Basic process control systems—also known as Level 2 in the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (PERA)—has formed the basis for successful process manufacturing for decades.

The problem As continuous process industries have evolved, an increasing number of functions have been relegated to the basic process control systems (BPCSs). Yet many engineers in the industry only ...

There is a basic process control system (BPCS) that essentially looks at the parameters and controls the pressure within the expected range. This system is a series of interventions that the process ...

Safety standards dictate, however, that the basic process control system (BPCS) should be separate from the safety instrumented system (SIS). It’s the level of that separation that’s under debate.

PLC evaluation board applications for industrial process-controlsystems are diverse, ranging from simple traffic control to complexelectrical power grids, from environmental control systems ...