USANet: an open platform for USB-based Sensors/Actuators Network

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CSE Dept. - faculty of Engineering - MSA University

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 The paper presents and proposes USB-based Sensors/Actuators Network
(USANet) system. Proposed USANet system is maturely designed according to
IEEE 1451 concepts and component-based approach. It consists of five STIMs.
These STIMs are Measurement Module of Speed (MMS), Controller Module for
Motor (CMM), three Measurement Modules of Distance (MMDs). They are
connected to a laptop NCAP host via five USB 2.0 interface cards. Each USB 2.0
interface card is dedicated for only one STIM to exchange messages of sensory
data or control commands with NCAP host. USB 2.0 interface card represents TII
of such USANet. NCAP host run a program called SCCD. SCCD is the  abbreviation of Sensory data Collector/Command Distributor. It is an open source
model that is developed by C# programming language under the dot-Net 4.0
framework to provide portability. SCCD is employed to collect sensory data from
MMS, and three MMDs. In addition, SCCD sends control commands to CMM.
All hardware and software modules of USANet are designed and developed
completely in our labs. Two performance metrics are used to validate and verify
the feasibility of such USB-based Networked system. They are Feedback
Receiving Time (FRT) and Sensory Data Message Time (SDMT). These timebased metrics are chosen for evaluation because the provision of timely
information is crucial in many applications.

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MSA Engineering Journal
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 6
Special issue for Artificial Intelligence & Sustainable Engineering Conference: A Path to The Future
March 2023
Pages 1022-1047

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