Mark T. Hoske
Mark Hoske has been Control Engineering editor/content manager since 1994 and in a leadership role since 1999, covering all major areas: control systems, networking and information systems, control equipment and energy, and system integration, everything that comprises or facilitates the control loop. He has been writing about technology since 1987, writing professionally since 1982, and has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree from UW-Madison.
Articles
Open controls: Why make it fit now?
Open process automation promises 52% hardware/software savings, 47% lifecycle savings, more capable and frequent software upgrades, along with interoperability and interchangeability. But it requires more integration at first; likely less, later.
Preview, register for webcast on HMI, SCADA, PLC research
Learn more about HMI, SCADA and PLCs from on Control Engineering research and a webcast about that research.
Six Toyota SCADA software requirements; how to select KPIs
Toyota demonstrated how to select key performance indicators (KPIs) among many datapoints available among devices and systems connecting to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software, at the 2024 ScadaFest conference by VTScada by Trihedral. See three elements of the Toyota Production System (TPS) and six requirements for SCADA software selection.
Webcast teaches how to advance intelligent data sharing, analytics
Experts provide answers about helping industrial communication advance intelligence data sharing and analytics for industrial control systems, as part of the Control Engineering “Control system integration” series of webcasts. The April 11 webcast is archived for a year and an RCEP credit is available for those participating live.
Automation creates a better world; SCADA helps nearly 100 ways
At the 2024 ScadaFest conference keynote session, Trihedral executives, part of the Delta Group, touted the power of advanced supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software.
Available now: Control Engineering January/February 2024 digital edition
Control Engineering cover story for January/February 2024 is “Synchronized networks = tighter machine controls, precision, lower-costs,” more than 20 automation and control articles, videos, podcasts and 18 topical eBooks.
New PICMG InterEdge standard helps open, modular process control systems
A new process automation hardware standard, PICMG InterEdge, defines a vendor-neutral, open standard for edge computing and I/O module hardware. InterEdge began as part of the O-PAS (Open Process Automation) Standard from The Open Group’s Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF). See related 4-part open process automation series from Control Engineering.
Eight ways to optimize operations with industrial AI
A digital business platform can industrial customers accelerate through challenges that cross many industries. The Siemens Industrial Copilot for operations helps resolve production challenges eight ways, including with code generation, as explained at the 2024 ARC Industry Forum.
Five ways IT can accelerate digital transformation, OPAF
Part 4 in the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) series covers how Rockwell Automation hardware and software support open process automation and how expanded IT capabilities can influence business outcomes and digital transformation, as explained by Rockwell Automation and ExxonMobil at the 2024 ARC Industry Forum and in related news releases.
Get components, software, help for open process automation now
Part 3 of a four-part series on OPAF implementations: Strategies and tools are enabling devices and platforms using technologies aligned with Open Process Automation Standards. See O-PAS-aligned components list and some project summaries shared with Control Engineering at 2024 ARC Industry Forum.