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PLC, SCADA, DCS, OPC UA and digital transformation — engineering references maintained by ASP OTOMASYON A.Ş.
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Automation Systems
Industrial automation systems, DCS, PLC, SCADA, and control architectures
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Digital Transformation
Industry 4.0, IIoT, smart manufacturing, and digitalization strategies
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Energy Management Systems
Energy monitoring, power management, utility optimization, and sustainable industrial energy solutions
17 articles
Field Devices & Instrumentation
Sensors, transmitters, actuators, analyzers, and smart field instrumentation technologies
19 articles
Industrial Cybersecurity
OT security, IEC 62443, network segmentation, threat detection, and industrial cyber defense strategies
17 articles
Modern Connectivity
MQTT, Sparkplug, REST APIs, web technologies, edge-to-cloud integration, and IT/OT convergence
19 articles
OPC Solutions
OPC UA, OPC DA, Kepware, data integration and connectivity solutions
20 articles
Process Industries Solutions
Solutions for oil and gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and other process industries
20 articles
Technical Guides
Installation guides, configuration tutorials, troubleshooting, and best practices
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Recent Articles
Field Devices & Instrumentation
pH and ORP Measurement: Probes, Calibration and Maintenance
pH is the most common analytical measurement in process plants — and the most misunderstood: a glass electrode is not a transmitter with a calibration…
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Field Devices & Instrumentation
Industrial Weighing and Batching Systems
Weighing is the quiet precision of industry: every batch, every bag, every truckload is a weight measurement, and the differences between good and bad…
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Field Devices & Instrumentation
Hazardous Area Instrumentation: Ex Protection Concepts
In atmospheres that can explode — refineries, chemical plants, gas facilities, fuel storage — the instruments themselves must not become the ignition…
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Field Devices & Instrumentation
HART Protocol and Device Management (DD, EDDL, FDT/DTM)
HART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) is the world's most widely deployed industrial fieldbus — and its genius is that it does not look like on…
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Field Devices & Instrumentation
Instrument Tagging and Identification Standards (ISA-5.1)
The instrument tag is the identity of every measurement and control function in a plant: PT-1001, FV-2042, TE-3108 — and the tagging standard is the l…
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Technical Guides
Reading Electrical Schematics and P&IDs: An Engineer's Guide
Every automation engineer's working life revolves around two drawing types: electrical schematics, which show how the control system is wired, and P&a…
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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