Development of a “Synchronization Trigger” for the Spanish Oceanographic Ships Based on an Embedded Real-Time Java System

Author

Sorribas, Jordi ; Del Río, Joaquín ; Shariat-Panahi, Shahram ; Dickel, Carl Christoph ; Mànuel-Làzaro, Antoni ; Trullols, Enric

Author_Institution

Mediterranean Marine & Environ. Res. Centre (CMIMA), Consejo Super. de Investig. Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

58

Issue

9

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3323

Lastpage

3334

Abstract

It is indispensable to have time synchronization and event/pulse generation systems on board oceanographic research vessels to control the data acquisition rate of sensors and equipment. This paper presents a pulse generation system based on the aJ-100 real-time Java embedded system with the capability of being integrated into a general-purpose acquisition system of the BIO Hesperides research vessel named LabVir. In the development of this system, a platform with reduced size and weight and networking technology for system control and data access was used, making its integration easy in any research vessel. Furthermore, a logic design for the event generation was implemented, making the overall system adaptable to any future needs.

Keywords

Java; embedded systems; geophysics computing; oceanographic techniques; ships; synchronisation; BIO Hesperides research; Spanish oceanographic ships; data access; data acquisition rate; embedded real-time Java system; event-pulse generation systems; research vessel; synchronization trigger; time synchronization; LabVir; Systronix aJile Euroboard (SaJe); aJile; embedded real-time Java; synchronization trigger;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2009.2022387

Filename

5196728