A virtual instrument to test smart transducer interface modules (STIMs)

Author

Ramos, Helena Maria G ; Pereira, J. M Dias ; Viegas, Vítor ; Postolache, Octavian ; Girão, P. M B Silva

Author_Institution

Inst. de Telecomunicacoes, Lisboa, Portugal

Volume

53

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1232

Lastpage

1239

Abstract

This paper reports the hardware and software of virtual instruments and the tests conducted on a microcontroller-based smart transducer interface module (STIM) to check both STIMs performance and the suitability of a network capable application processor (NCAP) implemented in LabVIEW. The tests include the characterization of a digitizing channel of the STIM and the performance analysis of the system when the STIM simultaneously operates its digital outputs and its analog inputs.

Keywords

IEEE standards; intelligent sensors; microcontrollers; transducers; virtual instrumentation; IEEE 1451 standard; microcontroller; network capable application processor; performance analysis; smart sensor; smart transducer interface modules; transducer electronic data sheet; transducer independent interface; virtual instrument; Costs; Hardware; Instruments; Manufacturing; Particle measurements; Performance analysis; Software performance; System testing; Telecommunications; Transducers; IEEE 1451 standard; NCAP; Network Capable Application Processors; STIM; Smart Transducer Interface Module; TEDS; TII; Transducer Electronic Data Sheet; Transducer Independent Interface; smart sensor; virtual instrument;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2004.831183

Filename

1316011