Design and implementation of a distributed multiprocessor microcomputer network as a model for data acquisition (lan)
Jeffery James Brosemer · 1986
A novel, multiprocessor architecture using conventional components used in personal computers is presented for those real-time applications found in a laboratory environment. The real-time responsiveness of the system is demonstrated as a resource server in a laboratory local area network environment which places extreme demands on the real-time capability of the multi-processor microcomputer. Local area network communications is provided via EIA-RS232 links connecting the microcomputers comprising the network. The enhancement of the data acquisition characteristics of this multi-processor microcomputer shows the effectiveness of applying multi-processor computer technology to data acquisition problems due to the partitionable nature of data acquisition processes.