologies - Application & Tools .