The primary strength of this book is its breadth. It attempts to define exactly what an automation professional needs to know. It covers six major domains:
: Moving legacy fieldbuses toward robust industrial Ethernet and deterministic wireless protocols. The primary strength of this book is its breadth
Aligning operations with the ISA-88 standard to ensure flexible and repeatable batch manufacturing. 2. Discrete Control and Manufacturing Aligning operations with the ISA-88 standard to ensure
Understanding the Automation Body of Knowledge (Automation BOK) 2. Hardware and Field Instrumentation
: Covering PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and manufacturing-specific control structures. 2. Hardware and Field Instrumentation
, edited by industry experts Nicholas P. Sands and Ian Verhappen, serves as the definitive technical summary for the industrial automation profession. Published by the International Society of Automation (ISA), this comprehensive 680-page text defines the operational boundaries of control systems engineering, process automation, and manufacturing integration. To obtain an authorized digital copy of this essential textbook, professionals can access the official VitalSource A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge eTextbook or order a print copy directly from the Wiley Book Store . Core Structure of the Third Edition