A simple Linux-based platform for rapid prototyping of experimental control systems

Author

Silverstein, S.B. ; Rosenqvist, J. ; Bohm, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Stockholm Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

10-10 June 2005

Abstract

We have developed a multipurpose experimental control and data acquisition system designed for rapid prototyping of small educational experiments. The system has been designed with an emphasis on low cost, flexibility, and simplification of software and firmware design for minimal time to experiment. Software has been developed for both interactive and Web-based control and readout interfaces. A standard Linux kernel and open-source development tools simplify software development. A common VHDL framework containing a standard interface with the computer´s external peripheral bus allows rapid firmware development

Keywords

Internet; Linux; computer aided instruction; control engineering computing; control engineering education; data acquisition; firmware; hardware description languages; interactive systems; peripheral interfaces; public domain software; software prototyping; student experiments; Linux kernel; VHDL; Web-based control; experimental control systems; firmware design; interactive control; multipurpose experimental control and data acquisition system; open-source development tools; rapid prototyping; readout interfaces; small educational experiments; software development; Control systems; Costs; Data acquisition; Microprogramming; Open source software; Prototypes; Software design; Software prototyping; Software standards; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference, 2005. 14th IEEE-NPSS

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9183-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTC.2005.1547480

Filename

1547480