4. Digital sensors and transmitters

Nowadays, every sensor can be interfaced with a digital and/or IT system, which poses technical and standardization problems when several components have to coexist and interact on one or more different material levels (manufactured assembly and operating sub-assembly, production instrument and equipment, machine, cell, workshop, factory, corporate information systems, etc.), or on one or more different organizational levels (synchronization, supervision, scheduling, production, maintenance, quality, program, etc.).), or on one or more different organizational levels (synchronization, supervision, scheduling, production, maintenance, quality, program, etc.).