IEEE1451 smart sensors supporting USB connectivity

Author

Depari, A. ; Ferrari, P. ; Flammini, A. ; Marioli, D. ; Sisinni, E. ; Taroni, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. for Autom. & INFM, Brescia Univ., Italy

fYear

2004

fDate

2004

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

182

Abstract

This paper deals with smart sensors that offer data structures and access features as described in the IEEE1451 standard, while they have network interface based on USB. Communication protocol has been inspired by IEEE1451.2 transducer independent interface (TII). A new hardware architecture that fuses together a smart transducer interface module (STIM) and a USB Device, is introduced. A full VHDL description of the device has been also provided in order to facilitate future migration to a single-chip ASIC suitable for low-cost high-performance application. Finally, some preliminary simulations have been carried out to evaluate performances of the proposed U-STIM architecture.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; computerised instrumentation; hardware description languages; intelligent sensors; peripheral interfaces; protocols; IEEE1451 smart sensors; IEEE1451 standard; USB based network interface; USB device; VHDL description; application specific integrated circuit; communication protocol; data access features; data structures; hardware architecture; single chip ASIC; smart transducer interface module; transducer independent interface; universal serial bus device; very high speed integrated circuit hardware description language; Access protocols; Application specific integrated circuits; Data structures; Fuses; Hardware; Intelligent sensors; Network interfaces; Performance evaluation; Transducers; Universal Serial Bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors for Industry Conference, 2004. Proceedings the ISA/IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8143-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SFICON.2004.1287156

Filename

1287156