CAN-bus based rapid control prototyping system for education laboratories

Autor: Roberto Bucher, Silvano Balemi
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 41:9761-9766
ISSN: 1474-6670
DOI: 10.3182/20080706-5-kr-1001.01651
Popis: The central element of the educational activities in mechatronics at SUPSI is the mechatronics laboratory, where students integrate the topics introduced by various courses. In order to increase the value of the laboratory to students and to reduce the cost of its creation and operation, a modular approach has been implemented, which relies on sensors and actuators communicating through the CAN bus as a standard communication protocol. A library of interfaces for many CAN capable devices has been implemented both for Matlab/Simulink and for Scilab/Scicos. Rapid control prototyping techniques can be used to generate code for existing applications or to build new applications based on available devices. Additional devices can also be easily added thanks to a 4-tier design of the interfaces.
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