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.
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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.
简介:Lowcyclefatiguecrackpropagation(FCP)behavioroftwoPC/ABSblendswithaweightra-tioofPCtoABSbeing80/20and60/40,respectively,isinvestigated.Experimentsarecarriedoutbyusingstandardcompacttension(CT)specimens.Thefracturesurfacesareexaminedwithascanningelectronmi-croscope(SEM).ItisshownthattheFCPresistanceofPC/ABSblendwith20%ABSparticlesishigherthanthatofPC/ABSblendwith40%ABSparticles.ItisfoundthatproperABSparticlecontentcanresultinthetougheningofPC/ABSblendsthroughparticlecavitationandshearyieldinginmatrix.