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Welcome to the official blog of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

Improving performance using cascade control and a Smith predictor

This is from a series of articles reprinted from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions ...
ISA Transactions Jan 16, 2012 10:00:11 AM

Making Sense of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, or MEMS

This article was written by Jesse Bonfeld, business development executive with Sandia National Labor...
Contributing Authors Dec 16, 2011 2:13:18 PM

AD Converters Quiz: convert an analog signal to a digital one

AD Converters are necessary to convert an analog signal to a digital one that our computers can unde...
Mark Weisner Nov 3, 2011 5:39:56 PM

PID gain scheduling using fuzzy logic

This is from a series of articles reprinted from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions ...
ISA Transactions Oct 16, 2011 9:09:50 AM

A Little About Valves

What is Cv ?
Mark Weisner Oct 10, 2011 7:36:08 PM

Instrumentation and Control Systems Documentation: Two generations of knowledge

When you read a book, do you ever consider the years of knowledge that lie behind the words? Collect...
Susan Colwell Aug 31, 2011 9:23:45 PM

ISA and O3neida publish Agent-Based Technology Manufacturing Control Systems

ISA's ongoing publishing partnership with O3neida has produced a new technical publication, Agent-Ba...
Contributing Authors Aug 15, 2011 9:09:55 PM

Wireless Systems and Gas Turbine Engines

Peter Fuhr, a distinguished scientist with Oak Ridge National Laboratories comments on the ISA Commu...
Contributing Authors Jul 25, 2011 7:17:08 PM

Download Your Free ISA Industrial Calibration Worksheets

This blog post was authored by Mark Weisner, technical specialist at ISA.
Mark Weisner Jul 24, 2011 6:26:58 PM

FTPW: Methods to Improve Control System Performance

On Day 2 of Free Tech Paper Week, we're bringing you a presentation from the 51st ISA Power Industry...
Contributing Authors Jul 15, 2011 1:18:59 PM

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