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  • February 2026

    Leaping off clipboards, paper chart recorders and other manual sources a few decades ago, most process automation and control data came to users through their HMI/SCADA screens and software for at least 25 years. It's just part of the scenery on the long, winding, hardware-turning-into-software highway.

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