Michele Paselli, F. Petré, O. Rousseaux, G. Meynants, B. Gyselinckx, M. Engels, L. Benini
{"title":"A High-Performance Wireless Sensor Node for Industrial Control Applications","authors":"Michele Paselli, F. Petré, O. Rousseaux, G. Meynants, B. Gyselinckx, M. Engels, L. Benini","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.58","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present the design of a modular wireless sensor node for industrial control applications. The project seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of wireless communication between fixed and moving parts of industrial machines, which impose challenging latency requirements on the communication link. Other important requirements are in terms of processing capability, low power consumptions and modularity, which cannot be fulfilled by existing hardware. Therefore a complete new platform has been designed, including a high-performance ARM microntroller, a WiMedia compliant radio module, a general-purpose sensor connector and a Programmable System on Chip (PSoC). The ARM microntroller embeds a high preprocessing capability within the sensor node, while the WiMedia radio, that sets our platform apart from other existing solutions, allows to have a very low communication latency. The software architecture of the sensor node is based on eCos, an embedded, configurable and real-time operating system. Its realtime nature guarantees to fulfill the latency requirements at software side, and its high configurability enables to easily adapt the node to various types of industrial machines. A complete set of drivers has been developed to port the new platform to the operating system, in particular as for the radio module, the sensor, and the power management. Our platform has finally been tested with an industrial-like application, proving the feasibility of controlling an automatic machine with a wireless system.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117179292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pervasive Layered Verification of a Distributed Real-Time System","authors":"Steffen Knapp","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.10","url":null,"abstract":"We deal with a distributed time-triggered system consisting of several electronic control units (ECUs). Each ECU contains a processor and a FlexRay-like interface that is connected to a bus. An OSEKtime-like operating system is running on all ECUs. We develop a detailed model of this system and prove its correctness. To do so we formally argue about operating system and driver correctness, termination of applications, and the communication behavior.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123271204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Precise Measurement of Wireless Network Roaming Functionality and Network Component Parameters Applied for Automation Systems","authors":"J. Kadlec, J. Beran, R. Vrba","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.67","url":null,"abstract":"The contemporary wireless networks in use have to solve problems with moving wirelessly connected devices. Such devices can move inside a one wireless network cell or across the several ones in the frame of one network or even from the one network to another. The conventional wireless connection types were designed for providing basic roaming functionality. The same functionality can be used in automation wireless networks. Main problems of roaming in automation networks especially in time-critical applications are speed of roaming procedure, and security of roaming procedure. Automation systems are very sensitive to packet losses and time delays in the communication. Securing of communication link during roaming is also required. Roaming speed goes directly against security level and it's very important to specify requirements of possible automation applications to maximum time delay and minimum security level. Roaming process and time consumption of its particular procedures is in detail described and measured in this paper. Based on required parameters to maximum roaming delay time and security level should be selected optimal compromise between these two parameters. The chapter below is focused on the roaming functionality available in WLANs, their main features, basic principles and concrete testing of these important parameters.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134372222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew A. Allen, Sean Leslie, Yali Wu, Peter J. Clarke, Ricardo Tirado
{"title":"Self-Configuring User-Centric Communication Services","authors":"Andrew A. Allen, Sean Leslie, Yali Wu, Peter J. Clarke, Ricardo Tirado","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.23","url":null,"abstract":"The functionality of communication applications, such as instant messaging, has dramatically improved due to market competition. The quest for the competitive edge has resulted in the development of open platform APIs that allow communication applications to become building blocks, or communication frameworks for more elaborate communication applications. The services available through these different communication frameworks can however be quite dissimilar, as revealed from a survey of some of these frameworks. In this paper we propose an architecture that utilizes multiple communication frameworks and the autonomic computing capability of self-configuration of these frameworks. This architecture extends network communication broker (NCB) which is the layer of the communication virtual machine (CVM) that interacts with the underlying communication networks. We provide a detailed design of the proposed architecture and show how a communication scenario can be realized using a prototype of the NCB.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127814707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Searching for a New Non-Invasive Method of Blood Circulation System Diagnostics","authors":"K. Říha, R. Cíz","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.24","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the results of a study of some methods for acquiring data about the complex disposition of a patient's blood circulation system. This applies, in particular, to long-time (24 - 48 hours) blood pressure measurements, without using inflatable cuffs, and to determining the degree of arterial elasticity degradation. The possibilities are described of blood vessel imaging in the near infrared (NIR) and the long wave infrared (LWIR, thermal radiation) spectra, 2D ultrasound imaging, together with a photoplethysmographic curve analysis. Finding a new non-invasive diagnostic method that increases patients' comfort is the final objective of the project being solved.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116478089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Synchronization Utilizing Harmonic Signal Generator for Capacitive Pressure Sensor Measurement","authors":"L. Fujcik, R. Vrba, L. Michaeli, J. Haze","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.60","url":null,"abstract":"The harmonic signal generator utilizing sigma-delta modulation for capacitive pressure sensor measurement was designed in AMIS CMOS 0.7 mum technology. Harmonic signal generator is one of the important parts of complex measurement system for capacitive pressure sensor measurement. Whole capacitive measurement system is based on bandpass (BP) Sigma-Delta modulation. Phasing of harmonic signal and digital sampling signal is main requirement for proper function of capacitive pressure sensor measurement utilizing BP Sigma-Delta modulator. Harmonic signal generator was designed using VHDL. Synthesis of digital synchronization utilizing harmonic signal generator was accomplished in Cadence BuildGates and implemented in Cadence Silicon Ensemble.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125851070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. M. Espiñeira, F. Pérez-Fontán, M. Domínguez, S. Otero
{"title":"Application-Oriented Distributed Sensor Network","authors":"P. M. Espiñeira, F. Pérez-Fontán, M. Domínguez, S. Otero","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.64","url":null,"abstract":"Biological research in agriculture needs a lot of specialized electronic sensors in order to fulfill different goals, such as: climate monitoring, soil and fruit assessment, control of insects and diseases, chemical pollutants, identification and control of weeds, crop tracking, and so on. That research must be supported by consistent biological models able to simulate diverse environmental conditions, in order to predict the right human actions before risky biological damage could be irreversible. In this paper is described an experimental distributed network based on climatic an biological wireless sensors, for providing real measurements in order to validate different biological models used for viticulture applications. Firstly is introduced the experimental network for field automatic data acquisition, as a system based in a distributed process. Following, the design of the wireless network is explained in detail, with a previous discussion about the state-of-the-art, and some measurements for viticulture research are pointed out. Finally future developments are stated.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127280110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Reliability Enhancing Mechanism for a Large Flash Embedded Satellite Storage System","authors":"S. Zertal","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.74","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an embedded satellite storage architecture based on the MLC NAND flash memory chips. We focus on data reliability and enhance it by adapting the RAID5 mechanism to the flash technology. This adaptation takes into account both the application and the technology characteristics : the specific access profile determines the striping granularity and the specific flash technology determines the data placement/management policy. It results an efficient mechanism, simple to implement at the FTL (flash translation layer) level without any use of the garbage collection. Thus, improving reliability using this mechanism leads to improving performance in the particular on-board satellite storage context.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128884625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tunable Current-Mode Multifunction Filter Using Universal Current Conveyors","authors":"N. Herencsar, K. Vrba","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.29","url":null,"abstract":"In the paper a novel current-mode multifunction filter is presented, where changing the characteristic frequency f0 and the quality factor Q0 independently of each other and of other parameters is allowed. The whole design procedure is shown, with the Generalized Current Conveyor (GCC) being used in the initial design and the resultant multifunction filter containing the universal current conveyor UCC-N1B. On the basis of measurement results of this element a simulation model in the OrCAD software for computer analysis of the properties of the filter designed was proposed.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131738834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Fujcik, R. Vrba, R. Prokop, J. Hubálek, P. Steffan, Hana Hornochova
{"title":"A Microconductometer Utilizing Bipolar Pulse Method for Electro-Chemical Sensors","authors":"L. Fujcik, R. Vrba, R. Prokop, J. Hubálek, P. Steffan, Hana Hornochova","doi":"10.1109/ICONS.2008.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONS.2008.59","url":null,"abstract":"The microelectronic measuring system for conductivity electro-chemical sensor measurement of liquid materials properties was designed in AMIS CMOS 0.7 mum technology. The main parts of the system are current source with switchable subranges, the sensor switches allowing change of the current polarity in compliance with the bipolar pulse method, which was developed specially for this measurement purposes at the Dept. of Microelectronics. The most important part of the system is a sensor voltage drop measuring circuit using opamp's offset switched compensation.","PeriodicalId":127732,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Systems (icons 2008)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122245616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}