Control systems & automation: Building with the Industrial Internet of Things

摘要

The Industrial Internet of Things is changing the way companies think about automation. That creates new challenges, and new opportunities, for machine builders and system integrators. For system integrators, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), may not appear to be a revolutionary idea. Automation systems have relied on network technologies for decades, often for very pragmatic reasons. Fieldbus networks simplify the design of control systems and make it easier to build, maintain and modify equipment. At the component level, many of the key enabling technologies are exactly the ones companies are using already. Today's explosion of interest in these technologies does have some very important implications for anyone working on the front line of industrial automation, however.