Measurement applications in Industry 4.0: the case of an IoT–oriented platform for remote programming of automatic test equipment

Authors

  • Leopoldo Angrisani University of Naples Federico II
  • Umberto Cesaro University of Naples Federico II
  • Mauro D'Arco University of Naples Federico II http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1641-8359
  • Oscar Tamburis University of Naples Federico II

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21014/acta_imeko.v8i2.643

Abstract

A laboratory regarded as a site that collects IoT devices, and which allows remote clients to use them as an automatic test equipment (ATE) through a controller acting as service provider, is proposed herein. To assure efficiency and responsiveness, the controller is programmed as a multithreading system that takes advantage of multicore processors. The controller includes a server application that supports communication with clients by means of a TCP/IP protocol. It uses GPIB bus functionalities to control the instruments of the local ATE. It allows several clients to connect and interact with the specific resources of the laboratory. Thanks to the availability of identical sets of resources and to the underlying multithreading philosophy, client requests are processed in tandem rather than according to a classical queuing approach.


Author Biographies

Leopoldo Angrisani, University of Naples Federico II

Leopoldo Angrisani is Full Professor of Electrical and Electronic Measurements and General Manager of CeSMA— Center of Advanced Measurement and Technological Services at the University of Naples Federico II. His research activity is currently focused on measurements for IoT and Industry 4.0, THz measurement systems, communication systems and networks test and measurement, and compressive sampling based measurements.

Umberto Cesaro, University of Naples Federico II

Umberto Cesaro received the M.Sc.Eng. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy. He is currently a Graduate Engineer with the University of Naples Federico II. His current research interests include digital high-precision instrumentation, ADC modeling and testing, and biomedical instrumentation. In these fields, he published several scientific papers in journals and national and international conference proceedings.

Mauro D'Arco, University of Naples Federico II

Mauro D’Arco received the M.S. degree (Hons.) in electronic engineering from the University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, in 2003. From 2002 to 2014, he was an Assistant Professor with the University of Naples Federico II, where he has been an Associate Professor since 2014. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Research Associate with CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, where he was involved in the CTF3/PHIN Photo Injector Laser Project. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scientist with CERN. He has authored over 90 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. His current research interests include data acquisition systems characterized by high bandwidth and high sample rates, arbitrary waveform generators, and digital signal processing.

Oscar Tamburis, University of Naples Federico II

Oscar Tamburis, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Processing Information Systems in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions at University of Naples Federico II. His research interests include innovation in the eHealth sector, process modeling (UML), DES Simulation in Health, and implementation of advanced analytics for Data-mining.

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Published

2019-06-27

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Research Papers

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