One diagram to help you clearly understand the family tree of automated instruments and meters

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Automated instruments truly emerged in the 1980s, when control devices were used to effectively combine industrial instruments with automation technology, and electronic components were employed for comprehensive control. As control technology continued to develop, automation technology became an important tool for the advancement of industrial instruments, thereby enabling the creation of true automated instruments. Emerging technologies such as information processing, network communication, computers, and microelectronics are evolving at an ever-increasing pace, exerting a profound and far-reaching impact on the innovation of automated instruments. For industrial automation instruments to achieve sustainable and stable development, such new driving forces are essential; they enable comprehensive information collection in all directions – in a convenient, sensitive, reliable, and fast manner – thereby fulfilling the original purpose of exploring industrial automation instruments. Moreover, it breaks completely free from the constraints of traditional optics, mechanics, and electricity, moving toward a direction characterized by bus integration, networking, intelligence, and openness. Today, we use a family tree of automated instrumentation to help everyone understand clearly: