From the course: Learning SCADA: Collect, Analyze, and Visualize Data for Industrial Automation

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From the course: Learning SCADA: Collect, Analyze, and Visualize Data for Industrial Automation

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SCADA system introduction

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- [Instructor] SCADA is an acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. It is a term we use to refer to a system that enable us to capture and gather data of industrial processes. But SCADA is actually more than that. The definition of SCADA is to refer to a system consisting of a combination of hardware and software elements, to control, monitor, gather and process data of industrial processes. And also to have real time data processing and analysis features. A SCADA system can be a small system like the example you see on the screen consisting of a sensor, a controller, and a software. And it can be in one location or it can be a big system covering remote locations including multiple devices and software. So the name SCADA is actually to describe the mechanism of the system. It is a collection of both software and hardware components that allow supervision and control of processes data, both locally and remotely. SCADA systems are used in many industries including, food and beverage, manufacturing, oil and gas, power and energy, recycling and transportation, water and waste water, and many other industries. One of the advantages of using SCADA system is the ability to use devices and software from multiple manufacturers to collect and display data, and also to control certain processes. And instead of the traditional way of the limitation of using one vendor for all the equipments within the factory or planet. So using SCADA system can result in significant savings of time, effort, and money for manufacturing.

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