Title :
Block-oriented instrument software design
Author :
Rolain, Yves ; Van Moer, Wendy
Author_Institution :
Electr. Meas. Dept., Vrije Univ. Brussels, Brussel, Belgium
fDate :
6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new method for writing instrumentation software is proposed. It is based on the abstract description of the instrument operation and combines the advantages of a reconfigurable instrument and interchangeability of the instrumentation modules. The proposed test case is the implementation of a microwave network analyzer for nonlinear systems based on VISA and plug and play instrument drivers.
Keywords :
computerised instrumentation; software engineering; VISA; abstract description; automated measurements; block-oriented instrument software design; instrument operation; instrumentation modules; instrumentation software; microwave network analyzer; module interchangeability; nonlinear systems; plug and play instrument drivers; reconfigurable instrument; software engineering; Current measurement; Government; Hardware; Instruments; Nonlinear systems; Software design; Software measurement; Standardization; System testing; Writing; Automated measurements; instrumentation software; programming; software engineering;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2004.827310
