Abstract
The IEEE 1451 family of standards defines a common interface for 'smart transducers' allowing them to be adaptable to virtually any fieldbus or control network on the market. IEEE 1451 has a wide range of industrial applications, but its event-driven communication is inadequate for use in the real-time deterministic systems that are becoming increasingly prevalent. In this presentation, a real-time enhancement of the IEEE 1451 architecture is introduced. The time-driven (time-triggered) communication is implemented through the replacement of the defined transducer interface with TTCAN, which is a time-triggered development of the existing CAN standard. This presentation outlines the IEEE 1451 and TTCAN standards and presents a prototype system that demonstrates that a real-time, deterministic IEEE 1451 solution is both workable and feasible. This work was presented at the 'Sensors and their Applications XII' conference at the University of Limerick, September 2003.

ASTEC seminar
November 25, 2003

Place: Information technology, Uppsala University
Room: 2114
Time: 11.30-12.00

Room 2114 is in building 2, floor 1, (in the southern part of the building).

Seminars in connection to this

• 10.15 - 10.55, In-vehicle electronic and communication infrastructure by Gabriel Leen
• 11.00 - 11.25, Time-Triggered Controller Area Network, an overview by Gabriel Leen