Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:7370 comp.dsp:1523 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!cwpjr From: cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.dsp Subject: Re: add-in boards for PC-based control system? Summary: Rapid Prototyping Message-ID: <1991Apr8.174913.20366@cbnewse.att.com> Date: 8 Apr 91 17:49:13 GMT References: <1991Apr6.174254.8596@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Followup-To: poster Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 34 In article <1991Apr6.174254.8596@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, yackob@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Kerry Yackoboski) writes: > > Problem: I want to put together a PC-based control > system that will acquire data, digitally figure out what the > feedback should be doing, correct the control signal, and send > it out to the plant. The system should operate at 100 kHz or better. > > Query: does anyone know of an add-in board I can buy > that will make this easy and quick to do? I know I can build my > own from the chips up using a DSP, A/D's and D/A, ROM, and RAM. > However, if I can find an easier and faster way to do it, I'll > take the fastest way. I've looked at a few data acquisition > boards that are used to log data or control slow processes (e.g., > temperature controllers) but I haven't seen anything like > what I want. > > -- > Kerry Yackoboski > The Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Laboratory in the Cellar > U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada For fast prototyping and easy modification the Micro K Systems IBM PC XT DSP Board is hard to beat. It uses a DSP32-8 MFLOPS C and FORTH ( Rapid Prototyping Language ) and include math and DSP libraries from AT&T. Comes with the compilers, and buffered serial interface. Codec plug-in boards go from 8 to 16 bits. They can be reached at (303) 693-3413 15874 E. Hamilton Place Aurora CO 80013