Title :
Railway axle counter prototype
Author :
Nikolic, Marko V. ; Kosic, Bojan D. ; Milanovic, Milan D. ; Antonic, Nenad M. ; Stojkovic, Zeljko M. ; Kokic, Ivan Z.
Author_Institution :
Inst. Mihailo Pupin, Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract :
Railway axle counters are used to control occupancy of railway sections. Their typical application is occupancy control of level crossing or open railroad sections within the automatic block system. This paper presents railway axle counter prototype using microcontrollers that fulfil SIL 3 safety level, defined by IEC 61508 Standard.
Keywords :
IEC standards; axles; microcontrollers; railway engineering; railway safety; IEC 61508 standard; SIL 3 safety level; automatic block system; level crossing; microcontrollers; occupancy control; open railroad sections; railway axle counter prototype; Axles; Microcontrollers; Radiation detectors; Rail transportation; Relays; Safety; A/D conversion; CAN; CENELEC; EN 50126; EN 50128; EN 50129; IEC 61508; SIL; TMS570; UART; V.23; axle counter; functional safety; railway;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Forum Telfor (TELFOR), 2014 22nd
Conference_Location :
Belgrade
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6190-0
DOI :
10.1109/TELFOR.2014.7034503
