Embedding instruments & modules into an IEEE1451-FPGA-Based Weblab infrastructure

• Author(s): Costa, Ricardo J. ; Alves, Gustavo R. ; Zenha-Rela, Mário
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4448
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Weblabs; Remote labs; FPGA; IEEE1451.0 Std.; Step-motor controller
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Adopting standard-based weblab infrastructures can be an added value for spreading their influence and acceptance in education. This paper suggests a solution based on the IEEE1451.0 Std. and FPGA technology for creating reconfigurable weblab infrastructures using Instruments and Modules (I&Ms) described through standard Hardware Description Language (HDL) files. It describes a methodology for creating and binding I&Ms into an IEEE1451-module embedded in a FPGA-based board able to be remotely controlled/accessed using IEEE1451-HTTP commands. At the end, an example of a step-motor controller module bond to that IEEE1451-module is described.