Modem wireless communication for Ad Hoc continuous monitoring of a control process

Abstract

The primary aim of this project is the implementation of a wireless connection between a micro controller and an engineer that uses a personal computer, to monitor the performance of a control process in real time. Having already solved the problem of wired connectivity between user and the same application, nowadays, researchers turn even more their attention to wireless solutions of this task. The great advantage is that the user can be located in a long distance from the application, in an industrial environment for instance, avoiding all cabling drawbacks. The subject of this paper is also to investigate if the wireless transmission speed of data is fast enough for the controlling purposes of a complex application. As an experimental rig, an integrated hydraulic positioning system was chosen which hosts a micro controller with Bluetooth capabilities on it as the interface between the system and the user. All gear description and experimentation results are illustrated in details in this paper.