A simple Linux-based platform for rapid prototyping of experimental control systems

Silverstein, S. B.; Rosenqvist, Johanna; Böhm, C.

doi:10.1109/rtc.2005.1547480

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“…This framework has been successfully used to implement network based controllers on embedded systems based on MicroBlaze [7] and an ETRAX 100LX 7 from Axis Communications [8].…”

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An FPGA- Based General-Purpose Data Acquisition Controller

Robson

Bousselham

Böhm

2006

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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System development in advanced FPGAs allows considerable flexibility, both during development and in production use. A mixed firmware/software solution allows the developer to choose what shall be done in firmware or software, and to make that decision late in the process. However, this flexibility comes at the cost of increased complexity. We have designed a modular development framework to help to overcome these issues of increased complexity. This framework comprises a generic controller that can be adapted for different systems by simply changing the software or firmware parts. The controller can use both soft and hard processors, with or without an RTOS, based on the demands of the system to be developed. The resulting system uses the Internet for both control and data acquisition. In our studies we developed the embedded system in a Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA, where we used both PowerPC and MicroBlaze cores, http, Java, and LabView for control and communication, together with the MicroC/OS-II and OSE operating systems.

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“…This framework has been successfully used to implement network based controllers on embedded systems based on MicroBlaze [7] and an ETRAX 100LX 7 from Axis Communications [8].…”

Section: Implementation and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An FPGA- Based General-Purpose Data Acquisition Controller

Robson

Bousselham

Böhm

2006

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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“…This way, the same architecture is adapted to the different applications, with obvious benefits in terms of development times and design re-use. However, the customization of these frameworks often requires some skills in object-oriented programming [5], [6] or with hardware description languages [7], not only when implementing advanced shared or network-distributed systems [8], [9], but also for simple conventional instruments. Most of them also embed real-time operating systems, and hence are not suitable for small and cheap microcontrollers [4].…”

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Firmware/software platform for rapid development of PC-based data acquisition systems

Baronti

Lazzeri

Roncella

et al. 2010

2010 17th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems

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In this paper, we present a flexible and easy to cus tomize firmware/software platform which can be used to develop the control part of a PC-based data acquisition system in a very fast and efficient way. The platform relies on a simple network of microcontrollers, which act as bridges between the different devices of the system and the PC. By means of a dedicated serial link, the software application, which has been implemented with LabVIEW, directly controls each microcontroller communication interface (such as SPI, I2C or UART), and sends low-level com mands to the system devices. With this approach, the firmware is the same for all the microcontrollers, it is independent of the final application, and it can be adapted to the hardware architecture of the system with a slight customization of a C header file.Devices protocols and control algorithms are instead implemented in software, and need to be specifically developed for the targeted system. To speed this task, a Lab VIEW framework is provided, which allows the user to build its own application on top of a ready-to-use layer implementing the communication functions between the PC and the network. Finally, a detailed example of the platform application to a real multi-channel thermocouple data logger is reported.

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“…reported challenges when trying to use RTAI for a realtime control platform, and finally proposed a solution using MS-DOS. S. B Silverstein and Bohm [2006]. released another Linux-based simple platform, called MECA, with the ambition to solve problem of cost and complexity of RCP.…”

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Low-cost Rapid Control Prototyping Paradigm

Zhong¹,

Matthews²,

Nguyen³

et al. 2010

UKACC International Conference on CONTROL 2010

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Nowadays, Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) is a term familiar in control engineering. The evolution of RCP enables engineers to quickly respond to the requirements on fast development cycles and complex control strategies. However, a complete RCP platform requires relatively expensive software and hardware. This paper proposes a low-cost RCP paradigm attractive to control engineers who have modest requirements on real-time performance. Through experimental evaluation, the low-cost RCP paradigm is shown to be viable for laboratory kits and small control applications.

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A simple Linux-based platform for rapid prototyping of experimental control systems

Cited by 7 publications

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An FPGA- Based General-Purpose Data Acquisition Controller

An FPGA- Based General-Purpose Data Acquisition Controller

Firmware/software platform for rapid development of PC-based data acquisition systems

Low-cost Rapid Control Prototyping Paradigm

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