A Networked Controller Platform Based On Open-Source Hardware And Software

This paper introduces a novel networked controller platform based on open-source hardware: Arduino UNO, and software: Scilab/Xcos and Arduino IDE(Integrated Development Environment). To accomplish data exchange among the control components, a communication protocol based on UDP(User Data-gram Protocol) is designed. The adoption of open-source software and hardware renders the controller platform advantages in contrast to traditional networked controller platforms, e.g., being low-cost and time-saving in hardware design and implementation. In addition, the introduction of the network makes the controller platform flexible in structure and applicable to home automation and remote control. The background is introduced first, then the design and implementation are detailed, and an experiment is implemented to validate the practicality of the controller platform. At last, the conclusion ends the paper. To the best knowledge of the authors, there is no precedent of a controller platform that combines Scilab/Xcos, UDP and Arduino UNO yet.