| Abstract |
This paper presents the design, development and
implementation of a laboratory pseudo-master oscilloscope
network. The purpose of the network is to centralize the data
from a series of several laboratory working benches into only
one regular PC. The decision to store the experimental data is
taken in each working bench, running the oscilloscopes as
pseudo-master units. In order to cover large inter-benches
distances the RS-485 protocol was adopted to establish the
network over several oscilloscopes. A management software was
developed to manage the data flow through all the network, the
storage, in different folders, and visualization of the data obtain
from the oscilloscopes. The stored data can be sent directly to a
printer or embedded in other software applications. The
potential of the developed system is shown, namely regarding to
flexibility, cost and performance, in the scope of laboratory
working quality. |
