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1. Pad Sen rad TJ EM p uv bu Los I we d a 0 Wine aes Take ELECTRONICS amp TECHNOLOGY INC A FINE TECHNOLOGY GROUP C oser L m SERIES 415 VME CHASSIS SYSTEM Look dy RUGGED ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION D VME VME64x cPCI amp VXI BACKPLANES many power options aoc P MEM INCLUDING DUAL REDUNDANT HOT SWAP NL ee a d REMOVABLE AIR INTAKE FILTERS VECTOR SPECIALIZES IN CUSTOM CONFIGURATIONS SHORTEST LEAD TIMES 800 423 5659 Made in U S A WWW VECTORELECT COM AU Y dl qM Annapolis Micro Systems The FPGA Systems Performance Leader WILDSTAR 5 for IBM Blade The Perfect Blend of Processors and FPGAs Fully Integrated into IBM Blade Management System Abundant Power and Cooling Ensure Maximum Performance Made in the USA Ultimate Modularity From 2 to 8 Virtex 5 FPGA Memory Modules Input Output Modules Include Quad 130 MSps thru Quad 500 MSps A D 1 5 GSps thru 2 2 GSps Quad 600 MSps A D Dual 1 5 GSps thru 4 0 GSps D A Infiniband 10 G Ethernet FC4 SFPDP Direct Seamless Connections with no Data Reduction Between External Sensors and FPGAs Between FPGAs and Processors over IB or 10GE Backplane Between FPGAs and Standard Output Modules 190 Admiral Cochrane Driv
2. JR TES ule offering Available in 3 A 6 A 10 A and 20 A modules A P e the LGA Series comes with an adjustable output from 0 59 to 5 1 Vdc through external resistor trimming Its Land Grid Array LGA packaging offers low apparent thermal resis tance when mounted on typical circuit boards making the modules attractive for power applications such as regula FEATURES tor circuits that drive ASICs memory and FPGAs common gt Wide input range 3 0 13 8 Vdc 4 5 Vdc minimum input for 20 A in telecom computing networking environments Its low Module gt 40 C to 85 C operating ambient temperature range profile also offers less airflow disruption space savings as Enable pin power good signal differential remote sense margin it can be mounted on either the top or bottom side ofthe control board and compatibility with common automated circuit gt 16 26 16 26 mm Land Grid Array package mE E a board assembly processes gt Low profile 3 2 mm typical For more information contact techsupport embeddedpower emerson com RSC 41670 www industrial embedded com rsc Emerson Network Power Embedded Power amp 5810 Van Allen Way e Carlsbad CA 92008 760 930 4600 EM 5 www PowerConversion com go ps100 LPS100 M Series The Emerson Network Power highly efficient LPS100 M Series has a compact open frame design measuring just 2 x 4 with a height of only
3. Consider the user s experience with similar devices and well established conventions Keep the display well organized and uncluttered Ensure that the user can see and hear signals Consider the ambient lighting and noise B Keep labels displays controls and acronyms consistent with the user manual and established conventions for instance PWR for Power Arrange controls to prevent inadvertent activation Use color and shape coding to convey information quickly but ensure the coding follows universal conventions for instance most systems use red to indicate errors so don t display alarms in blue Provide feedback to user input Correctly indicate resets failures or default values B Relieve the operator of complex processes or mental calculations B Don t use software when a simple hardware solution would suffice Consider using dedicated displays to present critical information don t display other data in these areas Adobe Flash addresses many of these requirements For instance consider the need to build a UI consistent with user expectations and well established conventions Flash based UIs are by nature consistent across platforms even when scaled to different screen sizes Moreover Flash allows developers to create highly interactive UIs that use the same familiar UI con ventions found in consumer software applications for desktop environments Industrial Embedded Systems 2009 Resource
4. It s just true We can argue about how much cheaper but that s not the point Shouldn t the responsibility of every design engineer be to design the most robust system that meets the required specs for the lowest possible cost This is especially true for high volume applications When multi plied by the compounding effect of high volume manufacturing the cost savings per system result in quite a stimulus pack age for your company But I do agree with my opponent s comments about Freescale They can handle both of us Moderator Well what do you know We finally found something you both can agree on Unfortunately gentlemen that s all the time we have for tonight s debate I want to thank each of you for sharing your perspectives on this impor tant topic I also would like to thank the audience for attending our debate this evening Finally thanks to ndustrial Embedded Systems for sponsoring tonight s discussion Dave Wilson is motion products specialist at Freescale Semiconductor lt based in Milwaukee Wisconsin He has 30 years of experience working on projects ranging from nuclear pulse processing to artificial intelligence pattern recognition and has designed motor control systems as simple as trigger controls for power tools and as complex as a six axis DSP servo stage controller for a scanning electron microscope He is also the author of several articles patents and conference pa
5. Can be reconfigured through the configuration PROMs JTAG 10 100BASE T Ethernet PC 104 PC 104 Plus connectors or the user 1 0 gt Available in industrial temperature range gt Can be powered from the PC 104 connector or an external 5 VDC source RSC 33237 www industrial embedded com rsc WinSystems Inc 715 Stadium Drive e Arlington TX 76011 817 274 7553 WWW Winsystems com EPX 855 G Fanless 1GHz SBC The EPX 855 G 1G 0 is a highly integrated low cost Single Board Computer designed for rugged performance driven applications It operates over a temperature range of 40 C to 70 C without a fan and is designed for applications including industrial automation security medical diag nostic equipment MIL COTS test and measurement and transportation WinSystems uses chipsets from Intel s long life embedded road map to ensure longevity of the core technology The EPX 855 G includes support for both wired and wire less Ethernet with remote boot capability simultaneous support of both SVGA and LVDS flat panel video four USB 2 0 ports four serial COM ports AC 97 audio PS 2 keyboard LPT and 24 lines of digital I O It supports up to 1GB of industry standard PC2700 SDRAM up to 8GB of CompactFlash plus support for hard and floppy disk drives PC 104 and PC 104 Plus expansion is supported for additional special I O requirements It also supports advanced features such as custom splash screen APM 1 2 and ACPI
6. 1 29 and has a typical full load efficiency of 88 The power density is in excess of 14 W per cubic inch The supply is primarily intended for use in Information Technology Equipment ITE and light industrial systems as well as equipment intended for non patient contact and non patient critical use in low power FEATURES medical dental and laboratory applications gt Medical and ITE safety approved and EN 61000 3 2 compliant gt Active power factor correction with built in Class B EMI filter The LPS100 M Series features a universal 90 264 Vac input gt 2x4x1U form factor with 88 typical efficiency at full load enabling it to be used anywhere in the world and has gt Isolated 12 V fan output with adjustable main output gt Overload protection Short circuit and case overload protected 150 W of power gt Power fail and remote inhibit with remote sense For more information contact techsupport embeddedpower emerson com RSC 41667 www industrial embedded com rsc Emerson Network Power Embedded Power 5810 Van Allen Way e Carlsbad CA 92008 760 930 4600 www PowerConversion com go MicroTca MTC600 Series Emerson Network Power s MTC600 power module series provides a self contained power solution for MicroTCA sys tems The modules can support shelves cubes and other system implementations and are fully compliant with the PICMG MicroTCA 0 Revision 1 0 specification MTC600 power modules are available in DC inpu
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8. Guide 21 Technolog FOCUS Software ideas Consider also the need to create an uncluttered understandable easy to use UI This goal is rarely achieved on the first try the UI design typically must go through multiple iterations before it becomes sufficiently intuitive and understandable for operators The need then is for a tool that excels at fast prototyping Adobe Flash integrates with the most popu lar graphics design software packages used today for instance Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator which are typically used to create graphical elements of UIs it also adds anima tion and visual programming via ActionScript to provide a full blown UI development envi ronment All this makes Flash a superior proto typing platform and helps teams iterate quickly through multiple revisions of the UI Smoother transition The prototyping and evaluation phase where the design team tests the UI design on real operators constitutes a critical step in design ing safe systems Because Flash provides con sistency between platforms it allows developers to perform UI testing on a desktop system or reference platform well before the target hardware is available UI testing can proceed while other software and hardware components are still in development Traditional approach Flash based approach 3 N Figure 1 Compared to traditional approaches Flash offers a faster transition from design to deployment
9. configured from our factory for CPU processing capability video processing capability I O capabilities and or OS configurations to meet your system requirements The Mission Workstation can also be factory configured as a single cluster computer harnessing the full potential of up to 16 3 GHz Intel processors and 32 GB of DDR2 RAM This parallel processing capability is available to meet the most demanding applications The Mission Workstation has been specially designed to be a ruggedized multi computer system with unique fea tures such as custom air filters located on all air cooling inlets specially designed internal dual ball bearing fan cooling system for each individual computer steel rein forced internal structure anodized aluminum enclosure removable ruggedized hard drive caddies full access to all CPU video and I O ports from the front of the unit and reinforced internal cable routing The Mission Workstation is designed to be utilized in the most demanding applications Every production Mission Workstation is tested to a 3G NAVMAT vibration profile with the unit fully powered and subjected to full tempera ture range Environmental Stress Screening ESS with the unit fully powered Other production testing is performed on each Mission Workstation such as 100 loaded CPU duration testing 100 video processor duration test per formance verification testing and burn in testing all to ensure that the Mission Workstation
10. control world since the AC induction motor itself Slip I have worked with induction motors for many years Induction motors are friends of mine And you sir are no AC induction motor Also you do represent a risky approach compared to the simplicity of control that is the cornerstone of my campaign To prove this please refer to Exhibit 1 which shows a block diagram of a vari able speed AC drive utilizing slip control The system shown is based on voltage mode control but current mode systems are also popular To keep from overfluxing the machine during transient conditions the volt age is limited by a predetermined V Hz law as shown by the voltage limiter block Instead of dual current loops Exhibit 1 A variable speed controller utilizing a constant slip approach can be adjusted to maximize efficiency Industrial Embedded Systems 2009 Resource Guide L C Sensors Control with precarious frame transformations complicated flux estimators and risky sensorless back EMF observers we see a kinder gentler control system where motor voltage and frequency represent the controlled variables The desired slip is supplied directly as an input to the system which can be dynamically and optimally adjusted to maximize torque efficiency power factor torque per amp you name it In this particular system voltage is con trolled independently from frequency to provide optimum defl
11. data model Altera FireFighter baseboard Subscribe to the magazine or E letter and National Instruments 9922 IP54 rated www opensystemsmedia com subscriptions enclosure Industry news www industrial embedded com news Submit news releases new products white papers and videos at 2009 OpenSystems Media 2009 Industrial Embedded Systems submit opensystemsm edia com All registered brands and trademarks in Industrial Embedded Systems are property of their respective owners ISSN Print 1932 2488 Online 1932 2496 ENVIROINK The inks used to print the body of this publication contain a minimum of 20 by weight renewable resources ble Ui LL 2009 Resource Guide Industrial Embedded Systems amp conference Advances in Measurement Monitoring Detection amp Control New Approaches e New Technologies New Applications New Ideas Don t Miss the Sensors Opening Keynote Cassini Five Years at Saturn Dr Kevin Grazier Investigation Scientist amp Science Planning Engineer Cassini Huygens Mission to Saturn amp Titan NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL This Year s Conference Program Covers 18 Tracks e Sensor Interfaces amp Sensor Integration e Sensor Systems Design e RF Sensing e Wireless Sensor Networks e Energy Harvesting e Energy Conservation Low Power Sensing e Harsh Environments e Position Sensing e Fiber Optics e Machine Health amp Predictive Main
12. every step of integration is performed within the Quartus II devel opment software an electronics design automation application that enables the designer to integrate and test system com ponent operations in a completely virtual environment In this way the industrial systems designer can start a design from scratch and have a complete operational system in a matter of minutes In addi tion designers can reduce the number of components used decrease system com plexity increase system reliability due to less system components and allow for customizable motor system configura tions that fit every design s performance and price point Motor control IP is designed to provide a very high performance interchangeable platform The practical motor control IP for an application is achieved by select ing and integrating the right combination of IP FPGAs are flexible and can support many types of communications protocols motor control IP and industrial I O inter faces on one device or platform Implementing such functions on MCUs or DSP devices may not be possible or might force the designer to compromise on either motor control performance or system performance In comparison these functions are completely indepen dent on an FPGA as they can run in paral lel in the programmable logic hardware An FPGA based motor controller offers completely deterministic performance and enhanced product reliability com pared to the seri
13. from the newly available data as shown in Figure 3 For instance computer maintenance manage ment systems or enterprise asset manage ment systems such as Maximo Indus IFS and Ivara will be able to obtain equipment condition data so that they can implement a conditions based mainte nance program Enterprise resource plan ning applications such as SAP Oracle PeopleSoft JD Edwards and Baan will be able to obtain inventory information or even send production orders without any manual intervention Security The new challenge for automation OPC UA makes it relatively easy for a multitude of applications to con nect with each other So the new chal lenge for automation personnel will be to secure their systems from unwanted connections Web services will make it easy to cross firewalls and networks Unwanted connections from people and applications will become far more common However unlike IT systems automation systems are responsible for production and safety Therefore secu rity will quickly rise to the forefront Automation personnel will have to learn how to secure their systems in a way that still enables them to provide access to those who need it It remains to be seen how vendors will enable their applicationsewith the three pillars of secure connectivity Figure A variety of industria applications will benefit from data made available through OPC UA authentication authorization and enery
14. high overall throughput and processing performance The combination of our COTS hardware and CoreFire allows our customers to make massive improve ments in processing speed while achieving significant savings in size weight power person hours dollars and calendar time to deployment Achieve world class performance WILDSTAR solutions out perform the competition For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Micro Systems FEATURES gt From two to eight Virtex 5 FPGA processing elements LX110T LX220T LX330T FX100T FX130T or FX200T Six are pluggable with power module and memory Up to 10 7 GB DDR2 DRAM per WILDSTAR 5 for IBM Blade board gt 144 x 144 crossbar 3 2 Gb per line Two external PPC 440s 1 per each 1 0 FPGA gt Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast easy application development gt VHDL model including source code for hardware interfaces and ChipScope access gt Available in both commercial and industrial temperature grades gt Proactive thermal management system board level current measurement and FPGA temperature monitor accessible through Host API gt Includes one year hardware warranty software updates and customer support Blade management controller USB RS 485 Ethernet KVM 16 RIO Switch to 1 GbE over backplane gt Save time and effort Reduce risk with COTS boards and software gt We offer training and exceptional spec
15. is the most rugged ized and reliable multi computer workstation available Jacyl Technology is the OEM of the Mission Workstation and provides an off the shelf or custom configuration of the Mission Workstation to meet the requirements of your system design For more information contact sales jacyl com JACYL ECHNOLOGY FEATURES gt All CPU video and 1 0 connectors are located on the front of the unit for convenient access gt All air cooling intakes incorporate a ruggedized air EMI filter system gt Every system is production tested to a fully powered 3G NAVMAT vibration test and Environmental Stress Screening ESS test gt Can be factory configured to be powered from a DC or AC input source gt All hard drives are removable and are enclosed within ruggedized caddies gt Each Mission Workstation is functionally tested from 10 C to 60 C gt Each computer can be independently configured with a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad Intel Processor and processor clock speeds up to 3 GHz gt Each individual computer has 2 PCI 1 PCI x6 or 2 PCI x8 2 Gb Ethernet 4 SATA up to 2 ESATA up to 12 USB 2 0 ports and up to 32 GB RAM gt Each of the 4 individual computers supports 32 or 64 bit operating system configurations gt Can be factory configured as 4 individual computer systems or 1 cluster parallel computer gt When factory configured as a cluster computer the processing power would include 16 3 GHz proc
16. lt Training Institute the x world s largest OPC training company Since 1996 Randy has been involved within the OPC industry and is a strong sup porter of the OPC Foundation He con tinues to dedicate himself to spreading the OPC Foundation s message about system interoperability and intervendor cooperation Randy has a B Sc in Com puter Engineering from the University of Alberta OPC Training Institute 780 784 4444 Www opcti co Applying modern UI technology to safety critical systems By Bill Graham l Waringin Paus ME rr 8 75pm DUE LITE Gr 40 Between 1985 and 1987 three people died and three others fell seriously ill from radiation overdoses caused by user error and software malfunction in a radiation therapy machine the Therac 25 An oft quoted example of poor all round design the Therac 25 incident also highlights how the UI plays a major role in the success or failure of safety critical systems For example if a serious error occurred the machine s UI would display MALFUNCTION followed by a numeric code from 1 to 64 Neither the UI the device nor the user manual explained what the various codes indicated Moreover the operator could override an error condition by simply pressing P on the key board By allowing operators to bypass critical warnings the UI contributed to the radiation overdoses It also required tedious repetitive user entries and contained bugs that l
17. of the design revisioning features of the XG 5000K But the secondary Spartan 3 FPGA can be reconfigured by the user to meet the requirements of a particular system design The XG 5000K can be powered from the PC 104 bus or can be powered from a single 5 VDC external source allow ing the board to be utilized as a stacked module in PC 104 applications or as a stand alone product design platform This allows the board to be ideal in embedded PC 104 applications or to be utilized in development platforms design prototypes or production products For more information contact sales jacyl com Y LIA ECHNOLOGY 1 EN ui T FEATURES gt 5 million gate Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA on a PC 104 Plus platform gt Onboard 256 MB of Micron SRAM and 32 MB of Intel flash gt Four 66 pin VHDC connector banks providing a total of 264 user programmable 1 0 gt CompactFlash Type 1 connector gt A secondary 400K gate Spartan 3 FPGA for remote reconfiguration and design revisioning of the XG 5000K or custom user configuration 10 100BASE T Ethernet interface and two RS 232 interfaces gt Can be used in a PC 104 stack or as a stand alone product design platform gt 0 25 MHz user programmable DDS FPGA master clock source along with a fixed 25 MHz FPGA master clock source gt Incorporates Xilinx s design revisioning technology and can retain onboard as many as 16 partial or up to 4 complete design BIT files gt
18. resolution of 10 bits The board has one e2v AT84AS004 that is fed by an onboard analog input circuit which converts the single ended 50 ohm SMA input into differential signals for the ADC There is a universal single ended 50 ohm SMA clock input and a high precision trigger input allowing multiple A D I O cards to be synchronized together Synchroniza tion of A D I O cards can be facilitated by the Annapolis 4 or 8 Channel Clock Distribution Boards In concert with the WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 FPGA pro cessing main boards this mezzanine board supplies user configurable real time continuous sustained processing of the full data stream Up to two A D and up to two serial cards can reside on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 VME VXS or IBM Blade main board or up to one A D and up to one serial I O card on each PCI X or PCI Express main board Our boards run on many different operating systems We support our board products with a standardized set of drivers APIs and VHDL simulation models VHDL source is provided for the interfaces to A Ds D As DRAM SRAM LAD bus I O bus and PPC Flash CoreFire users will have the usual CoreFire Board Support Package The combination of our COTS hardware and our CoreFire FPGA Application Development tool allows our custom ers to make massive improvements in processing speed while achieving significant savings in size weight power person hours dollars and calendar time to deployment Ann
19. the need for a separate power connector A Safe Power mode determines if a camera is PoCL compatible and only delivers power if it is The ADLINK Technology PCle CPL64 frame grabber supports PoCL with two channels providing data transfers up to 4 0 Gbps and pixel clock rates up to 85 MHz It also supports 64 bit operating systems for large address space vision applications ADLINK Technology adlinktech co RSC 41798 See data outside Once data and images are acquired showing them is important and that display might be located in a harsh environment Stealth Computer s new TT 840 comes to work with an IP68 rating immersion proof and an 8 4 sunlight readable LCD The display is 1 000 nits bright with a contrast ratio of 600 1 It also has IR touch screen technology which works in wet vibration prone environments The unit is powered with 12 to 36 VDC and has power video and USB con nections via rugged circular connectors Stealth Computer RSC 41799 Editor s Choice Products are drawn from OSM s product database and press releases Vendors may add their new products and submit press releases at submit opensystemsmedia com OSM reserves the right to publish products based on editors discretion alone and does not guarantee publication of any product entries HO 2009 Resource Guide Industrial Embedded Systems our products help bring YOUTS to market faster High resilience Industrial grade Software
20. with looks at motor control from Freescale Semiconductor and Altera soft ware ideas from the OPC Training Institute and QNX Software Systems our usual Editor s Choice selections and a wide range of offerings from many featured companies in our Resource Guide section If you have ideas or things you d like to see I m always available at dddingee opensystemsmedia com BEES Agen The great debate Slip control versus field oriented control By Dave Wilson Author s note With last year s hard fought election still in recent memory the last thing you might want to read is an article reminiscent of that political process However I think we can have a little fun with this topic by casting two competing motor control technologies as candidates pitting them against each other in a heated debate and letting you decide which technology wins Moderator Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this final debate between our two motor control candidates To your left please welcome the incumbent technology Constant Slip Control or simply Slip as he prefers to be called And on the right please meet our challenger Field Oriented Control better known by his nickname Vector I would like to address my first question to Slip Considering that you are slipping so far behind in the motor poles do you really believe you are a serious contender for variable speed drive applications S
21. 0K the 5 million gate PC 104 Plus FPGA board Centered around a 5 million gate Spartan 3 FPGA the XG 5000K is the ultimate PC 104 Plus FPGA board that is ready to meet the most demanding of system designs The board features a 5 million gate Spartan 3 FPGA 256 MB of onboard Micron SRAM 32 MB of onboard Intel flash 264 user programmable I O Type 1 CompactFlash connec tor a secondary 500K gate Spartan 3 FPGA 10 100BASE T Ethernet interface two RS 232 interfaces PC 104 connec tor PC 104 Plus connector 0 25 MHz programmable DDS master clock source 8 MB of secondary DataFlash and a 25 MHz initial master clock The XG 5000K has the advanced feature of allowing the user to remotely reconfigure the entire board through the onboard JTAG connector the PC 104 connector the PC 104 Plus connector 10 100BASE T Ethernet interface or any external interface connected to the XG 5000K which has been developed with Xilinx s advanced design revisioning technology This allows the XG 5000K to retain onboard as many as 16 partial or up to 4 complete design revisions for the 5 million gate Spartan 3 FPGA Any one of these design revisions can be remotely programmed into the 5 million gate Spartan 3 FPGA or the XG 5000K can be programmed to reconfigure itself based upon external or internal events The XG 5000K also incorporates a secondary 500K gate Spartan 3 FPGA This second FPGA is initially configured to control remote reprogramming and control
22. 1 0b power management modes PXE boot and multi language support The BIOS supports legacy operation of a USB keyboard and mouse as well as booting from a USB floppy disk USB keys and other USB connected mass storage devices The board supports Windows XP embedded Linux and other x86 compatible RTOSs The EPX 855 G requires only 5V and typically draws 2 1A with 1GB of DDR SDRAM installed A 1 8GHz Pentium M version is available These features are also available in our EBC 855 EBX compliant board For more information contact Info WinSystems com 2 x WinSystems An Employee Owned Company FEATURES Intel 1GHz CPU fanless higher performance 1 8GHz Pentium M version Is available gt Intel Extreme Graphics 2 technology supports CRT and LVDS flat panels simultaneously gt Custom splash screen on startup gt Two Intel Ethernet controllers one Gigabit and one 10 100 Mbps gt 802 11a b g wireless supported gt Four serial COM ports four USB 2 0 ports and 24 bi directional TTL digital 1 0 lines gt Bi directional LPT port AT keyboard and FDC controller gt 104 and PC 104 Plus expansion gt 45 x 6 5 115mm x 165mm EPIC compliant SBC gt Also available in 5 75 x 8 0 EBX compliant SBC gt Long term product availability gt Quick Start Kits for software development RSC 41297 www industrial embedded com rsc WinSystems Inc 715 Stadium Drive e Arlington TX 76011 817 274 755
23. 3 WWW Winsystems com PCM MIO Multifunction A D The PCM MIO is a versatile PC 104 based analog input analog output and digital I O board designed to meet customer demands for high accuracy and high channel count analog and digital I O The board is based on Linear Technologies precision converters and voltage references which require no external calibration The board will support up to 16 single ended input chan nels 8 differential input channels or various combinations of both The software programmable input ranges are 5V x 10V 0 5V and 0 10V The input channels are voltage protected to 25V and can work directly with industry standard signal conditioning modules There are eight 12 bit Digital to Analog D A converters with individual software programmable voltage ranges of x5V 10V 0 5V and 0 10V The output channels can be updated and cleared individually or simultaneously They also work with industry standard signal conditioning modules A total of 48 onboard bi directional TTL compatible digital I O lines can be software configured as Input Output or Output with Readback Twenty four can generate inter rupts if the board senses a change of state Each output can sink 12mA and will interface directly with opto isolated modules The PCM MIO operates over the industrial temperature range of 40 C to 85 C Free software drivers are avail able for C Windows and Linux WinSystems can depopulate this bo
24. B DDRII or QDRII SRAM gt Available for either VME64x or VXS backplanes gt High speed DMA multichannel PCI controller gt Programmable Flash to store FPGA images and for PCI controller gt Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast easy application development gt VHDL model including source code for hardware interfaces and ChipScope access gt Host software Windows Linux VxWorks and more gt Available in both commercial and industrial temperature grades integrated heatsink for cooling and stiffness gt Proactive thermal management system board level current measurement and FPGA temperature monitor accessible through Host API gt Save time and effort Reduce risk with COTS boards and software gt Achieve world class performance WILD solutions outperform the competition gt Includes one year hardware warranty software updates and customer support training available RSC 33233 www industrial embedded com rsc Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com WILDSTAR 5 for IBM Blade Perfect Blend of Processors and Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGAs Eleventh Annapolis Generation Direct Seamless Connections No data reduction between external sensors and FPGAs FPGAs and processors over IB or 10 Gb Ethernet backplane FPGAs and standard output modules Ultimate Modularity From zero to six Virtex 5 process ing FPGA memory mo
25. Bachelor s and Master s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa Canada QNX Software Systems 613 591 0931 embedded Critical network application lt PREMIUM gt In its wide range of SBCs IC offers 2 amazing VITA31 1 boards powered by a MPC8641 D or MPC8640 D providing 2 DDR2 ECC banks of 1GB each mirror flash MRAM soldered SSD VME64x with 2eSST TSI 148 2 USB2 0 ports Serial ports Gigabit ports e 1 PMC XMC site amp 1 PCI express Expander to add 2 4 PMC slots or Storage subsystems An embedded Ez T UAI i offering 5 additional ports enlarges the communication skill of the boards IC De6 VMEa Switch amp Much more than Fujitsu MB86297 128 MB DDR Hardware 2D 3D acceleration 2 video outputs up to 1280x1024 32bpp e DVI VGA Stanag3350 Dual Independent Video In this new version of board the graphic features are replaced by an open FPGA dedicated to pro prietary applications IC supporting several IP VHDL functions and a second PMC slot e more information products and services www interfaceconcept com 33 0 298 573 030 Emerson Network Power Embedded Power 5810 Van Allen Way e Carlsbad CA 92008 760 930 4600 www PowerConversion com go ad24 AD24 Adapter The Emerson Network Power highly efficient AD24 Series provides a flexible power s
26. System Controller Hub SCH incorporates all functions of legacy GMCH and ICH architectures into a single die The MICROSPACE MSM200X XP XU S based on Intel s lat est Atom processor has all of the standard PC interfaces including Ethernet and SATA The permanently soldered memory up to 2GB results in added robustness The typi cal 6W power consumption permits passive cooling within a very broad working temperature range e Manufactured by Digital Logic AG For more information contact sales adlogic pc104 com Vector Electronics amp Technology Inc 11115 Vanowen Street e North Hollywood CA 91605 800 423 5659 www vectorelect com Series 415 The Series 415 VME system enclosure for 6U X 160MM up to 340MM cards features side air intake with remov able air filters rear exhaust and a cable way extending from the front card area to the inside rear panel There is a removable polycarbonate front door panel rackmount brackets and optional slides Recessed side pocket handles are available for easier handling The chassis unique rug ged design has a removable top wrap over cover over a formed U lower body The chassis is IEEE 1101 10 compli ant A system reset power switch with clear flip up covers is mounted on the upper front panel There are two removable fan trays with quick disconnects This unit will accommodate up to a 21 slot backplane Dual redundant 600W hot swap power supplies are acces sible from the front o
27. The Three Phase models 120 960 W accept 380 480 Vac input With 24 Vdc output the line is more than 90 efficient and meets EN 61000 3 2 power factor correc tion requirements For more information contact techsupport embeddedpowerGemerson com amp EMERSON nm E FEATURES gt Universal AC input with fully regulated output gt Overcurrent and overvoltage protection gt High efficiency and high MTBF gt Complies with One Watt Input Energy Star Blue Angel requirement and EN 61000 3 2 gt Input power less than 74 W max power 24 W gt Meets K 21 Basic Surge requirement RSC 41668 www industrial embedded com rsc amp EMERSON LII FEATURES gt Available in AC DC and DC DC versions varying from single phase to three phase inputs gt Meets EN 60950 UL 60950 UL 60079 15 IEC 60079 15 hazardous locations UL 508 EN 61000 3 2 and Sag Immunity gt Adjustable voltage and power factor correction gt Highly efficient gt 90 switching technology gt Parallel redundant operation gt High MTBF and reliability with three year warranty RSC 41669 www industrial embedded com rsc Emerson Network Power Embedded Power 5810 Van Allen Way e Carlsbad CA 92008 760 930 4600 EM AERSON www PowerConversion com go LGA Network Power LGA Series Emerson Network Power s LGA Series is among the latest na A ORK POW product additions to its non isolated board mounted mod WM
28. Translating the finalized UI design to the operational device con stitutes another key step Traditionally development teams would 4 take the final output from the UI designer and translate it into con ventional graphics technology typically a collection of widgets 2D libraries or 3D graphics implemented in C But now teams can eliminate this time consuming and error prone step not only in function but also in design intuitiveness and intent by build ing the UI with high level Flash tools and then deploying that UI directly on an embedded Flash player Eliminating the translation from designer tools to developer tools improves productivity and enhances UI design and usability Figure 1 contains two flow charts one depicting the traditional approach of translating UI prototypes into conventional graph ics technology widgets 2D 3D libraries and so on and the other showing the faster transition from design to implementa tion in Flash Determinism and real time behavior By its very nature Adobe Flash doesn t provide a determinis tic or real time programming environment It uses an interpreted Javascript based language ActionScript which runs in a virtual machine inside the Flash player Nonetheless system designers can still use Flash in safety critical systems for several reasons B Adobe Flash Lite embedded players use less CPU and memory resources than their desktop equivalents and are specifically tuned for
29. Turnkey Solutions for wired amp wireless networking devices industrial device manufacturers bave been deploying leamFl s embedded networking and security soltware in theer products since 1999 From Ethernet switching and Management security sollware components to complete turnkey 07 11 AP and secure gateway rowter litmwmare can provide industrial device manufacturers with advanced connectivity and security without sacrificing robustagss aad scalability If you are developing intelligent connected dawices lor the industrial market contact us today and learn move 20001 how can extend your legacy devices and be the cornerstone of your generation ones 6 510 505 99F 1 Sales TeamF1 com 2 2009 TeamF1 Inc www TeamF 1 com Create Your Own PMCs Custom 740 as Easy as 1 2 3 The Technobox Micro Mezzanine System is based on a simple idea provide embedded systems designers with a foundation for innovation and flexibility Provide a highly granular modular architecture featuring a range of configurable FPGA based carrier boards and an extensive variety of micro mezzanine Electrical Conversion Modules ECMs that can be assembled in thousands of combinations Provide an environment in which a designer can create an array of unique future proofed board level solutions But without the costs normally associated with custom board development and manufacture while speeding development and red
30. UA also provides the ability to cre ate more complex objects For example engineers could create a pump composed of various temperature level pressure flow and vibration readings Included would be the history of all values as well as a picture of the pump Engineers could even associate process and instrumen tation schematic diagrams and mainte nance orders This presents a powerful mechanism for integrators from various companies to share data without having to recreate it in their different proprietary software applications Shop floor to top floor OPC to the enterprise OPC UA introduces an object model to industrial data and Web services will enable OPC applications to transport the data across firewalls networks and the Internet A variety of applications will be able to supply the enterprise with data An HMI will be able to pass equipment events to the maintenance system The historian will be able to pass calculations to various engineering systems As well inventory management systems will be able to easily obtain production figures directly from automation equipment Plant floor data will finally find its way to the business LAN and enable a variety Figure 2 With the unified data model offered by UA users obtain the information they need by pointing at a single OPC item industrial Embedded Systems 2009 Resource Guide 19 Technologu FOCUS Software ideas of applications to benefit
31. XS IBM Blade Chassis PCI X PCI Express main board gt JTAG ChipScope and Serial Port access gt Proactive thermal management system Available in both commercial and industrial temperature grades gt Includes one year hardware warranty software updates and customer support gt We offer training and exceptional special application development support as well as more conventional customer support gt Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast easy application development gt VHDL model including source code for hardware interfaces RSC 35968 www industrial embedded com rsc Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com Tri XFP 1 0 Card Annapolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tions software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications The Annapolis Tri I O Card which works with the WILDSTAR 4 5 Family Architecture has three 10 Gb individually configured XFP connectors each with its own XAUI to XFI converter Industry standard plug gable fiber optic transceivers can be purchased from Annapolis or from other vendors The Tri XFP provides up to 30 Gb full duplex I O directly between the out side world and the RocketlO pins on the X
32. act info tri m com 5 EMERSON gt N LAT gt Complete power supply power management and power protection for MicroTCA systems gt Compact high power density single width module 12 HP high gt 600 W output power gt 16 output channels each capable of delivering 12 V Q 7 6 A payload power and 3 3 V 150 mA management power gt Provides power for upto 12 AdvancedMCs 2 MicroTCA Carrier Hubs and 2 Cooling Units gt Supports N 1 redundancy and hot swap operation RSC 36158 www industrial embedded com rsc TRI INA ENGINEERING FEATURES 108W DC DC converter gt 3 3V 5V 12V and 12V DC output gt 6V to 40V DC input range gt Extended temperature 40 C to 85 C gt PC 104 Plus compliant gt High efficiency up to 90 percent gt High transient suppression Low output ripple gt Remote on off standard gt Removable connector blocks RSC 16985 www industrial embedded com rsc Advanced Digital Logic 4411 Morena Blvd Suite 101 e San Diego CA 92117 858 490 0597 www adlogic pc104 com PC 104 Intel Atom CPU 1 1GHz 1 6GHz The ADLS15PC PC 104 Plus CPU is based on the Intel Atom and the Intel US15W Poulsbo chipset The Intel Atom is a single core processor built on a 45nm process It delivers the benefits of genuine Intel architecture to small form factor and thermally constrained markets and remains perfectly compatible with legacy applications The Intel US15W
33. al instruction execution approaches of MCUs or DSPs Another advantage of implementing the motor control IP and network connec tivity on the FPGA is that it mitigates the risk of product obsolescence With long product life cycles FPGAs are built with industrial longevity system flex ibility and reliability in mind Designers can modify their systems or migrate to new generations of FPGAs with ease Contrast this methodology to MCUs or DSPs which require intensive software resources and involve long development cycles when moving to a new proces sor architecture to update any hardware features FPGAs mean more flexibility FPGA based systems offer industrial applications flexibility and productivity Total Harmonic Distortion 96 benefits that cannot be found in MCU or DSP based systems These devices increase system performance by per forming timing critical tasks in hardware while adding system flexibility leading to fewer redesigns and enabling design ers to deploy their products sooner than traditional MCU and DSP based designs Using FPGAs in motor control applica tions designers can easily adapt to their specific application requirements IES Jason Chiang is a senior technical marketing manager for Altera s Industrial and Automotive Business Unit based in San Jose California In this role Jason is responsible for developing marketing strategies and industrial solutions that facilitate the use of FPGA
34. ansforms the FPGA development process making it possible for theoreticians to easily build and test their algorithms on the real hard ware that will be used in the field CoreFire based on data flow automatically generates distributed control fabric between cores Our extensive IP and board support libraries contain more than 1 000 cores including floating point and the world s fastest FFT With a graphical user interface for design entry hardware in the loop debugging and proven reusable high performance IP modules WILDSTAR 4 for VME64x VXS with its I O cards provides extremely high overall throughput and processing performance The combination of our COTS hardware and CoreFire allows our customers to make massive improvements in processing speed while achieving significant savings in size weight power person hours dollars and calendar time to deployment Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed We offer training and exceptional special application development support as well as more conventional customer support For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Micro Systems FEATURES gt Four Virtex 4 FPGA processing elements two XC4VFX100 or XC4VFX140 and two XC4VSX55 or XC4VLX40 LX80 LX100 or LX160 Up to 6 GB DDR2 DRAM in 12 banks or up to 2 GB DDR2 DRAM and up to 64 M
35. apolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tions software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Micro Systems TR E Ei BIA 4 rm x 1 FEATURES gt One 2 84 5004 2 0 GHz 10 bit A D gt Four SMA front panel connectors one 50 ohm analog input one single ended 50 ohm clock input or differential 1 65 V LVPECL clock input gt One high precision trigger input with Fs precision High precision trigger input 1 65 V LVPECL 2 5 V LVPECL 3 3 V LVPECL gt Analog input bandwidth is 100 KHz 3 0 GHz gt 1 0 card plugs onto WILDSTAR 4 or 5 VME VXS PCI X PCI Express IBM Blade main boards gt JTAG ChipScope and Serial Port access gt Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast easy application development gt VHDL model including source code for board level interfaces gt Proactive thermal management system gt Includes one year hardware warranty software updates and customer support gt We offer training and exceptional
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37. as very powerful and versatile but posed a problem for those who did not understand how to configure it Instead of DCOM OPC UA relies on Web services for its data transportation OPC UA also uses objects to help with data description All this will ensure that OPC UA will be even better suited to penetrate the entire plant enterprise Of course with all the new connectivity that OPC UA seen through the eyes OPC UA offers the new challenge will be system security Moving to Web services The change to Web services in OPC UA is something most end users will notice immediately Two of the biggest advan tages for Web services are ease of commu nication between networks and indepen dence from specific OSs The challenge for the plant itself will be implementing security to keep data safe Perhaps the biggest technical advantage of Web services is that they enable OPC to communicate over a single port using a protocol that most firewalls will allow Ope 1 jons Network Control Network Control Network m Figure 1 exchanges data between the control operations manufacturing networks and between the operations manufacturing and business networks industrial Embedded Systems to pass by default This should make it easier for integrators to set up a system for communication between networks Many firewalls are already configured to let Web traffic pass across port 80 This will make
38. ases you can even stall the motor That s why many designers leave the flux at its rated value if fast transient response is needed over a wide torque range But I can understand why my oppo nent doesn t want to talk about transient response because constant slip control is based on a slower steady state model of an induction motor As much as he would like to dress up his performance in this area he can t You can put lipstick on a pig but it s still a pig Fast transient response rep resents a significant advantage over my opponent s failed control policies which in the past required DC motors to be used if fast response was needed Slip First let me address the transient response issue It s way overrated Sure you occasionally run into a rare appli cation that needs lightning fast torque response But in most cases once you have it you spend the rest of your design time trying to mitigate its effects Fast torque response can translate into high levels of jerk in your system which can cause acoustic noise and premature mechanical wear My dear ol grandma always used to say Why pay for a GHz op amp when a 1 MHz op amp will do the job Take a washing machine for example With all of the mass associated with a loaded drum why in the world would you want ormeed super fast torque response All of that extra bandwidth will only get you into trouble It s very difficult to tame and could pote
39. at he failed to tell you is that when you reduce the flux to increase efficiency it s like putting the motor to sleep This significantly increases its sus ceptibility to sudden or unexpected torque perturbations as shown in Exhibit 4 ys Berri pated flus defiuding nM MI M Mi WAVY 3 wm Lu E i si ww Wii E SM express com wien ESA xr www E5M CEEE Ww ESM express AE nw je EET s Www ESM express com 35 com pas oni AMSO with MF Z ga PEC TAM i ib Ethernet USB ind GHz SATA PCI E is xB 40 C to 485 C max 12 W Wi y non socketed components ANSI VITA 59 in process EMC proof housing for conduction amp convection cooling shock amp vibration resistant connectors compact 95 mm x 125 mm format Test the new COM alternative on our XC1 ATX carrier board When it comes to rugged boards and systems for harsh mobile and mission critical environments nobody delivers like MEN Micro gt freescale MEN Micro Inc 24 North Main Street Ambler PA 19002 Tel 215 542 9575 E mail sales menmicro com www ESM express com Hof topics Sensors Control It can take hundreds of milliseconds to get the motor to wake up and get the flux reestablished In some c
40. ation consider this Many of the library routines that comprise field oriented control can easily be ported over to other motor topologies Slip routines only work with induction motors As soft ware resources become more precious can you really afford to rewrite your motor control algorithms every time you choose a different motor type Whether my oppo nent will admit it or not I bring a new level of standardization to the motor control industry representing the hope and change we can believe in for the future Finally I m getting tired of the accusa tions that my approach is risky This is simply an attempt by my opponent to cover up the failed control policies of his past m going to say this again I have not had any relations with any motor that were considered risky in nature Field oriented control is not risky It is well understood by almost everyone in the motor control community Even Joe the Plumber could do it Field oriented librar ies and control blocks are readily avail able from most semiconductor suppliers including Freescale Semiconductor at www freescale com motorcontrol Moderator Slip you have one minute for rebuttal Slip Field oriented control or vector control is risky It s clearly more compli cated and requires a higher level of motor control technical savvy than I do But let me go back to the economy for a moment A slip controlled system is cheaper than a vector controlled system
41. by the Annapolis 4 or 8 Channel Clock Distribution Boards In concert with the WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 FPGA pro cessing main boards this mezzanine board supplies user configurable real time continuous sustained processing of the full data stream Up to two A D I O cards can reside on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 VME VXS or IBM Blade main board or reside on one A D I O card on each PCI X or PCI Express main board Annapolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tions software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications Our boards run on many different operating systems We support our board products with a standardized set of drivers APIs and VHDL simulation models VHDL source is provided for the interfaces to A Ds D As DRAM SRAM LAD bus I O bus and PPC Flash CoreFire users will have the usual CoreFire Board Support Package The combination of our COTS hardware and our CoreFire FPGA Application Development tool allows our custom ers to make massive improvements in processing speed while achieving significant savings in size weight power person hours dollars and calendar time to deployment For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Micro Systems FEATURES gt Four TI A D converters of one of th
42. d industrial automation and control The PEB 2738 is specifically designed to operate at a very low power consumption of less than 10 Watts at full load ing It supports dual independent display by LVDS and SDVO daughtercard DVI VGA LVDS project based For more information contact info portwell com SENSORAY embedded electronics FEATURES gt Concurrently serves up to four Ethernet clients gt Eight optically isolated digital inputs gt 16 digital outputs gt Six 12 bit analog inputs gt 12 bit analog output gt RS 422 485 serial port gt High speed 32 bit encoder interface that accepts both quadrature and single phase clocks RSC 36513 www industrial embedded com rsc Portwell FEATURES gt Intel Atom processor Zbxx series and the Intel System Controller Hub US15W featuring industrial temperature range and larger footprint version with 1 0 mm ball pitch gt One 200 pin SODIMM supports DDR2 SDRAM up to 2GB gt Il CompactFlash and one IDE connector gt Dual independent display SDVO and 24 bit LVDS multi stream audio and CH5 1 supported gt Trusted Platform Module TPM and USB Disk Module UDM could be added onboard gt Expansion PCle x1 golden finger and 1 0 connector with SDVO USB PCle x1 signal RSC 41621 www industrial embedded com rsc Jacyl Technology 3909 Fourier Drive Suite B Fort Wayne IN 46818 800 590 6067 www jacyl com XG 5000K The XG 500
43. dulalsan Speed Calegalatien Background I Debug it 5 Implementing an 8 bit processor such as the ale MC9SO8AW16 in a slip controller is less expensive than implementing a 16 bit processor FreeMaster Host Eoi PWM Module 1 Vector Exhibit 6 A field oriented control system with Freescale MC56F80xx 16 bit DSC processor offers a more economical choice from a system perspective Industrial Embedded Systems the lower processor cost associated with slip control But I maintain that the system cost is more important when considering your design budget Notice the hardware similarity between our two designs when you compare Exhibit 6 with Exhibit 5 The processor cost in these systems as a proportion of the total system cost is typically somewhere between 2 and 10 percent depending on the motor drive horsepower rating So the processor cost ratio that my opponent loves to cite has very little impact on total system cost On the other hand the selected processor and control topologies have a huge impact on system performance So from a system perspective field oriented control repre sents the best economical choice Another issue my opponent doesn t like to talk about is other motor topologies I realize that tonight s debate is focused on AC induction machines But before you vote on which control technique is best for your applic
44. dules and two Virtex 5 I O FPGAs Accepts one or two standard Annapolis WILDSTAR 4 5 I O mezzanines Quad 130 MSps through Quad 500 MSps A D 1 5 GSps through 2 2 GSps A D Quad 600 MSps DAC Infini Band 10 Gb Ethernet SFPDP Fully Integrated into the IBM Blade Management System Abundant power and cooling to ensure maximum perfor mance Annapolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tions software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications We support our board products with a stan dardized set of drivers APIs and VHDL simulation models Develop your application very quickly with our CoreFire FPGA Application Builder which transforms the FPGA development process making it possible for theoreticians to easily build and test their algorithms on the real hard ware that will be used in the field CoreFire based on data flow automatically generates distributed control fabric between cores Our extensive IP and board support libraries contain more than 1 000 cores including floating point and the world s fastest FFT A graphical user interface for design entry supports hardware in the loop debugging and pro vides proven reusable high performance IP modules WILDSTAR 5 for IBM Blade with its associated I O cards provides extremely
45. e Suite 130 Annapolis Maryland USA 21401 wfinfo annapmicro com 410 841 2514 www annapmicro com FMBEDDED SYSTEMS COLUMNS 8 Foreword Thinking E We need silicon not just shovels By Don Dingee DEPARTMENTS 43 Sensors Control 46 Editor s Choice Products 42 Storage By Don Dingee LI N y E LETTER www industrial embedded com eletter Featuring coverage on Design for Energy Efficiency FE ATU 1 E CASTS ecast opensystemsmedia com Hot topics Sensors Control E 9 The great debate Slip control versus Embedded Operating Systems field oriented control Real Time Linux and Windows By Dave Wilson Freescale Semiconductor June 17 2 p m EDT uu 4 FPGAs enable energy efficient motor control EVENTS By Jason Chiang Altera Sensors Expo amp Conference lee ee nee 18 OPC UA seen through the eyes of users By Randy Kondor OPC Training Institute East June 9 11 New York NY 2 Applying modern Ul technology to www atxeast com safety critical systems NIWeek By Bill Graham QNX Software Systems August 5 7 e Austin TX WWW hi com niweek ISA E COVER EE see what intelligent ideas showing up October 6 8 Houston TX in new products from components and www isa org expotemplate cfm software to boards and systems listed in our 2009 Resource Guide Clockwise from top left Emerson Network Power Embedded BESOURCES Power ADN DIN Rail Mount OPC UA unified M 55 5
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47. ed to erroneous entries 1 Discussions of safety critical design often focus on hard real time control software But as the Therac 25 story demonstrates the operator and the UI contribute just as much to system safety Paradoxically a technology that can help developers build better safety critical UIs comes not from the world of real time embed ded systems but from the world of consumer grade computers and mobile devices Current y Adobe Flash started life the desktop the Internet Originally a Web animation tech nology it has grown into a compelling tool for designing and implementing UIs such as the QNX based digital instrument cluster for in vehicle electronics pictured on this page Moreover developers can use Adobe Flash Lite which has been optimized for resource constrained environments to implement Flash based UIs in their embedded sys tems Already manufacturers have deployed Adobe Flash Lite in more than 800 million devices Adobe Flash offers many benefits It is plat form independent that is it runs the same across many Operating Systems or OSs it supports fast prototyping and iterative UI development and it has become the lingua franca of UI and graphics designers These qualities make Flash a strong candidate for safety critical UIs To understand this point consider some of the UI design guidelines published by the FDA 2 Keep the UI consistent with user expectations
48. edded com hypermag WinSystems Inc Computing 39 MOTION CONTROL TEST BOARD E D EUR 6 CHANNEL SYNCHRO amp RT RESOLVER TO DIGITAL PCI CARD Lo im omm ded E Ti 1 m SB 3624XIX Is TELL Universal 3 3V or 5V PCI Signaling 5 t LE Ma Half Size PCI Form Factor Two Speed Measurement Capability Separate BIT Output per Converter Channel LOS LOT LOR On Board Programmable Oscillator with 1 5VA Drive Data De ice orat ion Toll Free 1 800 000 5757 www ddc webl com foreword gt thinkin By Don Dingee We need silicon not just shovels Some public relations type came up with the term shovel ready to draw the image that construction projects are ready to start im mediately We all want our money to go right to work I m not against that at all But it s simply not enough Our competitive advantage isn t construction I don t want to minimize the importance of construction and the planning and talent that go into it Done right wonderful things can be built Done wrong structures can fail and cause damage and even loss of life Construction is not trivial and it is necessary I don t think there will be much argument about the United States need ing new roads bridges public transportation water and waste management and other infrastructure projects that are essential to our future Bu
49. essors 32 GB RAM and 5 7 TB HDD space gt Each individual computer supports SATA II 300 dependent upon CPU selection and RAID 0 1 5 10 controller implementations RSC 37071 www industrial embedded com rsc SENSORAY 7313 S W Tech Center Drive e Tigard OR 97223 503 684 8005 www SENSORAY com 2426 Model 2426 Modular Industrial 1 0 via Ethernet Model 2426 is a versatile and compact multifunction I O board that concurrently serves up to four Ethernet clients It features eight optically isolated digital inputs 16 digital outputs six 12 bit analog inputs one 12 bit analog output an RS 422 485 serial port and a high speed 32 bit encoder interface that accepts both quadrature and single phase clocks All I O is accessible via Telnet and HTTP It is pow ered from a single 24VDC supply For more information contact info sensoray com American Portwell Technology Inc 44200 Christy Street e Fremont CA 94538 510 403 3399 www portwell com PEB 2738 Portwell s PEB 2738 utilizes the Intel ECX form factor and supports the latest options of the Intel Atom processor Z5xx series and the Intel System Controller Hub US15W including industrial temperature range and larger foot print version with 1 0 mm ball pitch The power optimized micro architecture of the new Intel Atom platform ben efits a range of low power wide temperature and fan less devices in applications such as in vehicle infotainment medical military an
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51. gners can seamlessly blend Flash based graphics with real time 2D or 3D rendering of time critical data Guaranteed performance Besides serving as an ideal UI designer s tool Adobe Flash also offers flexible development and deployment technol ogy for embedded systems Its familiarity and support for widely accepted UI con ventions make it well suited for UIs in all sorts of devices Its support for rapid prototyping and iterative design helps guarantee that the UI is sufficiently tested and easy to use Combining Flash with the preemptive scheduling and time partitioning of modern embedded OSs ensures timely response in safety critical applications while graphi cal layering allows developers to leverage 2D 3D real time graphics technology for displaying critical information IFS References 1 The Therac 25 Accidents Nancy Leveson lttp sunnyday mit edu papers 2 Do It By Design An Introduction to Human Factors Dick Sawyer Office of Communication Education and Radiation Programs OCER U S Federal Drug Administration www fda gov cdr humfac doitpdf pdf Bill Graham is a product marketing manager at ONX Software Systems amp based in Ottawa Ontario Canada He has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry including work with embedded and real time systems development software development processes and techniques UML modeling and object oriented design He holds
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53. ial application development support as well as more conventional support gt Famous for the high quality of our products and our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed RSC 35882 www industrial embedded com rsc Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com WILDSTAR 5 for PCI Express Annapolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tions software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications Twelfth generation WILDSTAR 5 for PCI Express uses Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGAs for state of the art performance It accepts one or two I O mezzanine cards including Single 1 5 GHz 8 bit ADC Quad 250 MHz 12 bit ADC Single 2 5 GHz 8 bit ADC Quad 130 MHz 16 bit ADC Dual 2 3 1 5 GSps 12 bit DAC Quad 600 MSps 16 bit DAC Universal 3 Gbit Serial I O RocketlO 10 Gb Ethernet InfiniBand and Tri XFP 10G Fibre Channel 10 Gb Ethernet OC 192 Our boards work on a number of operating systems including Windows Linux Solaris IRIX ALTIX and VxWorks We support our board products with a standardized set of drivers APIs and VHDL simulation models Develop your application very quickly with our CoreFire FPGA Application Builder which transforms
54. ification communi cates various process and system events such as a temperature that exceeds a pre specified limit and so on In addition Classic OPC implements each specifica tion separately essentially in a different executable Thus itis time consuming for end users to match item names with real time data and item names with historical data Even worse automated applications may not be able to do it at all Technologu FOCUS Software ideas OPC UA provides a unified data model shown in Figure 2 Thus when an appli cation uses OPC UA to send a tempera ture reading the receiver can retrieve the real time value any associated histori cal values and even alarms and events All this data is available from pointing at a single OPC item The OPC server can associate all the data together so that the OPC client does not need to redo the association work For example in DCOM based OPC end users interested in a pressure read ing would have to point to the OPC DA server to look at the real time value Then they would have to point to an OPC HDA server to trend the pressure over the past shift If they wanted to take a look at asso ciated events they would have to point to the OPC A amp E server But with OPC UA end users can simply point to a pressure reading view its real time value look at the past shift s trend historical data and view all the associated events by connect ing to a single OPC UA server OPC
55. ilinx Virtex ll Pro or Virtex 4 I O FPGA on the WILDSTAR 4 main board No other vendor provides that volume of data straight into the heart of the processing elements and then back out again Two I O cards can reside on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 VXS or PCI X PCI Express board with up to 30 million user reprogrammable gates The Tri XFP card will support 10 Gb Ethernet 10 Gb Fibre Channel and OC 192 Although the protocols will be provided as black box solutions with few modi fications by users allowed more adventurous users who choose to develop their own communications protocols from the basics already have access to all the board resources through VHDL source for the inter faces to SRAM signal conditioners LAD bus bus and PPC Flash CoreFire users will have the usual CoreFire Board Support Package The Tri XFP is the first of many I O cards Annapolis will be releasing for its new WILDSTAR 4 5 Architecture Family which uses Xilinx Virtex 4 and Virtex 5 FPGAs for process ing elements WILDSTAR 4 is the tenth generation of Xilinx FPGA processing based COTS boards from Annapolis Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed We offer training and exceptional special application development support as well as more conventional customer support For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Mic
56. implifying the software porting effort This additional freedom opens up new avenues of enhanced system per formance especially for motor control energy efficiency The following examples show how industrial systems designers can take advantage of FPGA technology and motor control Intellectual Property IP to design the next generation of motor control applications with the required functions fully integrated on a single FPGA Motor control basics The increase in industrial energy effi ciency during the past few years is largely due to a change in motor control technology Using a power converter based variable speed motor drive makes it possible to save up to 88 percent more energy than the previous generation of motor control applications The function of the motor controller is to limit the motor s output A digital speed controller does this by controlling the motor s electrical drive minimizing overall energy consumption and reducing wear and tear on the motor s mechanical parts The quality of the design in terms of energy consumption is fundamental to meet market expectations be cost com petitive over the product s lifetime and comply with environmental and power utility regulations Systems and techniques in industrial applications Motor control systems are at the core of machine control production assembly packaging robotics computer numeric control machine tools and printing Motor control tech
57. in and out at high rates of speed The FPGAs should be part of a balanced and unified system architec ture providing maximum performance with memory pro cessing power and I O speeds designed and integrated for performance scalability and growth Annapolis Micro Systems Inc s WILDSTAR 4 Xilinx Virtex 4 based and WILDSTAR 5 Xilinx Virtex 5 based families of FPGA based processing boards also support an extensive set of extremely high quality A D and D A boards Annapolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tions software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Micro Systems FEATURES gt Three individually configurable 4X connectors four lanes per connector gt Up to four 2 5 Gb full duplex Serial FPDP ports per connector gt Up to 25 Gb full duplex RocketlO per connector gt Up to 10 Gb full duplex InfiniBand per connector gt Up to 10 Gb full duplex Ethernet per connector gt Optional onboard oscillators for other line rates like Fibre Channel gt 1 0 card plugs onto WILDSTAR 4 or 5 VME V
58. int Of Sale POS terminals interactive product displays and customer intel kiosks It has a unique midplane that creates a level of Embedded and modularity sufficient to allow cost effective replacement during deployment By routing all power and LCD display cabling through the midplane the likelihood of cabling FEATURES errors during maintenance is reduced gt 478 pin micro FCPGA socket socket P for Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9400 or Intel Celeron processor 575 gt Unique midplane allowing easy cost effective maintenance gt PoweredUSB ports for connection to POS peripherals ueunH Designed to support a wide range of POS peripherals MATXM C2 410 B has both 12 and 24 V PoweredUSB CON 512MB to 8GB DDR nections These are suitable for powering devices like bar LVDS or VGA primary display HDMI secondary display code scanners and POS printers without the expense of gt Innovative power management features help to reduce energy additional power supplies This motherboard supports consumption dual independent displays and has VGA LVDS and HDMI gt Energy saving features help to minimize noise during operation interfaces for connection to the widest possible range of gt Utilizes Intel vPro technology to remotely power on off system displays helping reduce carbon emissions For more information contact EmbeddedComputingSalesGEmerson com RSC 41607 www industrial embedded com r
59. it easier for IT to open the ports necessary to implement OPC communi cation Previously DCOM required mul tiple ports to establish communication While this was possible to configure a significant portion of automation per sonnel did not take the time to learn how to do it Nevertheless opening port 80 releases communication for a plethora of applications not just those needed for operations so emphasis on security will be required immediately In addition Web services are not bound to any specific OS Thus vendors will have an easier time implementing OPC servers on their automation hardware and non Windows OSs Vendors are already work ing on PLCs that include an embedded native OPC server that does not require an external computer However this imple mentation might not be as simple as it seems because automation applications HMI historian automation and process control and others typically require a PC anyway Nevertheless it would be pos sible to have a PLC communicate with a software application using OPC without requiring an intermediate computer that uses Windows Object oriented data model Classic OPC has a fairly simple data model Each of the OPC specifications handles a different aspect of the data For example the OPC Data Access DA specification communicates real time values the OPC Historical Data Access HDA specification communicates archived values the OPC Alarms and Events A amp E spec
60. l be used in the field Use CoreFire s graphical interface to drag and drop library elements onto the design window Modify your input and output types numbers of bits and other core variables by changing module parameters with pull down menus The modules automatically provide correct timing and clock control Insert debug modules to report actual hardware values for hardware in the loop debugging Hit the Build button to check for errors and as built core sizes and to build an encrypted EDIF file Use the Xilinx ISE tool to place and route each FPGA design Modify and use the jar file or the C program created by the CoreFire Build to load your new file into your WILDSTAR and I O card hardware Use the CoreFire Debugger to view and modify register and memory contents in the FPGA and to step through the data flow of your design running in the real physical hardware Our extensive IP and board support libraries contain more than 1 000 proven reusable high performance cores including FIR and CIC filters a channelizer and the world s fastest FFT We support conversion between data types bit signed and unsigned integers single precision floating point integer and floating point complex and arrays A few of the newly added array cores include array composi tion and decomposition slice parallelize serialize repack split merge reorder rotate and concatenate transforma tions matrix math sliding windows and convolutions T
61. lip Despite my opponent s current lead in the poles let me make one thing perfectly clear I bring many years of tested experience to this discussion and represent the preferred choice of design engineers worldwide when it comes to controlling AC induction motors My opponent makes many promises includ ing increased transient response But are we ready to embrace the risky schemes represented by these claims By the end of this debate it will become apparent why I represent the most economical robust and energy efficient choice for induction motor control Moderator Is that true Vector Do you really represent a more risky approach Not at all You can obviously see that this is a desperate attempt by my opponent to smear and distort my 10 Sensors Control extensive record which reveals my unconventional approach to motor control Thousands of motor control designers around the world cannot all be wrong As microcontroller and Digital Signal Controller DSC costs continue to drop expect to see more and more motor control systems benefit from the advantages I offer over my opponent which will become evident by the end of the evening With a long history of transforming motor designs around the world I am clearly the maverick you need to buck the failed policies of the past and lead us confidently into the future In fact it has been said that I am perhaps the most significant discovery in the motor
62. ltiple cards in the system This 60 VME64x VXS board provides four high speed ultra low jitter ultra low skew differential bulkhead mounted clock outputs two ultra low skew differential vertical SMA onboard clock outputs and four ultra low skew and clock synchronized single ended bulkhead mounted control signal triggers A jumper set at board installation time or via optional P2 serial port determines which one of the two installed clock sources is active Manufacturing options for Clock Source 0 are single ended or differential external clock a PLL ranging from 700 MHz to 3 GHz with an onboard reference oscillator or a PLL ranging from 700 MHz to 3 GHz with a 10 MHz external reference Manufacturing options for Clock Source 1 are a PLL ranging from 700 MHz to 3 GHz with an onboard reference oscillator a PLL ranging from 700 MHz to 3 GHz with a 10 MHz external reference or an onboard low frequency oscillator rang ing up to 800 MHz The four control trigger outputs can originate from a high precision external source via front panel SMA from a manual push button on the front panel or from software via an optional backplane P2 connector serial port These trigger outputs are synchronized to the distributed clock to provide precise output timing relationships Annapolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tio
63. ly on a PCB When it absolutely has to work choose Trident for all your storage needs For more information contact sales tridentsd com Industrial Embedded Systems FEATURES gt Anybus CompactCom starter kit including driver source code is available gt Support all networks with a single design effort gt No licenses royalties or stacks to purchase gt All modules are conformance tested and certified by the respective testing agency gt Local support from HMS global organization gt Low risk investment in proven technology RSC 36516 www industrial embedded com rsc Industrial Embedded Systems Resource Guide FEATURES gt Ruggedized Solid State Drive for military and high end industrial applications gt Industrial grade SLC NAND Flash with operating temperature range from 40 C to 85 C gt Available with Fast and Secure Erase functionality for complete media declassification gt Tested to MIL STD 810F Shock 1 2006 Vibration 16 3G RMS gt Precision machined aluminum alloy case that is anodized inside and out for improved corrosion resistance and durability gt Available with custom features and in custom form factors RSC 41666 www industrial embedded com rsc Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com 2 0 GSps 10 bit A D The Annapolis Single Channel 2 0 GSps A D I O Card provides one 2 0 GHz A D input with a
64. mbinations RSC 41298 www industrial embedded com rsc WinSystems Inc 715 Stadium Drive e Arlington TX 76011 817 274 7553 WWW Winsystems com PPM LX800 Extended Temperature PC 104 Plus SBC The PPM LX800 G is a highly integrated PC 104 Plus Single Board Computer SBC designed for space limited and low power applications It is a full featured SBC that utilizes an AMD LX800 x86 compatible CPU Onboard I O functions include analog CRT and digital flat panel video controller Intel 82551ER 10 100 Ethernet two USB 2 0 ports with overcurrent protection on each chan nel and four COM channels The PPM LX800 G provides standard PC controllers for IDE hard disks CompactFlash device PS 2 mouse and keyboard controller AC 97 audio LPT and PC 104 P us expansion connectors all on a single 90mm x 96mm module There are 16 bits of TTL compatible digital I O with each line individually programmable for Input Output or Out put with Readback operation The major feature of the onboard digital I O controller is its ability to monitor the 16 lines for either rising or falling digital edge transitions latch them and then interrupt the host processor notify ing it that a change of input status has occurred The PPM LX800 G has x86 PC software compatibility that assures a wide range of tools to aid in your application program development and checkout It supports both Windows XPe and Linux operating systems and other RTOSs WinSystem
65. mp Operating Temperature 0 50 C ntel 945GSE chipset ntegrated graphic controller for CRT and LVDS 4USB 2 0 ports and 6 COM ports Dual Gigabit LAN 47 mon 5 86836 Intel Atom N270 processor with FSB 533MHz Intel 945GSE chipset Integrated graphic controller for CRT and LVDS 8 USB 2 0 ports 2008 Axiomtek Embedded Solutions Designs Visit us www axiomtek com Email info axiomtek com For more information contact 1 888 GO AXIOM FPGAs also provide system cost advan tages One benefit of using FPGAs to increase performance in motor con trol applications is their ability to pro vide greater flexibility in arranging components and additional functions for example integrating computing intensive functions such as DSP blocks to run parallel to the main control scheme Such functions may be adaptive with real time motor parameters and state estimations used to increase motor control performance and allowed to run either with a feedback loop or without speed or position transducers sensorless operation An example would be to use advanced DSP techniques in hardware for measurement signal conditioning minimizing the effort to port optimized DSP software from one platform to the next Integration and implementation advantages In FPGAs the hardware system design process is completely different from that of discrete components In the case of Altera s devices
66. n tially lead to instability problems in your motor control system down the road But I think this whole discussion about transient response is an attempt to take the focus off of the real issue Over my desk I have a sign that says It s the econ omy stupid Why would anyone pay for the expensive DSP required to do field oriented control when you can meet your requirements with slip control running on a processor that costs half as much Take a look at Exhibit 5 which shows how a slip control system can be implemented on a simple 8 bit processor 12 2009 Resource Guide My opponent is eager to point out that the cost of DSCs is dropping But a sim ple 8 bit processor with a von Neumann architecture will always be proportion ally less expensive than a 16 bit machine based on a Harvard architecture with multiple internal buses With our econ omy in such bad shape can your design Bas Eher Vaollage Curnnent Limi ar et Limiter a Centrallar Wy AC In DC Bus 4L E E Pi gt 52 lt im MEL gt Tur Chr Analog Conditioning MI En ll Sonal Tarai budget really justify this kind of lavish pork barrel spending My opponent seems anxious to talk about the economy OK then let s talk about the economy Exhibit 6 shows a field oriented system that utilizes a Freescale DSC My opponent mentioned Third Gannon ie Mo
67. ncluding Windows CE Linux DOS and most popular 32 bit RTOSs Standard features of the VSX104 include soldered 128MB DDR2 RAM four COM ports two USB 2 0 and two 10 100 LAN ports An 8 bit GPIO port and redundancy port are FEATURES also standard features In addition to 2MB onboard SPI gt 300MHz Vortex86SX SoC flash the VSX104 includes a Type CompactFlash and gt 128MB soldered DDR2 RAM microSD socket System expansion is supported by the Integrated dual 10 100 LAN 4x RS 232 2x USB 2 0 1x LPT keyboard PC 104 Plus interface The VSX104 has an operating tem E SPI flash perature of 40 C to 85 C Single 5VDC power is sup PC 104 Plus compliant plied through the PC 104 bus or 2 position screw terminal gt Fanless operation and total power consumption is a mere 2 5W 2 5W power consumption gt Type 1 CompactFlash and microSD sockets gt Extended temperature operation gt RoHS compliant For more information contact info tri m com RSC 41282 www industrial embedded com rsc Industrial Embedded Systems Resource Guide Display devices Emerson Network Power 2900 S Diablo Way Suite 190 Tempe AZ 85282 800 759 1107 602 438 5720 EMERSON EmersonNetworkPower com EmbeddedComputing Network Power MATXM C2 410 B MicroATX Industrial Motherboard The MATXM C2 410 B MicroATX industrial motherboard from Emerson Network Power is designed to ease deploy ment in range of retail applications such as Po
68. ng options 1 65 V LVPECL 2 5 V LVPECL 3 3 V LVPECL gt 1 0 card plugs onto WILDSTAR 4 or 5 VME VXS PCI X PCI Express IBM Blade main boards gt JTAG ChipScope and Serial Port access gt Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast easy application development gt VHDL model including source code for board level interfaces gt Proactive thermal management system gt Industrial temperature range gt Includes one year hardware warranty software updates and customer support gt Designed and manufactured in the USA RSC 36023 www industrial embedded com rsc Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com WS4 Quad 250 400 500 MSps A D The Annapolis Quad Channel 250 400 500 MSps A D 1 Card provides four A D inputs with converter speeds of up to 250 400 or 500 MHz and resolutions of 13 14 or 12 bits respectively The board has four A D converters from TI ADS5444 ADS5474 or ADS5463 fed by onboard ana log input circuits that convert the single ended 50 ohm SMA input into differential signals for the ADC There is an onboard ultra low jitter and skew clock distri bution circuit to allow all four channels on a single A D I O board to be synchronized together There is also an exter nal clock input and a trigger input allowing multiple A D I O cards to be synchronized together Synchronization of A D I O cards can be facilitated
69. ng power to deliver higher performance drives at lower costs but competition is fierce and 2009 Resource Guide the pressure to reduce time to market is continually increasing These market pressures demand that designers implement flexible platforms to create more efficient factories Factory wide information systems control net works and manufacturing systems espe cially those that deploy flexible motion drive control devices can be quickly and inexpensively reconfigured for new appli cations while maintaining a high degree of system interoperability using Ethernet and fieldbus technologies for efficient factory and office communications Industrial Embedded Systems For years industrial motor control appli cations used general purpose electronic devices such as microcontrollers MCUs and DSPs These devices are designed with fixed hardware leaving software as the only method for designers to update designs and limiting the development of application specific functions In comparison FPGAs can integrate processor Industrial Ethernet fieldbus standards custom motor interfaces and DSP functions in one device FPGAs give designers the freedom to create custom functions completely adapted to their specific application require ments by enabling both hardware and software customization FPGAs provide the capability to implement functions in hardware accelerating performance Siemens press picture and s
70. niques depend on the type of motor being used The most common types of motors used in these applications are brushless DC stepper AC synchronous and AC induction Two types of motor control systems are typically used in industrial applications today In a distributed drive control sys tem the motor controller performs all the motion control calculations speed velocity position and implements a local feedback loop to control the FPGA Embedded Processor HDL Motor Control and VO Logic 2 decimation Clark Transformation Space vector modulation IGBT control encoder PYVM VF ete associated motor These motor con trollers or drives may communicate with a Programmable Logic Controller PLC across a fieldbus or non real time Ethernet bus In a centralized drive con trol system the motor controller commu nicates with the PLC using fast real time Ethernet making it possible to expand the feedback loop right back to the PLC This means that a high performance PLC can perform all the motion calcu lations thus enabling the use of simpler and lower cost motor controllers f 4 quality of the design in terms of energy consumption is fundamental to meet market expectations be cost competitive over the product s lifetime and comply with environmental and power utility my 9 Benefits of using FPGAs and custom IP Motor control 1s a nonlinear and time varying parameter application An effi cie
71. ns software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed We offer training and exceptional special application development support as well as more conventional customer support For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com oO Annapolis Micro Systems gm i m _ aununnnnuununuguna FEATURES gt Four synchronized differential front panel clock outputs up to 3 GHz with typical skew of 5 ps gt Ultra low clock jitter and phase noise 275 Fs with 1 280 MHz PLL and external 10 MHz reference gt Onboard PLLs manufacturing options provide fixed frequencies of 700 MHz to 3 GHz locked to internal or external reference gt Onboard low frequency oscillator provides fixed frequencies up to approximately 800 MHz gt Four synchronized trigger outputs always synchronized with the output clock with typical skew of 5 ps gt Jumper selectable trigger output levels of 3 3 V PECL 2 5 V PECL or 1 65 V PECL gt Source trigger from front panel SMA push button or optional P2 serial port gt Cascade boards provide up to 16 sets of outputs gt Compatible with standard VME64x and VXS 6U backplanes gt Universal clock input supports wide range of signal options including signal generato
72. nt motor controller demands large amounts of computing power due to the Industrial Embedded Systems Hot topics Industrial i gt AD ni converters inherently fast dynamics of current flow in the motor and control electronics Many of today s MCU DSP devices implement motor control using a simplistic software control loop and a generic one size fits all Pulse Width Modulation PWM block However this kind of system architecture cannot provide the optimal power perfor mance or integration needed for efficient motor control applications Using FPGA devices offers advantages in power efficiency performance safety reliability system cost system integra tion and implementation flexibility Figure 1 shows an example of an FPGA based integrated motor control system Power advantages A central part of any current control strategy is actuating the voltage com mand using one of many PWM tech niques A PWM technique controls the power converter transistor states to meet the time average value of the voltage command These techniques can reduce losses in the motor and power converter while optimizing the voltage utilization of the DC bus The true advantage of using FPGAs is the ability to customize what was previously fixed generic hardware in MCUs or DSPs In FPGAs the standard PWM block found in an MCU or DSP based motor control chip can be replaced by an application specific PWM IP core op
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74. operating at rated flux SENSORAY s data acquisition applications range from controlling cranes at shipping ports to controlling water pressure at laser jet cutting factories We specialize in the development of devices for industrial applications on several buses including Ethernet PC 104 PCI and PCMCIA We support operating systems which include Windows Linux Pocket PC Windows CE Real Time OSs and ONX We offer off the shelf custom or modified solutions live technical support and evaluations To learn more visit SENSORAY com email info sensoray com or call 503 684 8005 directly reduces the machine flux In Exhibit 3 we see a field oriented system where the motor flux and motor torque can be controlled independently much like what can be done in a DC machine with a separate field winding My opponent cannot directly control motor flux he can only affect it indirectly by changing voltage He also mentioned that various values of slip can be com manded to optimize different motor oper ating parameters including efficiency Well it turns out that the desired steady state slip of an induction motor can just as easily be set in a field oriented system by adjusting the ratio of d and q axis stator currents as shown in the following equa tion where and L are rotor resistance and rotor inductance respectively rad sec CU ai ip iL r So everything my opponent can do I can do better But wh
75. p tion Various products that are already in the planning stages still do not include the necessary facilities for proper secu rity These applications use security by obscurity which essentially relies on a hacker s inability to understand how a system works to make it behave inap propriately Both process and attitudes toward security will have to change Unifying the promise OPC UA unifies the existing OPC speci fications It enables plants to replace the existing reliance on DCOM with Web For the scoop how UA other 2 communication standards are helping improve machine interoperability and performance check out the new ndustrial Embedded Systems HyperMag coming in May Visit www industrial embedded com hypermag 20 2009 Resource Guide industrial Embedded Systems services It also introduces the concept of objects which enables workers in a range of roles at the plant to access the same data in different ways This enables them to produce a variety of reports and analytical calculations without having to cobble together data from many different sources The challenge for companies implement ing OPC UA is to ensure their data is secure from unauthorized access However given all the promise that OPC UA holds most industries will experience a sharp increase in OPC s penetration of their plants IES Kondor is a com puter engineer and the president of the OPC
76. pers related to motor control Dave holds a BSEE from John Brown University and an MSEE from the University of Wisconsin Freescale Semiconductor 262 347 4447 dwilson freescale co ww freescale co PLITOS Cane Tene Rugged nnodaed aluminam designed for harsh ermveonments lactating shik mauri and an stack vibration maunl provides rnaaximurm protection iem high Eequency viarabons amd Kw frequency is etes 128 104 Power AY DX gulu gv to 4 v DC High Eici ezicy up io 55x 2104 compliant a An Cis FFG 168 Wati Max win HPS UPS firmware lota power 163 Walt with interface VOD ET outputs to DC input range Peri he size and mounting has in ETTI CLIE E EE RR EE 1 800 665 5600 HEAD OFFICE VANCOUVER tel 604 945 9565 fax 604 945 9560 Sensors Control By Jason Chiang Motor control is at the heart of many of today s industrial automation and motion drive control applications Industrial systems and applications are becoming increasingly complex and designers must support a steadily grow ing number of features and options to be able to compete in the marketplace For example a product must support multi ple Industrial Ethernet and fieldbus stan dards for maximum market coverage Industrial systems designers can lever age the falling price of processi
77. r sine wave gt Differential clock input permits multiple standards including LVDS 3 9 V PECL 2 5 V PECL and 1 65 V PECL gt Clock and trigger outputs compatible with all Annapolis Micro Systems WILDSTAR 2 PRO 1 0 cards and WILDSTAR 4 5 mezzanine cards RSC 33661 www industrial embedded com rsc Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com WILDSTAR 4 for VXS Annapolis Micro Systems is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT DSP FFTs communications Software Defined Radio encryption image processing prototyping text processing and other processing intensive applica tions Our tenth generation WILDSTAR 4 for VME64x VXS uses Xilinx s newest Virtex 4 FPGAs for state of the art performance It accepts one or two I O mezzanine cards in one VME64x or VXS slot including Quad 250 MHz 12 bit ADC Single 2 5 GHz 8 bit ADC Quad 130 MHz 16 bit ADC Dual 2 3 1 5 GSps 12 bit DAC Quad 600 MSps 16 bit DAC Universal 3 Gbit Serial I O RocketlO 10 Gb Ether net InfiniBand and Tri XFP OC 192 10G Fibre Channel 10 Gb Ethernet Our boards work on Windows Linux Solaris IRIX ALTIX VxWorks and others We support our board products with a standardized set of drivers APIs and VHDL simulation models Develop your application very quickly with our CoreFire FPGA Application Builder which tr
78. rce is provided for the interfaces to A Ds D As DRAM SRAM LAD bus I O bus and PPC Flash CoreFire users will have the usual CoreFire Board Support Package The combination of our COTS hardware and our CoreFire FPGA Application Development tool allows our custom ers to make massive improvements in processing speed while achieving significant savings in size weight power person hours dollars and calendar time to deployment Annapolis Micro Systems Inc is a world leader in high performance COTS FPGA based processing for radar sonar SIGINT ELINT Digital Signal Processing FFTs communica tions software radio encryption image processing pro totyping text processing and other processing intensive applications Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed We offer training and exceptional special application development support as well as more conventional customer support For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Micro Systems FEATURES gt One or two 12 bit Analog to Digital Converters Max 19693 for 4 0 GSps Max 19692 for 2 3 GSps or Max 5859 for 1 5 GSps gt Five SMA front panel connectors two single ended DAC outputs one high precision trigger input with Fs precision gt One universal single or double ended 50 ohm clock input gt High precision trigger input manufacturi
79. ro Systems FEATURES gt Up to 10 Gb Full Duplex Ethernet per connector gt Up to 10 Gb Fibre Channel gt 06 2 gt Three 10 Gb XFP connectors gt Accepts industry standard pluggable transceivers gt Available in both commercial and industrial temperature grades gt Includes one year hardware warranty software updates and customer support gt One or two 1 0 cards fit on a single WILDSTAR 4 5 processing board gt New 1 0 form factor for improved thermal performance gt First of many WILDSTAR 4 5 Family 1 0 cards including superior performance A D D A and additional high speed communication cards gt Save time and effort Reduce risk with COTS boards and software gt Achieve world class performance WILD solutions outperform the competition RSC 35857 www industrial embedded com rsc 4 2 2009 Resource Guide HMS Industrial Networks 900 W Jackson Blvd Suite 2W e Chicago IL 60607 312 829 0601 www anybus com Anybus CompactCom The Anybus CompactCom family of interchangeable communication modules uses a common host inter face regardless of which network is required The CompactCom functions as a network coprocessor and is based on HMS powerful NP30 microcontroller The com pact housing is robust and specially designed for indus trial requirements CompactCom can be implemented in a wide range of products such as HMls drives robot controllers weigh scales instrumentation and more The Compac
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81. s OPC enables plants to automate data transfers from a control system such as a Programmable Logic Controller PLC distributed control system or analyzer to an industrial software application such as a Human Machine Interface HMI historian production system or manage ment system OPC is typically found in Level 3 and higher networks Thus OPC transfers process control data between the control Level 2 network and the operations manufacturing Level 3 network It also exchanges data between the operations manufacturing network and the business Level 4 network This is depicted in Figure 1 In essence OPC 15 the Modbus of the new century It is not a replace ment for low level communication standards such as 4 to 20 mA HART PROFIBUS or Foundation Fieldbus Instead organizations use OPC in high level communication Note that OPC is no longer an acronym When OPC was first released in 1996 it served as an acronym for OLE for Process Control and was restricted to the Windows Operating System OS OPC is now avail able on other OSs and enjoys significant adoption outside of process control So the 18 2009 Resource Guide of users By Randy Kondor original name OLE for Process Control is no longer appropriate and OPC no longer stands for anything OPC is just OPC The first form of OPC now called Classic OPC relied on Distributed Component Object Model for its data trans portation DCOM w
82. s in industrial applications Prior to rejoining Altera in 2008 Jason held various product marketing management roles at PA Semi and PMC Sierra He holds a BSEE from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Altera 408 544 8373 ichiang altera co ww altera co Sinusoidal PWM FPGA based optimal PWM 0 6 Modulation Index proudly distributes 1o0Mhz 104 Module Featuring the new edition ZFxBB Embedded FPC en a Chip Dual watchdog timers Phoenix BIOS and FAILSAFE Boot ROM Extended iemperatume C 15 85 C Versa Taner The VT 104 Versa Taner a rugged aluminum enclosure hal can be used as ether a PO PON i o EBX enclosure The solid one prece extruded body provides dual ahock and yibralion protection 75 Watt High Efficiency 104 TS wali 120 outputs V la 40V De input range PCHDA compliant 2 nia dy 800 665 5600 HEAD OFFICE VANCOUVER fax 604 945 Soa Technology FOCUS te OPC Unified Architecture UA represents the OPC Foundation s most recent set of specifications for process control and automation system interconnectivity Randy explains OPC UA from the perspective of those who will benefit most from this connectivity end users OPC is an industrial communication stan dard that allows manufacturers to use data to optimize production make operation decisions quickly and generate report
83. s provides free technical phone support to assist customers with system integration of our SBCs and I O modules The SBC s low power dissipation permits fanless opera tion over a temperature range from 40 C to 85 C The PPM LX800 G is well suited for rugged applications requir ing excellent processor performance in an embedded PC design For more information contact Info WinSystems com WinSystems An Employee Owned Company FEATURES gt AMD LX800 CPU x86 compatible gt Small size 90mm x 96mm gt Video with CRT resolutions to 1920 x 1440 and panel resolutions to 1600 x 1200 gt Custom splash screen on startup 10 100 Mbps Ethernet controller gt Two USB 2 0 ports with overcurrent protection gt Four COM channels with FIFO gt 16 digital 1 0 lines with event sense supported gt AC 97 audio LPT mouse and keyboard controllers gt 40 C to 85 C operating temperature gt Long term PC 104 Plus product availability RSC 41296 www industrial embedded com rsc Industrial Embedded Systems Resource Guide Small form factor modules Tri M Engineering 100 1407 Kebet Way Port Coquitlam BC V3C 6L3 Canada 7 gt NM 604 945 9565 WWW tri m com ENGINEERING sSunndulo5 VSX104 The VSX104 is 300MHz PC 104 Plus CPU module with dual 10 100 LAN Its 300MHz DM amp P Vortex86SX System on Chip SoC is a fully static 32 bit x86 processor designed to work with embedded operating systems i
84. sc Industrial Embedded Systems 2009 Resource Guide 39 Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com SFPDP UNI6 1 0 Annapolis Micro Systems Inc s FPGA based WILDSTAR fam ily provides 24 SFPDP channels per VME slot The Annapolis SFPDP cards UNI3 or UNI6 come with an easy to use Serial FPDP interface supporting up to 12 lanes of 2 5 Gb full duplex data Three frame types are supported Normal Data Fiber Frame Sync Without Data Fiber Frame and Sync with Data Fiber Frame in Point to Point Mode The card has three individually configurable industry standard 4X connectors providing four lanes per connector with dedicated signal conditioners to ensure clean commu nication It supports up to 7 5 GB full duplex per I O card and a wide variety of readily available copper and fiber cables Up to two serial I O cards and two LVDS I O cards can reside on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 VME VXS main board with half that number for the PCI X or PCle The SFPDP card UNI6 supports RocketlO protocol at up to 75 Gb full duplex per I O card three ports of 10G full duplex InfiniBand per I O card or 10G full duplex Ethernet per I O card No other FPGA board vendor can match the volume of data we can send straight into the heart of the process ing elements and then straight back out again An FPGA based high performance processing engine thrives on data streaming
85. special application development support as well as more conventional customer support gt Designed and manufactured in the USA RSC 36021 www industrial embedded com rsc Annapolis Micro Systems 190 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 130 e Annapolis MD 21401 410 841 2514 WWW annapmicro com Dual 4 0 GSps DAC The Annapolis Micro Systems Dual Channel 4 0 GSps D A Card provides one or two 12 bit digital output streams at up to 4 0 GSps The board has one or two Max 19693 for 4 0 GSps Max 19692 for 2 3 GSps or Max 5859 for 1 5 GSps The Dual Channel DAC board has five SMA front con nectors two single ended DAC outputs a high precision trigger input with Fs precision and a universal single or double ended 50 ohm clock input It has excellent gain flatness in the first 3 Nyquist Zones ultra low skew and Jitter saw based clock distributions and main board PCLK sourcing capability In concert with the WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 FPGA processing main boards this mezzanine board supplies user configurable real time A to D conversion and digital output Up to two A D or D A and up to two serial I O cards can reside on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 VME VXS or IBM Blade main board or up to one A D or D A and up to one serial I O card on each PCI X or PCI Express main board Our boards run on many different operating systems We support our board products with a standardized set of drivers APIs and VHDL simulation models VHDL sou
86. t Programmable Flash for each FPGA to store FPGA image gt 8x PCI Express bus High speed DMA multichannel PCI controller gt Supports PCI Express Standard External Power Connector gt Available in commercial or industrial temperature ranges gt Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast easy application development VHDL model including source code for hardware interfaces and ChipScope access gt We offer training and exceptional special application development support as well as more conventional support gt Includes one year hardware warranty software updates and customer support gt Proactive thermal management system board level current measurement and FPGA temperature monitor accessible through Host API gt Save time and effort Reduce risk with COTS boards and software gt Achieve world class performance WILD solutions outperform the competition RSC 36017 www industrial embedded com rsc Jacyl Technology 3909 Fourier Drive Suite B Fort Wayne IN 46818 800 590 6067 www jacyl com Mission Workstation The Mission Workstation is a multi computer ruggedized workstation for applications that demand the best The Mission Workstation features 4 completely independent computer systems housed in a single 19 6U rack mount enclosure The Mission Workstation can be ordered with a standard set of options for each computer or each indi vidual computer within the Mission Workstation can be custom
87. t in a global economy construction isn t something that only we can do There are lots of firms worldwide that can muster the planning equipment muscle and project management that can build anything In fact there are some things that are too easy to build I drive down the street here in Arizona and there are more new construction projects for shopping and light industrial build ings than ever right next to vacant buildings It really doesn t seem like the best use of resources but economics cause funny things to happen If change is what we want We hear so much about change these days Here s one change that needs to happen It s about time economics cause something more meaningful to be built a better way to connect people with information Connecting things sharing information and freeing people to be more creative and innovative will make for a competitive advantage in the future and the firms and countries that seize this opportunity during this downturn will come out ahead I m not talking about trivial fads like creating a potted plant that can call for water over Twitter or anything else that just blasts out info because it can I m talking about really connecting things in a way that improves efficiency saves money and resources and enhances our quality of life For instance our electrical power grid is a massive opportunity 8 2009 Resource Guide Industrial Embedded Systems ready to become more intelligent E
88. t or AC input versions and implement all of the incoming power conversion power management and power protection functionality necessary for a complete MicroTCA system comprising up to 12 AdvancedMCs 2 MicroTCA Carrier Hubs and 2 Cooling Units The AC modules support an input voltage of 90 264 Vac The DC modules support an input voltage of 39 72 Vdc For more information contact techsupport embeddedpower emerson com Tri M Engineering 100 1407 Kebet Way Port Coquitlam V3C 6L3 amp anada 604 945 9565 www tri m com HE104 DX The 104 0 is a high efficiency 108W DC DC converter that can supply 3 3V 5V 12V 12V DC outputs 104 0 is designed for low noise embedded com puter systems has a wide input range of 6V to 40V DC and is ideal for battery or unregulated input applications The 104 0 is specifically designed for vehicular appli cations and has heavy duty transient suppressors 9 000W on both main and secondary inputs that clamp the input voltage to safe levels while maintaining normal power supply operation The HE104 DX is a MOSFET based design that provides outstanding line and load regulation with efficiencies up to 90 percent Organic Semiconductor Capacitors provide filtering that reduces ripple noises below 20mV The low noise design makes the HE104 DX ideal for use aboard aircraft or military applications or wherever EMI or RFI must be minimized For more information cont
89. tCom supports DeviceNet PROFIBUS CC Link CANopen Modbus EtherNet IP PROFINET Modbus TCP EtherCAT and additionally supports physical layer inter faces RS 232 422 485 USB and Bluetooth You could real ize savings of up to 70 in your development costs and drastically reduce time to market For more information contact us sales hms networks com Storage hardware Trident Space amp Defense 19951 Mariner Avenue 157 e Torrance CA 90503 310 214 5500 www tridentsd com Triton Series Solid State Drives featuring Fast and Secure Erase Secure your data with Trident s Triton Series of Solid State Drives featuring Fast and Secure Erase Trident s Triton Series drives are purpose built for high end industrial and rugged military applications Our Triton Series drives incor porate proven non volatile industrial grade SLC NAND Flash in a completely solid state design with no moving parts Triton SSDs are offered in an industry standard 2 5 inch form factor and are available with either an IDE PATA or SATA interface This makes them ideal as a direct drop in replacement for conventional rotating hard disks that are prone to short production life and often fail in mobile computing and industrial environments where temperature fluctuations shock vibration dust moisture and or magnetic fields are present For embedded com puting Trident offers its BGADrive which is a small form factor SSD on a BGA module that can be mounted direct
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91. the FPGA development process making it possible for theoreticians to easily build and test their algorithms on the real hard ware that will be used in the field CoreFire based on data flow automatically generates distributed control fabric between cores Our extensive IP and board support libraries contain more than 1 000 cores including floating point and the world s fastest FFT CoreFire uses a graphical user interface for design entry supports hardware in the loop debugging and pro vides proven reusable high performance IP modules WILDSTAR 5 for PCI Express with its associated I O cards provides extremely high overall throughput and process ing performance The combination of our COTS hard ware and CoreFire allows our customers to make massive improvements in processing speed while achieving signifi cant savings in size weight power person hours dollars and calendar time to deployment Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the customer s applications succeed For more information contact wfinfo annapmicro com Annapolis Micro Systems FEATURES gt Up to three Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGA 1 0 processing elements LX110T LX220T LX330T or FXT Up to 7 GB DDR2 DRAM in 12 memory banks per WILDSTAR 5 for PCI Express board or up to 2 GB DDR2 DRAM in two memory banks and up to 40 MB DDRII QDRII SRAM or up to 1 4 GB RLDRAM g
92. the Real Time OS RTOS they run on By following some simple design guidelines system designers can limit the CPU and memory resources required for the Flash player For instance designers can minimize alpha blending and transparency avoid overuse of gradients and use the minimum acceptable frame rate for animations B Many embedded OSs including the QNX Neutrino RTOS Graphics driver ES apii diwei Figure 2 Using graphics layers designers can combine Flash based and real time graphics on the same display provide CPU time partitioning which allows the system designer to control and limit how much memory and CPU time the Flash player consumes Conversely partitioning can also ensure that the Flash player always has enough memory and CPU time to respond quickly to user input B Some RTOSs provide an easy to use communications interface from Flash ActionScript applications running within the Flash player the interpretive non real time environment to RTOS threads and processes the hard real time environment This interface gives system designers the flexibility to assign activities to the real time processing layer as needed Designers can relegate noncritical UI functions to ActionScript B Graphical layering technology allows developers to overlay multiple UI technologies on the same screen shown in Figure 2 By using software blending or hardware layering support system desi
93. timized for per formance and energy efficiency based on individual motor parameters 2009 Resource Guide 15 Hot topics um ors Figure 2 shows a reduction of nearly 50 percent in the total harmonic distor tion at a high modulation index using an optimized PWM in an FPGA instead of a standard PWM as used in MCUs or DSPs This more accurate con trol reduces time harmonic losses in the motor reduces audible noise and increases global motor reliability Performance safety reliability and system cost advantages The hardware programmability of A eBOX530 820 PICO820 Fanless Intel Atom Z5xx series and system supports 1 1 or 1 6GHz Intel U 15W Core logic chipset Ultraslim and compact design 5 11 W x 3 75 D x 1 85 H FPGAs enables designers to easily imple ment dedicated high performance logic circuits Compared to software running on generic MCUs or DSP blocks using dedicated logic circuits for motor cur rent and torque control allows the motor control loop to operate at much higher frequencies This also enables the motor controller to extract critical information about the motor s health during its oper ation which then can be sent to the main application controller to notify the user about the risk of motor failure 4 USB 2 0 ports 2 COM ports Power consumption 1 6GHz 5V 1 91 Amp SBC84831 3 5 ECX Intel Atom processor with FSB 533MHz 1 1GHz 5V 1 68 A
94. ucing time to market It s the logical next step in mezzanine systems Select an Choose I O Assemble FPGA based Conversion with IP Core Carrier Modules and ECM Code c d Patent Pending e Build Your Own Board by Mixing and Matching Modular Components Thousands of Possible Combinations Flexible FPGA based Patent pending Architecture Incorporate Multiple Functions on a Single Board Design and Build Application specific Future proofed Solutions Accelerate System Development Reduce Time to Market To learn more about the Technobox Micro Mezzanine System visit www technobox com mmsintro fp htm Micro Mezzanine System Technobox a EN
95. uxing of the machine under light loads to save energy The energy savings resulting from this approach compared to the rated flux con trol of my opponent are shown in Exhibit 2 where the slip in my system has been adjusted to optimize motor efficiency In both cases the same 3 HP induction motor model is used Given that motors consume more than 50 percent of all electricity generated can via Ethernet Monitor position amp speed Regulate fluid levels Measure temperature Control motors amp solenoids Model 2426 Industrial I O via Ethernet we really afford the risky and wasteful energy spending policies advocated by my opponent There you go again You should really check your facts before you start talking about my energy plan Field ariented control with rated flux Operating speed 120 Rad Operating torque Rotor flux linkage Iron core loss est Exhibit 2 A 460 V 3 My opponent has compared the energy savings of his plan to a field oriented system operating with rated flux He either doesn t know or doesn t want you to know that the same energy savings can be obtained in a field oriented system by simply lowering the d axis current which Constant slip With reduced 120 Radians sec 1 8 rated 41W otor demonstrates better energy hase related performance chara using constant slip control with reduced flux compared JW ented control
96. very second all electric ity generated has to be consumed or it is lost in the system A smart grid could not only tiesall producers to all consumers and even all devices used by those consumers and exactly measure demand but it could also forecast and control demand to match supply much more precisely and efficiently saving money and resources Creating a truly smart grid doesn t seem as elegant as say build ing a bridge We send 10 000 construction workers out a couple years later we have a bridge and everyone thinks that s cool We send 10 000 electrical workers out to install smart meters in homes and businesses a couple years later we have 4 million connected electrical consumers in a region and everyone won ders what really happened It s a long term investment with incre mental return that has to be aggregated over millions of users Now extend that idea to not just the electrical grid but every device consuming resources cars offices machine tools pot ted plants whatever Knowing how much of a certain resource is needed at an exact spot at a given time will save money and resources in the long run Then silicon is what we need To do this we need so much more than just shovels we need silicon and software Embedding intelligence into our devices will not only create exciting new jobs but will also create lasting change and help safeguard jobs in the future We ve got some intelligent ideas inside this issue
97. while and we ve been looking for companies to do something interesting by embedding pro cessing directly on the sensor module Kionix has introduced the KXTF9 with an integrated feature called Directional Tap Double Tap detection Algorithms on the sensor create up to 12 tap enabled commands for OEM Specified functions The sensor detects quick light taps or double taps on any of the six faces X Y and Z of an object and computes the event and direction This information can be used to create unique user inter faces in devices Kionix RSC 41796 Get data outside National Instruments recently announced additions to its line of Wi Fi data acquisition modules In thinking through the solution for customers the com pany introduced new IP54 rated enclosures for those modules enabling any of the Wi Fi DAQ devices to be installed in harsh environments The 9921 is a low cost enclosure allowing the antenna and 1 0 through while the NI 9922 pictured adds an Ethernet port and a 4 pin trigger con nector for more control with all ports protected from both dust particles and splashing water from all directions National Instruments RSC 41797 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS Editor s Choice Grab frames with fewer wires The Camera Link specification was recently enhanced to incorporate Power over Camera Link PoCL which as the name implies allows power to be delivered to a camera over the Camera Link cable without

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