Tool set for distributed real-time machine control

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2912, Issue , 1997, Pages 2-12

  Carrott, Andrew J ^a   Wright, Christopher D ^a   West, Andrew A ^a   Harrison, Robert ^a   Weston, Richard H ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CORBA; Hardware emulation; Integration infrastructure; Lifecycle support; Machine design toolset

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING; COMMON OBJECT REQUEST BROKER ARCHITECTURE (CORBA); COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINE TOOLS; MIDDLEWARE; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDS; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMINGS; AUTOMATIC CODE GENERATIONS; CONTROL CAPABILITIES; CONTROL FUNCTIONALITIES; CONTROL LOGICS; CONTROL SOLUTIONS; CONTROL SYSTEM COMPONENTS; CORBA; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; DEVICE INDEPENDENTS; DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS; HARDWARE EMULATION; INTEGRATED COMPUTING; INTEGRATION INFRASTRUCTURE; INTELLIGENT CONTROLLERS; INTELLIGENT DEVICES; INTEROPERABLE; LIFE-CYCLE; LIFECYCLE SUPPORT; LOGIC ANALYSES; MACHINE BUILDERS; MANUFACTURING MACHINES; MECHANICAL VERIFICATIONS; MONITORING AND CONTROLS; SOFTWARE TOOLSET; SYSTEM MANAGEMENTS; TIME MACHINES; VERSION CONTROLS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0343475112     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.263360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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