Industrial Controls is an industry that has changed significantly in recent years. There are two main areas: industrial automation and control, and industrial imaging. The current trends in industrial automation and control require more complex tasks, faster production of high quality products and enhanced graphical user interfaces. To meet these requirements, devices need to have precise timing, process complex control algorithms in real time and offer isolation between control and safety systems.
In industrial imaging, the trend today is to an increased number of, and more complex, assemblies to inspect. These trends require faster automated manufacturing tools that are able to capture data very quick, simultaneously analyze complex data, and quickly reject, or flag, out of spec assemblies to remove them from the manufacturing flow.