Development of Learning Media (Programmable Logic Controller) as a Case Study of Sorting Machine Applications on Electronics Engineering Education Study Program Faculty of Engineering Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

摘要

Today many industries use sophisticated controller technologies such as Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The PLC Practicum course in the Electronics Engineering Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta State University) requires learning media that can provide real experience in operating an industrial control. The research employed Research and Development with development procedures including: (1) potential and learning problems, (2) data collection, (3) product design of the sorting machine, (4) design validation, (5) design revision, (6) product trials, (7) product revisions, (8) expert judgment and users trial, and (9) product revision. The data collection techniques were interviews with PLC lecturers. The instuctional media created include PLC trainer, jobsheets, and manual books as student guidelines. The results of the study revealed that: (1) the PLC learning media consisted of five input and output blocks, namely push buttons, PLCs, sensors, conveyors, and indicator lights and equipped with jobsheets and manual books, (2) the performance of the PLC instructional media worked well on each block and as a whole, (3) the feasibility level of instructional media obtained the percentage of 90.6%, the feasibility level of the material was 88.2%, and the feasibility level based on the user was 83.6%. Based on these results it can be concluded that the media PLC learning is very suitable to be used in PLC practicum courses.