QMotor 2.0-a real-time PC based control environment

Author

Costescu, N. ; Dawson, D. ; Loffler, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., SC, USA

Volume

19

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

76

Abstract

This paper describes QMotor 2.0, a QNX based single-processor software environment that allows the implementation of real-time control programs on standard Intel processor based personal computers (PCs). The control program, as well as the development tools and graphical user interface, can all execute simultaneously on the PC due to the deterministic response of the operating system. This architecture replaces the traditional multiprocessor Host/DSP board architecture used in control applications. Advantages of a single-processor system include reduced cost and complexity, as well as increased flexibility and upgradability. Since its development, QMotor 2.0 has been used successfully in all of the control experiments, including motor and robot control, active magnetic bearing experiments, web handling, and vibration control in flexible structures

Keywords

computerised control; control engineering computing; graphical user interfaces; microcomputer applications; real-time systems; Host/DSP board architecture; PC based control environment; QMotor 2.0; control programs; graphical user interface; operating system; real-time systems; single-processor system; Application software; Computer architecture; Control systems; Costs; Digital signal processing; Graphical user interfaces; Microcomputers; Operating systems; Personal communication networks; Software standards;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Control Systems, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1066-033X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/37.768542

Filename

768542