Open System for Manufacturing. Open FA Controllers.

Open-Architecture Controllers for Manufacturing Systems

Ixi Software: Open controllers for Open Source audio Software

Sound has been liberated. The 20th century freed music from various compositional constraints and ideologies, and during the last decade we have witnessed a transformation in the way sound is organized in terms of composition, production, distribution and consumption. This paper is concerned with the production part of this complex structure and will describe some of the ideas, experiments and ...

Generic Programming Paradigm for Open Architecture Controllers

This paper presents a generic programmingparadigm, called the control plan paradigm, based on Nested Finite State Machines (NFSMs) and event-driven mechanisms. In this paradigm, a control program can be divided into two non-overlapping parts: behavior and operation speciications. This division allows machine-dependent and machine-independent control programs to be designed and implemented indep...

Reconfigurable Software for Open Architecture Controllers

Recon gurable software is highly desired for open architecture machine control systems when new products require new machine con gurations and applications. In this paper, we present an architecture that supports recon gurable software construction. In this architecture, the controller software consists of a set of well-de ned components and a set of behavior speci cations. Each component is mo...

Properties of Open-Loop Controllers

Two most common tasks in controller design is regulation and signal tracking. Regulating controllers try to keep system stably in a fixed state. Balancing an inverted pendulum or keeping the speed a car at constant level are most obvious examples of regulation problems. All kinds of servomechanisms, such as autopilots and robotic arms, are the examples of signal tracking problems. An open-loop ...