Universal I/O: Just in Time for the Digital Transformation
A standardized version of I/O provides users and machine builders with the opportunity to scale systems quickly, but traditional I/O still holds an important role.
May 5th, 2021
Whether it’s called universal I/O, flexible I/O, intelligent I/O, configurable I/O, electronic marshalling, etc., the use of smart I/O enables more flexibility for I/O changes—an increasingly common occurrence as industry shifts to more customized and manufacturing-on-demand production processes. A major driver behind the push for universal I/O comes from large corporations, like ExxonMobil, looking to ease the commissioning process and enable changes to a control system.