Standard Linux for embedded real-time manufacturing control systems

Author

Bruzzone, Gabriele ; Caccia, Massimo ; Bertone, Alessio ; Ravera, Gianfranco

Author_Institution

ISSIA, CNR, Genova

fYear

2006

fDate

28-30 June 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The main goal of the research presented in this paper was to evaluate the possibility of using standard Linux for embedded real-time applications in manufacturing as a consequence of dramatic improvements in hardware computing power and free software quality in the last few years. After an accurate analysis of the problems related to making Linux, a native Unix-like fair kernel, real-time, laboratory tests showed that a large variety of applications (up to 1 KHz) can be implemented using Linux and commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. A practical example of the control system of a marking machine for steelworks is reported and discussed

Keywords

Linux; control engineering computing; embedded systems; hammers (machines); manufacturing systems; Unix-like fair kernel; commercial-of-the-shelf hardware; embedded real-time manufacturing control system; hardware computing power; marking machine; software quality; standard Linux; steelwork; Application software; Computer aided manufacturing; Control systems; Embedded computing; Hardware; Linux; Pulp manufacturing; Real time systems; Software quality; Software standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Automation, 2006. MED '06. 14th Mediterranean Conference on

Conference_Location

Ancona

Print_ISBN

0-9786720-1-1

Electronic_ISBN

0-9786720-0-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MED.2006.328773

Filename

4124912