Research on a Platform to Build Real-time Applications for CNC Systems

Author

Zhang, Wei ; Yu, Dong ; Hu, Yi

Author_Institution

Shenyang Inst. of Comput. Technol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shenyang

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

128

Abstract

In CNC systems, real-time applications such as prototyping of control algorithms and optimizing servo parameters are needed frequently. The most widely used software tools to build such applications are proprietary and expensive. This paper aims to introduce a totally open platform to build real-time applications for CNC systems, which is implemented by applying SCILAB to CNC systems in RTAI Linux environment. The architecture and implementation details of the platform are discussed in the paper. In the end, several samples are demonstrated to show the efficiency of building real-time applications on the platform. The platform can benefit users for its powerful functionalities and can be a reference to other industrial fields.

Keywords

computerised numerical control; mechanical engineering computing; CNC systems; RTAI linux environment; SCILAB; control algorithms; real-time applications; servo parameters; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer numerical control; Control systems; Linux; Prototypes; Real time systems; Servomechanisms; Software prototyping; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechtronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, 2008. MESA 2008. IEEE/ASME International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2367-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2368-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MESA.2008.4735753

Filename

4735753