CVIS: Complex virtual instruments system architecture

Virtual instrument system has received amounts of attention and become a common practice in many fields. Virtual instrument is a program that implements functions of an instrument by software which could replace the work of real instrument to save resources. The functions of these systems are limited and they commonly have little related information about sensors, navigation, monitoring objects due to special requirements. The procedure of development and integration often suffers from low efficiency because of non-standard development technologies. In this paper, we propose a complex virtual instruments system architecture which could not only extend the function of virtual instrument but also ease the development process of the system. Our architecture is validated by multiple developed systems. The result shows that the proposed architecture is effective and feasible.