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1. Basic architecture
Sensor
Electronics
FPGA
Rabit -FPGA
Internal
Communication
Rabit Network
Controller
Rabit - PC
Communication
(TCP/IP)
LinearSensor
GUI
PC
Windows
Figure 1. The system architecture
Figure 1 shows the architecture of the LinearSensor monitor and control system. It consists of two
parts: one is the embedded measurement computer implemented on an FPGA chip and containing a
network adapter card (Rabbit controller). It is referenced further on as the sensor. The other part is the
monitoring and controlling computer, running the LinearSensorGUI software referenced further on as
LSGUI. This computer is connected to the sensor via Ethernet with TCP/IP communication protocol.
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