what could be potential resources for designing Field Instrumentation products ?

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* PREMIER Education institutes like IITs

* Newspaper ads

* Independent consultants

* Linkedin groups

 

@shroff_rushi,

One of the best resources for this type of research are trade journals--at least that's what they are called, or were called, in the United States. These were essentially free (delivered by post) tabloid-size magazines of articles written primarily by advertisers, and filled with advertisements--many of them very, very good. They were good because if the wanted to convince logical, critical thinkers to buy/use their wares they had better explain the products and their use and the solutions they provide, and many of the better manufacturers did just this.

I liken Control.com to a digital trade journal these days--because they offer many of the same things as trade journals did 20-, 30-, 40-, 50 years ago. I can recall working in engineering and design offices where, when the mail cart came around and delivered the trade journals to engineers' desks, the engineers usually stopped work and skimmed quickly through the publication, sometimes bending the corners of pages they wanted to return to at a later time, and then go back to work until they had some more time. Engineering managers, also, read trade journals. Some of the older, more experienced engineers had a set time each week that they dedicated to reading through the trade journals, clipping articles, making notes, circling things, ripping pages out to refer to later. And one DID NOT bother them during this time--it was their time for study and reflection and thinking and wishing and planning and, ..., coming up with design ideas.

I can recall engineers going to other engineers' desks/cubicles to show something they had just read/discovered and then sitting down and having in-depth conversations with others--even calling other engineers into the office/cubicle before scheduling a meeting in a conference room to discuss it with other engineers. That was in the 1990's and it was a heady time in controls engineering with many new products and solutions almost daily. I know of new printed circuit card designs that were nearly in production that were scrapped and redesigned in as little as two or three weeks--simply because of the availability of new components that improved control capability, often at a fraction or the current price, and used less real estate ("space") on the printed circuit card.

So, if you're not aware of all of the facets of Control.com, start digging around more on the website. It's much more than just a forum about problems and principles. You will likely be pleasantly surprised.