Industrial motion control applications using linux RTAI

Author

Chiandone, M. ; Cleva, S. ; Menis, R. ; Sulligoi, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Trieste, Trieste

fYear

2008

fDate

11-13 June 2008

Firstpage

528

Lastpage

533

Abstract

RTAI extension to Linux operating system makes it possible to perform Hard Real-Time (HRT) controls using a commercial PC and utilizing open-source code. This paper details a software installation process, along with the suitable hardware chosen for realizing motion controls using Linux-RTAI. Advantages offered by the possibility of designing and developing motion controls using the powerful tools of high level object-languages (i.e. Simulink) are described. It is proven that the combination of Simulink as a development environment and Linux-RTAI PC as a controller platform brings advantages that can be greatly appreciated in industrial motion control applications, such as: very reduced time for development, diagnostics, design of controls; adequate control performance; cost reductions offered by the open-source status of the operating system.

Keywords

Linux; high level languages; motion control; Linux RTAI; Simulink; hard real-time controls; high level object-languages; industrial motion control; open-source code; software installation; Application software; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Hardware; Industrial control; Linux; Motion control; Open source software; Operating systems; Real time systems; Motion control; RTAI; hard real-time control; open-source;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, 2008. SPEEDAM 2008. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ischia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1663-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1664-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDHAM.2008.4581212

Filename

4581212