Abstract

CASTILLO-ATOCHE, A.; VAZQUEZ-CASTILLO, J.  and  SANCHEZ-HUERTA, V.. Real time TCP/IP control of modular production systems with FPGAs. J. appl. res. technol [online]. 2007, vol.5, n.1, pp.22-31. ISSN 2448-6736.

The Modular Production System (MPS) can be used to reproduce nearly any function in complex manufacturing processes. In this work a different way of real time TCP/IP control of three different MPS controlled by embedded processors inside a FPGA is proposed. The digital design with FPGA is particularly advantageous due to its parallel processing made possible by its flexible structure, high integration and velocity. The TCP/IP control is carried out with a Rabbit Core microprocessor. This device contains the functions required to implement a web server allowing the remote control of the MPS. A user enters a public IP direction on a designed web page to enable/disable each independent manufacturing process.

Keywords : MPS; FPGA; Picoblaze; TCP/IP.