[Answer] I Graduated in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation, and Now I Want to Study Electrical Automation. What Courses Should I Take, and in What Order?

[Answer] I Graduated in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation, and Now I Want to Study Electrical Automation. What Courses Should I Take, and in What Order?

Electrical engineering and automation are two broad and quite different fields. Based on your description, what you mainly need is to build up skills in the automation direction, with low-voltage power distribution as supporting knowledge.

In terms of study and reading, here are a few general recommendations. Factory Power Supply is one of the few textbooks that is both comprehensive and easy to understand, and it can be used for a quick introduction and overall understanding. For PLCs, practicality should come first: start with whichever brand is currently used in your work. If multiple brands are involved, then begin with Siemens, because its technical support and documentation are very complete—most of the problems you run into have already been encountered and discussed by others.

As for how to study, you can use official textbooks and materials, but the key is to combine them with real practice.

That is more or less enough for the first stage.