This part of IEC 61010 specifies safety requirements and related verification tests for any product performing the function of control equipment and/or their associated peripherals. In addition, these products have as their intended use the command and control of machines, automated manufacturing and industrial processes, e.g. discrete and continuous control.

Some equipment examples are:

• programmable logic controller (PLC);
• programmable automation controller (PAC);
• distributed control systems (DCS);
• remote I/O;
• industrial PC (computers) and panel PC;
• programming and debugging tools (PADTs);
• displays and human-machine interfaces (HMI);
• positioners.

Components of the above named equipment and in the scope of this standard are:

(auxiliary) stand-alone power supplies;

peripherals such as digital and analogue I/O, remote-I/O;

industrial network equipment.

Control equipment and their associated peripherals are intended to be used in an industrial environment and may be provided as OPEN or ENCLOSED EQUIPMENT.