Research Equipment Grant: Computer Equipment for Real-Time Parallel-Processing Control Applications

电子与计算机系 新泽西工学院将 购买并行处理硬件（具体地， IBM AT兼容主机用适配器板 配备INMOS T800晶片机的计算机）， 相关的接口外围设备和 该软件将专门用于支持 工程研究。 该设备将用于 研究了实时性实现中的几个问题 并行反馈控制策略。 主要重点将是应用于 对抗控制，一个新的概念，为控制 用绳子或金属丝固定物体的位置 其张力被主动控制。 的 应用程序不仅可以作为一个有用的范例， 阐明实施平行 处理算法，但也有一个潜在的 实现精确位置控制的全新方式。 研究设备的其他用途包括 可重构控制和可靠的控制软件。

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of New Jersey Institute of Technology will purchase parallel processing hardware (specifically, adapter boards for use in IBM AT-compatible host computers with INMOS T800 transputers) and associated interfacing peripheral equipment and software which will be dedicated to the support of research in engineering. The equipment will be used to study several issues in the implementation of real-time parallel feedback control strategies. The primary emphasis will be on the application to antagonistic control, a new concept for controlling the position of an object by means of strings or wires in which the tension is actively controlled. The application not only serves as a useful paradigm for elucidating the issues in implementation of parallel processing algorithms, but also has the potential of an entirely new way of achieving accurate position control. Other uses for research equipment will include reconfigurable control and reliable control software.