Modular TMR multiprocessor system

Author

Chande, Pradip K. ; Ramani, Ashwani K. ; Sharma, P.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shri G.S. Inst. of Tech. & Sci., Indore, India

Volume

36

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

41

Abstract

A tri-module redundant (TMR) multiprocessor system for increased availability to a real-time application is presented. The system incorporates three homogeneous Z-80 based microcomputers, each with necessary analog/digital I/O facilities and global communication hardware. The software design is modular in nature and is, therefore, cost effective and adaptable for expansion to the N-module redundant (NMR) system. The retry mechanism has been employed for recovery from transient faults. The number of retries is programmable, which makes the system adaptable to an application environment. The system has been used to drive a mobile trolley

Keywords

fault tolerant computing; multiprocessing systems; redundancy; TMR multiprocessor system; Z-80; analog/digital I/O facilities; availability; fault tolerant computing; global communication hardware; mobile trolley; retry mechanism; transient faults; tri-module redundant; Application software; Circuit faults; Degradation; Fault detection; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Microcomputers; Multiprocessing systems; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Real time systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.20342

Filename

20342