An Open-Architecture Embedded Manufacturing Control System

This paper presents an open-architecture embedded manufacturing control (EMC) system based on Windows CE.net, which is a multi-task embedded real-time operating system (RTOS). The EMC system adopts a master-slave architecture, And the Master applies with Windows CE.net, which charges weak real-time tasks, while the slave adopts a motion control card based on Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), which charges hard real-time tasks. The research realizes the construction of hardware and software of EMC system and solves such core issues as NC program translator and simulation. The experimental results have proven the development of EMC system based on Windows CE.net is a feasible, novel and rapid technology course in the field of EMC.