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Market Intelligence Report: I/O Systems

Jeff Hanna, manager of control product development at Intelligrated, and Lee Hilpert, president of HilTech, share their wisdom and opinions on the results of a recent Industrial Networking survey on how industrial users employ I/O points, modules and related devices. We asked readers to choose their preferences on a number of topics—centralized vs. distributed; hardwired vs. fieldbus; reliability vs. compatibility; PLCs vs. PCs—and discovered a surprising rank and file on either side.