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COTS-Based Real-Time System Development: An Effective Application in Pump Motor Control
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Adam, George K. Petrellis, Nikos Kontaxis, Panagiotis A. Stylianos, Tilemachos |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | The progress of embedded control systems in the last several years has made possible the realization of highly-effective controllers in many domains. It is essential for such systems to provide effective performance at an affordable cost. Furthermore, real-time embedded control systems must have low energy consumption, as well as be reliable and timely. This research investigates primarily the feasibility of implementing an embedded real-time control system, based on a low-cost, commercially off-the-shelf (COTS) microcontroller platform. It explores real-time issues, such as the reliability and timely response, of such a system implementation. This work presents the development and performance evaluation of a novel real-time control architecture, based upon a BeagleBoard microcontroller, and applied into the PWM (pulse width modulation) control of a three-phase induction motor in a suction pump. The approach followed makes minimal use of general-purpose hardware (BeagleBone Black microcontroller board) and open-source software components (including Linux Operating System with PREEMPT_RT real-time support) for building a reliable real-time control system. The applicability of the proposed control system architecture is validated and evaluated in a real case study in manufacturing. The results provide sufficient evidence of the efficiency and reliability of the proposed approach into the development of a real-time control system based upon COTS components. |
| Starting Page | 97 |
| e-ISSN | 2073431X |
| DOI | 10.3390/computers9040097 |
| Journal | Computers |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-12-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Computers Hardware and Architecturee Industrial Engineering Real-time Motor Control Commercial Off-the-shelf Components Beaglebone Black Linux Reliability Efficiency |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |