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Delfers Engineering · Pre-ICC 2026 research series

Ignition & AI,
without the hype.

Architecture notes for industrial teams preparing for Ignition 2027, MCP, agentic AI and the next wave of operator applications. We separate what Inductive Automation has announced from what still needs to be validated in the field.

Published 22 Aug 2026

Four questions worth answering before the technology becomes another project.

These articles are engineering perspectives, not product announcements. They use current Inductive Automation documentation and public announcements as the evidence base, then explain where we believe specialized industrial applications can add value around Ignition.

ICC 2026 research note8 min read

Ignition 2027 and AI: five questions industrial teams should answer before ICC 2026

Inductive Automation has announced an Ignition 2027 preview and an AI roadmap discussion for ICC 2026. Here is what industrial teams should prepare now - and what should wait until the keynote.

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Architecture perspective7 min read

Industrial AI should complement Ignition, not replace it

A practical architecture for adding computer vision, MES, digital twin context and governed AI around an existing Ignition environment without creating another SCADA replacement program.

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Engineering perspective9 min read

Beyond Gateway diagnostics: the case for application intelligence in Ignition

Ignition exposes rich diagnostics and Perspective metrics. The next opportunity is to correlate them into baselines, incident timelines and application-level explanations that operations teams can act on.

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Vision + HMI architecture7 min read

Computer vision inside Perspective: put visual evidence where operators already work

A machine-vision result creates more value when the operator can review the image, confidence, traceability context and disposition in the workflow they already use.

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