Fast Ship Electronic System for Seakeeping Experimental Studies

Author

Piorno, Joaquín Recas ; Roman, Segundo Esteban San ; Giron-Sierra, Jose Maria ; Garcia, Jesus Manuel de la Cruz

Author_Institution

Dept. de Arquitectura de Comput. y Autom., Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Volume

58

Issue

10

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3427

Lastpage

3433

Abstract

In this paper, a new distributed electronic on-board system for seakeeping studies is introduced. The system is based on a controller area network bus (CANbus) and includes motion sensors, actuators for submerged moving wings, an embedded personal computer (PC), a miniaturized inertial unit, and a digital radio link. This paper describes the system architecture and the main system operations along seakeeping experimental studies with a scaled ship. The on-board system can be applied to scaled or real ships.

Keywords

controller area networks; embedded systems; microcomputers; motion measurement; radio links; ships; controller area network bus; digital radio link; distributed electronic on-board system; embedded personal computer; fast ship electronic system; miniaturized inertial unit; motion sensors; seakeeping experimental studies; submerged moving wings; system architecture; Control equipment; distributed control; field buses; marine vehicle control; marine vehicle electronics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2009.2017658

Filename

5061626