InTech Articles

Browse the latest articles published in InTech digital magazine, plus supplemental feature articles and columns, and featured news from the International Society of Automation (ISA).

Superyachts: A System of Systems on the Sea

  • by Chiara Ponzellini and John Watson
  • July 3, 2024
  • Feature

Industrial-grade HMI/SCADA is ideal for creating comprehensive visualization and control for sophisticated seagoing vessels.

Ask the Automation Pros: What Scan Time Is Needed for Process Control Applications?

  • by Greg McMillan
  • June 28, 2024
  • Feature

Russ Rhinehart asks the automation pros for their thoughts about what scan time is needed in different process control applications.

The Last Word: Making Ethernet Deterministic

  • by Jack Smith
  • May 3, 2024
  • Opinion

For straight-ahead IT data processing, it is more important to deliver data reliably than to be constrained by time.

Talk to Me: Connectivity for Transformation and Resilience

  • by Renee Bassett
  • May 3, 2024
  • Opinion

Industries are evolving from digitalization to networked and intelligent development, driving the birth of the Industrial Internet.

Plan to Attend ISA’s 2024 Automation Summit & Expo

  • May 2, 2024
  • News

Charleston, South Carolina, USA is the place to be Sept. 30-Oct. 3 to learn from and network with ISA leaders and automation professionals from around the world.

A Conversation with Deji Chen, ISA Fellow 2024

  • by Jack Smith
  • May 2, 2024
  • News

Deji Chen, chief scientist at Wuxi University in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China, is one of four individuals recognized in 2024 by the International Society of Automation as an ISA Fellow. 

A Process Data Bridge with HART

  • by Bob Myles
  • May 2, 2024
  • Feature

Smart field devices can enable process control, predictive maintenance and more.

The Case for DIPS and Distributed, Intelligent Automation

  • by Deji Chen
  • May 2, 2024
  • Feature

How a distributed intelligent production system is made possible by the Industrial Internet of Things.

Ethernet-APL for Process Automation

  • by Thomas Rummel and Christian Bräutigam
  • May 1, 2024
  • Feature

With this technology, the digitalization of automation networks is relatively easy to implement. 

ISA Publishes New Book on Nonlinear Model-Based Control

  • by Jack Smith
  • May 1, 2024
  • News

Nonlinear Model-Based Control: Using First-Principles Models in Process Control has just been made available by ISA.