简介:Thispaperdescribesthereplacementofacontrollerforaprogrammableuniversalmachineforassembly(PUMA)512robotwithanewlydesignedPCbased(openarchitecture)controlleremployingareal-timedirectcontrolofsixjoints.TheoriginalstructureofthePUMArobotisretained.Thehardwareofthenewcontrollerincludessuchin-housedesignedpartsaspulsewidthmodulation(PWM)amplifiers,digitalandanalogcontrollers,I/Ocards,signalconditionercards,and16-bitA/DandD/Aboards.AnIntelPentiumIVindustrialcomputerisusedasthecentralcontroller.ThecontrolsoftwareisimplementedusingVC++programminglanguage.Thetrajectorytrackingperformanceofallsixjointsistestedatvaryingvelocities.ExperimentalresultsshowthatitisfeasibletoimplementthesuggestedopenarchitectureplatformforPUMA500seriesrobotsthroughthesoftwareroutinesrunningonaPC.Byassemblingcontrollerfromoff-the-shellhardwareandsoftwarecomponents,thebenefitsofreducedandimprovedrobustnesshavebeenrealized.
简介:TheZEUSexperimenthasmigrateditsreconstructionandanalysisfarmstoaPC-basedenvironment.Morethanoneyearofexperiencehasbeenacquiredwithsuccessfuloperationofananalysisfarmdesignedforseveralhundredusers.Speciallydesignedsoftwarehasbeenusedtoproveidefastandreliableaccesstolargeamountsofdata(30TBintotal),AftertheongoingupgradeoftheHERAluminosity,higherrequirementswillariseintermsofdatastoragecapacityandthroughputrate,Thenecessityofabiggerdiskcachehasledtoconsiderationofsolutionsbasedoncommoditytechnology,PC-basedfileserversarebeingtestedasacost-effectivestoragesystem,Inthisarticlewepresentthehardwareandsoftwaresolutionsdeplogyedanddiscusstheirperformance.scalabilityandmaintenanceissues.
简介:AnaffordablesolutiontoTier-3RegionalCenter(RC)ispresentedinthistalk,asimpleprototypehasbeensetupforevaluationofthesystemperformance,thisprototypecanbeeasilyscaledtobiggerone.Asetofmeasurementshavebeenconductedinbothcomputerandnetworksystembehavioursinmultipleconcurrentlyrunningjobscontexts.Inthetalkthesemeasuredresultsaretalkedanddiscussed,includingsystemandnetworkeffectiveutilizationsandlimitations,andtheidentifiedbottlenecksindifferentnetworklayouts,andthecomparisonswithsimulation.
简介:ThestudiesundertakentopreparetheTechnicalDesignReportoftheATLAS3^rdLevelTrigger(EventFilter)areperformedondifferentprototypesbasedondifferenttechnologies.wepresentherethemostrecentresultsobtainedforthesupervisionoftheprototypebasedonconventional,off-the-shelfPCmachinesandJavaMoblieagenttechnology.
简介:Thedolly+isaLinuxapplicationprogramtoclonefilesanddiskpartitionimagefromaPCtomanyothers.Byusingseveraltechniquessuchaslogicalringconnection,multithreadingandpipelining,itcouldachievehighperformanceandscalability.Forexample,intypicalcondition,installationstoahundredPCstakesalmostequivalenttimefortwoPCs.TogetherwiththeIntelPXEandtheRedHatkickstart,automaticandveryfastsysteminstallationandupgradingcouldbeperformed.