IIEE, PCSIR Project Work 2010

FPGA Based DAQ Card with Added Wireless Data Link & Data Logging Support (Implemented For Industrial Parameters Control).
Ali Asrar Baig, Jawaid Rasheed, M. Ahmed Khan, M. Noman Hasan, M. Obaid Siddiqui IIEE Graduating Students 2010 (Project Group Members) Engr. Arsalan Khan (Asst. Manager, SUPARCO), Engr. Ashab Mirza (Associate Professor, IIEE) Asst. Associate External & Internal Project Supervisors

Abstract
An industrial automation process must be aquinted with the adaption of newest technology in plant designing & work practices in human business rules keeping under consideration engineering of a process and plant. The magic HMI software WINCC has revolutionalized the industrial world with its ability to automate auxllary plant using their tools of simulation. With this advance software the process and field parameter can be analyzed, monitored and controlled effectively. Keeping in mind the importance of project designing mechanical, electrical & P&ID diagrams have been introduced in this project as a major aspect of industrial development.

Motivation
At the end of B.E. studies, all the engineering students in Pakistan usually requires to design and develop Projects which is basically is a demonstration of their engineering capabilities of solving engineering problems, at undergraduate level. IIEE students, also carryout Project Work related to any industrial electronics problem. Being industrial electronics students, they have to all learn basic engineering skills, and plus, latest technology that is being used in modern industry. Today most of the critical (fast) embedded systems being employed in the industry are FPGA based, only because it has flexibility (programmable) and accuracy like digital systems and it provides parallel (fast) processing channel like analog system. Therefore we chose FPGA based project, just to introduce ourselves with this latest technology, and to test our industrial electronics engineering capabilities.

FPGA Based DAQ Card

The designed (and developed) FPGA BASED DAQ CARD" provides basic Data Acquisition functionality for applications such as simple data logging, portable measurement (in virtual instrumentation environment), for academic lab experiments. Following are the basic features of the FPGA Based DAQ card 4 analog I/O s High sampling frequency (around 400 kHz) ONE Dedicated High Speed Analog channel to support Digital PID/FIR filter. 8 digital I/O s 4 PWM generators High speed user interface to enable high data transfer rate

Built-in wireless data link to enable wireless data transmission to a remote monitoring unit

Project Task List

Following is the list of the main tasks for designing and development of FPGA based DAQ card. 1. Designing of HDL Core for the Main Processor (on FPGA).

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Implementing Wireless Communication Protocol. Development of a user friendly GUI with its Installer. Implementation of process control on FPGA Based DAQ.

Achievements & Acknowledgements

The primary goal is of Design and development FPGA based DAQ is to explore the modern highly customizable FPGA technology. This was a difficult task to implement because FPGAs are generally shipped in starter kit form, with limited built-in resources on board, and to make a customizable product with limited resources is a very challenging task, but in the end, we successfully completed & demonstrated all the project tasks. The confidence we gained in successfully using FPGA devise in solving industrial problem is the main achievement for us in carrying out this project.

PCSIR - Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering, IIEE

ST-22/C, Block-6 Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi 75300, Ph. # +9221-99244218-20 Websites: www.iiee.edu.pk www.pcsir.gov.pk Email: info@iiee.edu.pk

We are thankful to our supervisors, especially, Engr. Arsalan Khan (IIEE Graduate), who guided and help us in solving issues involved in practical application of FPGA device. We are extremely grateful to him that he gave us time, as at when it was possible for him with his busy schedule at SUPARCO.

PCSIR - Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering, IIEE

ST-22/C, Block-6 Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi 75300, Ph. # +9221-99244218-20 Websites: www.iiee.edu.pk www.pcsir.gov.pk Email: info@iiee.edu.pk