Integrated wiring system for construction equipment

Author

Lee, Jang Myung ; Lee, Suk ; Lee, Man Hyung ; Yoon, Kang Sup

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Pusan Nat. Univ., South Korea

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

187

Lastpage

195

Abstract

Advances in electronic technology have brought numerous changes in design of most types of construction equipment. Due to the electronic devices and electric loads, such as lamps and motors, a typical construction vehicle has many wires and connectors. The next phase of the changes is to focus on how to reduce these complex wires by using digital communications. This paper presents the development of an integrated wiring system for construction equipment. More specifically, an excavator that has more than 40 devices has been chosen in order to apply the concept of the integrated wiring system. After grouping electrical devices by their locations and functions, two communication controllers, i.e., an instrument controller and an engine-hydraulic controller, are defined. Two test controllers have been developed in order to prove the concept

Keywords

access protocols; data communication; excavators; network interfaces; wiring; access protocol; construction equipment; data communications; electronic devices; engine-hydraulic controller; excavator; instrument controller; integrated wiring system; microcontroller; network interface; Communication system control; Engines; Lamps; Lighting control; Network interfaces; Pressure control; Switches; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4435

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3516.769545

Filename

769545