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A Wireless Instrumentation Control System Based on Low-Cost Single Board Computer Gateways


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An introductory video for the paper "A Wireless Instrumentation Control System Based on Low-Cost Single Board Computer Gateways", with visual description of the motivatio...

Abstract:

Nowadays, most of the automatized measurement processes are carried out by VISA (Virtual Instrument Software Architecture) compatible instruments, that execute the instru...Show More

Abstract:

Nowadays, most of the automatized measurement processes are carried out by VISA (Virtual Instrument Software Architecture) compatible instruments, that execute the instructions provided by a host computer connected through wired standard buses, as USB (Universal Serial Bus), GPIB (General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus), PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) or Ethernet. To overcome the intrinsic limitations associated to these wired systems, this work presents an instrumentation control system based on the IEEE 802.11 wireless communications standard. Intended for instruments having a USB control port, this port is connected to a gateway based on a compact Raspberry Single Board Computer (SBC) and thus the instrument can be connected to the host computer via Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), easily allowing the deployment of an ad-hoc instruments communication network in the working area or its connection to a previously deployed general purpose WiFi network. Developed under Python, the operation commands, wireless link protocol, and USB connection allow two modes of operation to provide system flexibility: a live mode, where commands are sent individually from the host computer to the selected instrument; and a standalone mode, where a full measurement process can be entirely downloaded in the gateway to be autonomously executed on the instrumentation. The system performance in both operation modes, distance of operation, time latencies, and operating lifetime in battery operation have been characterized.
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An introductory video for the paper "A Wireless Instrumentation Control System Based on Low-Cost Single Board Computer Gateways", with visual description of the motivatio...
Published in: IEEE Access ( Volume: 9)
Page(s): 115632 - 115642
Date of Publication: 16 August 2021
Electronic ISSN: 2169-3536

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