Tag: SmartManufacturing

For decades, Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have served as the backbone of industrial automation. They remain integral to the efficient operation of manufacturing plants worldwide. Yet, these systems have a notable limitation: the high cost and complexity of traditional I/O hardware. However, Edge I/O technology is driving a seismic shift, revolutionising the landscape of industrial automation. This shift is revolutionising DCS with Edge I/O across multiple industries.

Enough cannot be said about both the historical and current importance of distributed control systems and their role in industrial automation. It is therefore only fitting that we talk about their continuous evolution and future too. For years, plants have relied on a mismatch of small Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and proprietary black boxes to manage localised tasks. These systems were extremely effective in their time.