Emerson DeltaV Architecture: The Best Reference Guide for 2026
I haven’t run Emerson DeltaV as the primary system on a major project. My hands-on experience is with Honeywell Experion
Vendor Deep-Dives
Distributed control systems are sold by a handful of major vendors, and each names the same concepts differently — a controller is an FCS to Yokogawa, a C300 to Honeywell, an AC 800M to ABB. These vendor deep-dives cover the architecture of the main DCS platforms — Emerson DeltaV, Yokogawa CENTUM VP, and Honeywell Experion PKS — explaining controllers, I/O, networks, operator stations, and safety integration as they work on real projects, with the correct terminology for each platform.
Yokogawa CENTUM VP Architecture: The Best Practitioner Guide for 2026
When I joined a multi-vendor offshore brownfield project in Africa back in 2015, my primary system was Yokogawa CENTUM CS3000
Honeywell Experion PKS Architecture: The Best Practitioner Guide for 2026
When I joined a large oil and gas mega-project in Asia in 2018, the first thing I had to understand