Research and development of the remote I/O data acquisition system based on embedded ARM platform

Abstract

With the rapid development of the field of industrial process control and the fast popularization of embedded ARM processor, it has been a trend that ARM processor can substitute the single-chip to realize data acquisition and control. A new kind of remote I/O data acquisition system based on embedded ARM platform has been researched and developed in this paper, whose hardware platform use 32-bit embedded ARM microprocessor, and software platform use the uC/OS-II core of real-time multitask operating system which is open-source and can be grafted, cut out and solidified. This system can measure all kinds of electrical and thermal parameters such as voltage, current, thermocouple, RTD, and so on. The measured data can be displayed on LCD of the system, and at the same time can be transmitted through RS485 or Ethernet network to remote DAS or DCS monitoring system by using Modbus/RTU or Modbus/TCP protocol. The system has the dual redundant network and long-distance communication function, which can ensure the disturb rejection capability and reliability of the communication network. © 2009 IEEE.