Real-time remote access laboratory with distributed and modular design
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Article Title | Real-time remote access laboratory with distributed and modular design |
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ERA Journal ID | 3598 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Maiti, Ananda (Author), Kist, Alexander A. (Author) and Maxwell, Andrew D. (Author) |
Journal Title | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
Journal Citation | 62 (6), pp. 3607-3618 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0278-0046 |
1557-9948 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2014.2374572 |
Web Address (URL) | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6967836/ |
Abstract | Remote Access Laboratories (RAL) are online environments for operating instruments and collecting measurement data over the Internet. Such systems are often deployed by Universities to support undergraduate student and are generally follow the client-server paradigm. This paper discusses a RAL system that enables peer-to-peer (P2P) experiment design and sharing. For this, a modular design is required that allows participating nodes to create rigs and host those individually at distributed locations. The proposed architecture is generic and can be used with any distributed P2P network control systems over the internet. In this paper, a distributed remote control framework is presented with regards to a P2P RAL system. The experiments in the RAL require three subsystems handling the user interface, instruction interpretation and instruction execution which can be organized and operated in different manners depending upon the experiment. The key component for creating and controlling experiments are microcontrollers that can be easily obtained, configured and setup for use over the internet. The most popular microcontrollers are examined for suitability to the distributed control architecture. The basic layout of a message-based network protocol suitable for programming the devices and communication between peers for remote instrumentation and control is discussed and queuing and flow control mechanisms are compared and tested for the proposed framework. |
Keywords | remote laboratories; networking; message orientedmiddleware; microcontrollers; web instrumentation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 460699. Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified |
400799. Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified | |
460612. Service oriented computing | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2yz0/real-time-remote-access-laboratory-with-distributed-and-modular-design
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