Virtualization, Cloud Analytics
Moving toward edge computing adoption
For the control engineer, it's worth asking what the benefits are from moving intelligence to the edge and how they can achieve success in brownfield plants.
Immersive mixed reality will power the Metaverse
The Metaverse will be able to help optimize production planning, accelerate designing, improve overall production efficiency and increase accuracy
Virtually designing out problems with 3D simulation software
3D simulation software is moving from being a nice-to-have to a necessity for manufacturers thanks to technology advances.
Edge technologies enable Industry 4.0
Organizations using Industry 4.0 with edge technologies gain benefits such as lower costs, faster speeds, easier troubleshooting and others.
Top 5 Control Engineering articles February 14-20, 2022
Articles about Engineers' Choice winners, edge controllers, IT/OT convergence and unified operational systems were Control Engineering’s five most-viewed articles from February 14-20, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.
Product advice on how software evolves the industrial edge
Edge software with open connectivity and flexible scalability is crucial for quickly creating data and analytics solutions capable of bridging factory floor machines with the enterprise to deliver valuable information and results, according to a company with a Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Award product.
Will the real edge controller please stand up?
Understand and evaluate industrial edge controllers’ makeup to meet rugged, deterministic control demands
Edge control evolution
The future of industrial automation lies with true edge controllers, which combine programmable logic controller/programmable automation controller (PLC/PAC) functionality with general-purpose computing to deliver responsive edge analytics and real-time reaction to insights. See edge controller vs. PLCs, PACs, IPCs: 3 advantages.
Spreadsheets for analytics
Many companies offer software for data analytics to create information and insights from data collected from automation, controls and instrumentation. Most data-gathering software also downloads in a spreadsheet format: Many users have spreadsheets for special applications or quick insights.
Use cloud-based predictive analytics to optimize enterprise
Examples, recommendations and webcast help unlocking the power of existing data, key to enterprise-wide optimization by using cloud-based predictive analytics.