A software tool for designing intelligent sensors

Author

BENOIT, Eric ; Tailland, Johan ; Foulloy, Laurent ; Mauris, Gilles

Author_Institution

LAMII, Savoie Univ., Annecy, France

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

322

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a new model of intelligent sensor, and a set of software tools based on this model. At the origin of this model, studies were made in order to simplify the work of intelligent sensor designers, and to ensure a reliable conception of these sensors. After a description of the context, the paper shows the operating mode approach used to create the intelligent sensor model. Our laboratory has developed a tool for automatic generation of intelligent sensor software and a Windows based testing software tool. This tool uses a textual representation of the sensor model. The testing software can be connected to the sensor via a serial link, a fieldbus or a TCP link. An application to the design of intelligent functionalities for an ultrasonic sensor is presented

Keywords

automatic test software; electronic design automation; intelligent sensors; software tools; ultrasonic transducers; user interfaces; TCP link; Windows based software tool; automatic generation; fieldbus; intelligent sensors; model; operating mode; serial link; software tool; test software; textual representation; ultrasonic sensor; Application software; Communication system control; Distributed control; Instruments; Intelligent sensors; Laboratories; Software design; Software testing; Software tools; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5890-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2000.846878

Filename

846878