Implementation of the USB interface in the instrumentation for sound and vibration measurements and analysis

Author

Podgórski, Andrzej ; Nedwidek, Rafal ; Pochmara, Michal

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radioelectron., Warsaw Univ. of Technol.

fYear

2003

fDate

8-10 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

163

Abstract

The USB (universal serial bus) interface is now commonly used in computer hardware. It assures asynchronous serial data transmission with the speed which is much bigger than that in RS 232 interface. The essay of an USB implementation in the unit intended for sound and vibration measurements and analysis is presented. The aim of the USB interface implementation was to assure fast data transmission between the unit and a PC. The USBN9602 chip of National Semiconductors was used as an interface controller. The software was developed in the measurement unit and in a PC for testing the application. The different modes of data transmission were tested. The achieved results of the tests performed in different operating systems are presented. The conclusions concerning required modification of the implementation in order to achieve faster transmission are drawn

Keywords

acoustic signal processing; acoustic variables measurement; data acquisition; data communication equipment; electronic data interchange; microcomputers; operating systems (computers); peripheral interfaces; system buses; vibration measurement; National Semiconductors; PC; RS 232 interface; USB interface; USBN9602 chip; acoustic signal processing; asynchronous serial data transmission; computer hardware; fast data acquisition; interface controller; measurement instrumentation interfacing; measurement unit; operating systems; sound analysis; universal serial bus; vibration measurement; vibration signal processing; Application software; Computer interfaces; Data communication; Hardware; Instruments; Measurement units; Software testing; System testing; Universal Serial Bus; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications, 2003. Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Lviv

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8138-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IDAACS.2003.1249539

Filename

1249539