This document describes the fifth learning module for the Industrial Automation Engineer.
Pathway Status: This module index is under active development. Available lessons are linked below; additional lessons and assessments will be added as they are completed.
This article is part of the DigiKey Structured Learning Pathways.
Location: Industrial Automation Engineer
Author: Aaron Dahlen | MSEE | Senior Applications Engineer, DigiKey
Last updated: 24 Jul 2026
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State Machines
- Siemens State Machine Series
- Siemens Graph Moore machine pattern
TIA Programming Style
- Enumerated state transfer
- UDTs to Enforce Structure
- Disciplined I/O Mapping
- DB-Anchored Block Contracts
Distributed IO
*Getting Started with the Siemens ET 200SP Distributed I/O