Title: Design of an advanced intelligent instrument with waveform recognition based on the ITMS platform

Authors: G. De Arcas, J. Vega, A. Murari, J. Nieto, J.M. Lopez, M. Ruiz, E. Barrera, G.A. Ratta

Addresses: Grupo de Investigacion en Instrumentacion y Acustica Aplicada, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Ctra. Valencia Km 7, 28031, Madrid, Spain. ' Asociacion EURATOM/CIEMAT para Fusion, Avda. Complutense 22, 28040, Madrid, Spain. ' Consorzio RFX – Associazione EURATOM ENEA per la Fusione, Corso Stati Uniti 4, Padova, Italy. ' Grupo de Investigacion en Instrumentacion y Acustica Aplicada, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Ctra. Valencia Km 7, 28031, Madrid, Spain. ' Grupo de Investigacion en Instrumentacion y Acustica Aplicada, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Ctra. Valencia Km 7, 28031, Madrid, Spain. ' Grupo de Investigacion en Instrumentacion y Acustica Aplicada, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Ctra. Valencia Km 7, 28031, Madrid, Spain. ' Grupo de Investigacion en Instrumentacion y Acustica Aplicada, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Ctra. Valencia Km 7, 28031, Madrid, Spain. ' Asociacion EURATOM/CIEMAT para Fusion, Avda. Complutense 22, 28040, Madrid, Spain

Abstract: Searching for similar behaviours in previous data plays a key role in fusion research, but it can be quite challenging to implement from a practical point of view. This paper describes the design of an intelligent measurement instrument that uses Similar Waveform Recognition Systems (SWRS) to extract knowledge from the signals it acquires. The system is perceived as an ethernet measurement instrument that permits acquisition of several waveforms simultaneously and identification of similar behaviours by searching in previous data using distributed SWRS. The implementation is another example of the advantages that local processing capabilities can provide in Data Acquisition (DAQ) applications.

Keywords: advanced instrumentation; intelligent instrumentation; ITMS platform; similar waveform recognition; SWRS; nuclear knowledge management; similar behaviour; nuclear fusion; data acquisition.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNKM.2010.031150

International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 2010 Vol.4 No.1, pp.10 - 17

Published online: 22 Jan 2010 *

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