01Different scale, different job
A DCS is the central nervous system of a continuous process plant, built for redundancy and integration at scale. A Pi node is a sensor-side computer. They're not competitors — until a DCS expansion is quoted for what is really an edge-monitoring job.
02Where the Pi displaces DCS spend
Adding remote stations, monitoring or analytics that don't need plant-wide control. There, a few edge nodes deliver the outcome for a fraction of a DCS expansion — while safety and core control stay on the DCS.
Common questions
The ones we're asked on every first call.
Not the plant-wide control function. But it frequently replaces a DCS expansion that was quoted for monitoring or remote telemetry, which is an edge job a Pi does far cheaper.
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