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Integrated Design and Implementation of Embedded Control Systems with Scilab.
Longhua Ma1, Feng Xia2,3, Zhe Peng4
1State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China. lhma@iipc.zju.edu.cn.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 23, 2016
Summary
This study introduces a low-cost, integrated platform for developing embedded control systems. It leverages open-source software to reduce costs and development time for complex control engineering applications.
Area of Science:
- Control Engineering
- Embedded Systems
Background:
- Embedded systems are crucial in control engineering but face resource constraints.
- Separation of design and implementation increases development time and cost for embedded control systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a low-cost, reusable, and reconfigurable platform for integrated embedded control system development.
- To address the challenges of resource constraints and high costs in embedded control system design.
Main Methods:
- Utilized free and open-source software (Linux, Scilab) to minimize costs.
- Ported Scilab to an embedded ARM-Linux system and developed communication protocol drivers (serial, Ethernet, Modbus).
- Created a unified environment for the entire embedded control system development cycle.
Main Results:
- Successfully ported Scilab to the embedded ARM-Linux platform.
- Developed necessary drivers for seamless integration with communication protocols.
- Demonstrated the platform's capability through experimental testing.
Conclusions:
- The developed platform enables the implementation of complex control algorithms on embedded systems.
- Offers a unified environment, significantly reducing development time and cost for embedded control systems.
- Facilitates integrated design and implementation, enhancing efficiency in control engineering.
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