Designing an embedded system for interfacing with networks based on ARM

Author

Mohamadi, Taghi

Author_Institution

Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (IUST), Tehran, Iran

fYear

2011

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

407

Lastpage

410

Abstract

This paper presents a method to design a smart circuit to interface with some protocols such as RS232, USB, CAN, and the most important of all: Ethernet. The main feature in the designed circuit is using Real Time Operating System (RTOS) on ARM series 32-bit processors: LPC2478. Compared with the customary ways to control and data acquisition, the device based on the embedded system offers better features and flexibility, with an overall design for reliability, durability and ease of installation. This paper has illustrated hardware architecture and real time multi-task software process based on μC/OS-II. There are too many usages for such designed system in control and data acquisition systems. Especially, in network interfaces with different protocol layers, it can be used as a smart gateway or router and so forth. As a proof of concept, a simple system was designed to test the designed circuit.

Keywords

data acquisition; embedded systems; integrated circuit reliability; internetworking; microcontrollers; network interfaces; operating systems (computers); protocols; telecommunication network routing; μC/OS-II; ARM series 32-bit processor; Ethernet; LPC2478; data acquisition systems; embedded system; hardware architecture; network interface; proof of concept; real time multitask software process; real time operating system; reliability; smart circuit design; smart gateway; smart router; Embedded systems; Local area networks; Program processors; Protocols; Random access memory; Real time systems; Universal Serial Bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design & Test Symposium (EWDTS), 2011 9th East-West

Conference_Location

Sevastopol

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1957-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EWDTS.2011.6116598

Filename

6116598