Wireless sensor systems have the potential to help industry use energy and materials more efficiently, lower production costs, and increase productivity. Although wireless technology has taken a major leap forward with the boom in wireless personal communications, applications for industrial field device systems must meet distinctly different challenges.
That’s where the ISA100 standards committee, Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation, comes in. The committee was formed in 2005 to establish standards and related information that will define procedures for implementing wireless systems in the automation and control environment with a focus on the field level. The committee is made up of over 400 automation professionals from nearly 250 companies around the world, lending their expertise from a variety of industrial backgrounds.