PLC Simulator & Automation Lab vs EveryPanel

PLCForge is a complete industrial automation lab in your pocket. Drag and drop components onto the canvas, wire them with real connections, program the PLC with ladder logic, and watch your circuit run in real time — no hardware required. Whether you're an automation student, an electrical technician, or an engineer, PLCForge lets you test your ideas safely and instantly. ▶ WHAT YOU CAN DO • Place, wire, pan and zoom components on an interactive canvas • Simulate a realistic power chain: 3~ AC supply → power supply → PLC → outputs • Control the circuit live by tapping buttons, sensors and the E-stop • Watch motors spin, lamps light up and contactors pull in ▶ MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUITS Build classic control circuits the way they are wired in a real panel: contactors, overload relays, timer relays, push buttons and selector switches for DOL start-stop, seal-in, forward-reverse with electrical interlock, star-delta and sequential motor starters. Wire the control circuit and the power circuit on the same panel, run it and troubleshoot it. ▶ FULL SANDBOX PLC LADDER EDITOR Tap the PLC and write your own ladder program: • Contacts: NO / NC, rising & falling edge • Coils: output, SET, RESET (latching / sealing) • Timers: TON, TOF, TP • Counters: CTU, CTD • Compare (CMP) and math: ADD, SUB, MUL, DIV, MOV • Live signal graph and input simulator ▶ RICH COMPONENT LIBRARY PLC (CPU 1214C-style) + expansion modules (DI/DO/AI/AO) • push buttons (NO/NC) • emergency stop • selector & limit switches • contactor • thermal overload relay • relay • 3-phase induction motor • PNP sensor • analog / temperature / pressure sensors • indicator lamps • buzzer • timer relay • DC power supply • 3~ AC source • VFD (variable frequency drive) • servo drive • conveyor belt • pneumatic cylinder • solenoid valve ▶ FAULT SIMULATION Inject real-world short-circuit and open-circuit faults across 27 components. The safest way to learn troubleshooting and understand how circuits behave when things go wrong. ▶ STEP-BY-STEP GUIDED COURSE An interactive curriculum of 24+ stops, from beginner to advanced: Buttons → switches → emergency stop → lamps → relays → contactors → timers → counters → sensors → protection → motors → VFD → pneumatics → PLC basics → digital I/O → ladder logic → analog I/O → compare & math → SET/RESET → capstone projects. Every stop includes interactive demos and "Try on Canvas" circuits. ▶ CHALLENGES & READY-MADE TEMPLATES • Challenge tasks ordered from easy to hard • Prebuilt circuit templates: Motor Start-Stop, Sensor-Lamp, Timed Lamp, E-Stop Protected Motor, Conveyor System, Alarm Circuit, PLC Solenoid Valve, Analog VFD Speed Control and more ▶ PROFESSIONAL TOOLS • Save / load multiple projects • Undo / redo • Snap to grid • Zoom to fit • Wire labeling and coloring • Build and save your own templates ▶ 15 LANGUAGES Full support for English, Turkish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Indonesian, French, Italian, Polish, Czech, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese and Hungarian. ▶ WHO IS IT FOR? • Automation and electrical engineering students • Vocational and technical school students • Field technicians and maintenance staff • Anyone learning PLCs from scratch • Engineers who want to prototype ideas fast Experiment as much as you like — no hardware to buy, no wiring risk. With PLCForge, learning automation is safe, hands-on and fun. Download now and build your first circuit!

Design and simulate electrical control panels with relays, contactors, and circuit breakers. Wire components, run live simulations, and measure voltage and current with the built-in multimeter.