Top 5 Control Engineering articles February 21-27, 2022

Articles about Engineers' Choice winners, process monitoring, digital transformation, cybersecurity advice and industrial PCs were Control Engineering’s five most-viewed articles from February 21-27, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra February 28, 2022
Courtesy: ATC Diversified Electronics, Marsh Bellofram

The top 5 most read articles online, from February 21-27, 2022, for Control Engineering covered Engineers’ Choice winners, process monitoring, digital transformation, cybersecurity advice and industrial PCs. Links to each article below.

1. Spotlight on Innovation: 2022 Engineers’ Choice Awards

Control Engineering announces the best automation, control and instrumentation products in the 19 categories of the annual Engineers’ Choice Awards program.

2. Product advice: How remote process monitoring, alerts save time, money

An industrial wireless input/output (I/O) device connected to process sensors, customizable thresholds and remote monitoring accomplish more with less, according to a company with a Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Award product.

3. Digital transformation: An IIoT journey to analytics maturity

A fully-augmented factory allows process experts to manage by exception rather than by reaction. Once companies can manage processes by exception, they have created a smart factory, according to a company with a Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Award product.

4. Cybersecurity advice: Micro-segmentation in ICS environments

Examine micro-segmentation as part of a broader cybersecurity architecture, not a replacement for the current cybersecurity architecture. Industrial cybersecurity system micro-segmentation decreases the attack vector on industrial environments, according to a company with a Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Award product.

5. Product advice on tough industrial PCs

Next-generation industrial PCs (IPCs) that are genuinely industrial-grade are foundational for successful edge computing and analytics applications, according to a company with a Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Award product. See seven attributes of a good IPC design.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com, Feb. 21-27, 2022, for articles published within the last two months.

Chris Vavra, web content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is web content manager for CFE Media and Technology.