An implementation of a parallel virtual instrument

Author

Amoruso, P. ; Caciotta, M. ; Carbone, P. ; Cencelli, V. Orsolini

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettronica, Rome Univ., Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1997

Firstpage

682

Abstract

In this paper, the implementation of a parallel virtual instrument (PVI) is described, that is based on 16 processing modules and 16 analog-to-digital converters each with a resolution of 16 bits. The PVI is developed under the graphical LabVIEW^TM environment and achieves a maximum acquisition rate of 1.6 Msample/s on two channels. The system architecture is strongly modular and can be highly reconfigured to adapt to various processing needs. The parallel virtual instrument will be described together with the issues related to the realization of a software device driver that enables one to control the processing hardware via C-coded procedures and under Lab VIEW^TM

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; microcomputer applications; parallel architectures; 16 bit; C-coded procedures; acquisition rate; analog-to-digital converters; graphical LabVIEW environment; parallel virtual instrument; processing modules; software device driver; system architecture; Analog-digital conversion; Application software; Computer architecture; Hardware; Instruments; Microcomputers; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Process control; Software measurement; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1997. IMTC/97. Proceedings. Sensing, Processing, Networking., IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3747-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1997.604038

Filename

604038