[Answer] The Confused IoT Dream of Industrial Control (Automation)?

[Answer] The Confused IoT Dream of Industrial Control (Automation)?

In my personal view, the original poster is thinking in the right direction. Based on my more than ten years of experience and understanding, industrial control, despite its seemingly rigorous and mysterious nature, will also step down from its pedestal and make its way into ordinary households. Of course, this may take quite a long time.

At the root of it, the dominant position of several major manufacturers in the industrial control field is due in part to objective factors such as harsh industrial environments and high reliability requirements. More importantly, however, it is the result of historical monopoly practices and information asymmetry. When electronics and information technology were still underdeveloped, PLCs and DCSs could naturally dominate the industrial sector. But as electronic technology continues to advance rapidly and mature, and as electronic products have made great strides in terms of environmental tolerance and reliability, a transformation of traditional industry is only a matter of time.

At present, technologies such as Android and the Internet of Things are likely to be the main forces behind this revolution. Therefore, I believe your line of thinking is correct and worth serious consideration. Using a mobile app to control a solid-state relay in the main circuit is not unimaginable at all, provided the technology is mature enough. It is quite common for people to overreact to something simply because they have rarely seen it before.