Title :
Block oriented instrument software design
Author :
Rolain, Yves ; Vael, Philip ; Van Moer, Wendy
Author_Institution :
Dept. ELEC/TW, Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
An implementation method for instrumentation software through the abstract description of the instrument operation is proposed. The instrument obtained combines the advantages of a reconfigurable instrument and interchangeability of the instrumentation modules. The proposed test case is the matlab implementation of a microwave network analyser for non-linear systems based on Visa and Plug and Play instrument drivers
Keywords :
microwave measurement; network analysers; virtual instrumentation; Matlab; Plug and Play driver; Visa; abstract model; block oriented instrument software design; microwave network analyser; module interchangeability; nonlinear system; reconfigurable architecture; Current measurement; Gain measurement; Hardware; Instruments; Microwave devices; Phase measurement; Power measurement; Software design; Software measurement; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1999. IMTC/99. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5276-9
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1999.776932
