Abstract
Early detection of system failure required continuous monitoring of electro-mechanical system which required embedded prognostics devices. Unfortunately, the current research and industrial solutions do not provide a user friendly and rapidly configurable environment to create 'adaptive microprocessor size with supercomputer performance' embedded solution in order to reduce downtime. Developing a solution for various industrial domains can be too time-consuming because the tools and rapid methods for creating embedded re configurable solutions are lacking. In this paper, we present a proof of concept of a rapid configurable embedded development environment using IEC 61499 Functional Blocks. Two test cases, which include an XOR Gate for Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and a PID tank level controller for an ARM based Linux embedded system are used in the paper to discuss the potential of the framework. Finally, a research agenda towards a distributed cluster head/sensor nodes distributed prognostics concept is identified.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 12th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2007 Proceedings |
| Pages | 135-140 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 12th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2007 - Patras, Greece Duration: 25 Sept 2007 → 28 Sept 2007 |
Conference
| Conference | 12th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2007 |
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| Country/Territory | Greece |
| City | Patras |
| Period | 25/09/07 → 28/09/07 |
Keywords
- Distributed control systems
- Embedded system
- FPGA
- Function block
- IEC 61499
- Rapid application development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering