[Xenomai-help] Scilab/Scicos code generator for Xenomai

[Xenomai-help] Scilab/Scicos code generator for Xenomai

[Claudio Scordino]

Dear all,

My name is Claudio Scordino from Evidence 
(http://www.evidence.eu.com). In collaboration with the Scilab Group 
Digiteo (previously INRIA Roquencourt), and SUPSI Lugano, we developed 
a software integration between the following software packages:

- the Xenomai environment with the POSIX skin
- the Scilab/Scicos code generator
- a modified version of CANFestival

The result is now that we can use the Scilab/Scicos code generator to 
automatically generate application code for Xenomai!

We believe that this opens new possibilities for the usage of Xenomai 
in industrial applications, especially when these tools are used to 
implement control algorithms, fast prototyping systems and hardware in 
the loop simulations... all made using free open source tools!

We also developed a set of custom Scicos blocks that integrates with 
CANFestival for sending CANopen commands to control remote I/Os 
peripherals. These blocks can be inserted inside Scicos designs, and 
the generated code will control directly the remote peripheral.

In addition, we implemented a set of blocks which make available a UDP 
connection to exchange data between the Xenomai target and a Scilab 
simulation running on the PC. This allows, for example, remote display 
of data, as well as communication and data exhange for hardware in the 
loop, monitoring and remote control.

If interested, the following links contain some description of the 
project, as well as source code to download, and a wiki page with 
installing instructions.

- http://www.evidence.eu.com/content/view/301/388/ - Xenomai and 
Scilab/Scicos for Industrial COTS PC and remote CANopen I/O

- http://www.evidence.eu.com/content/view/175/216 - Scilab/Scicos code 
generator for FLEX and Xenomai

We added these links to our Wiki too in the "Embedded Linux" section.

Best regards,

             Claudio Scordino

-- 
Ing. Claudio Scordino		
Software Engineer, PhD
Tel. +39-050-5492050
http://retis.sssup.it/~scordino/

Evidence Srl
Embedded Real-Time Solutions
http://www.evidence.eu.com

Re: [Xenomai-help] Scilab/Scicos code generator for Xenomai

[Jan Kiszka]

Claudio Scordino wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> My name is Claudio Scordino from Evidence 
> (http://www.evidence.eu.com). In collaboration with the Scilab Group 
> Digiteo (previously INRIA Roquencourt), and SUPSI Lugano, we developed 
> a software integration between the following software packages:
> 
> - the Xenomai environment with the POSIX skin
> - the Scilab/Scicos code generator
> - a modified version of CANFestival
> 
> The result is now that we can use the Scilab/Scicos code generator to 
> automatically generate application code for Xenomai!

Cool.

> 
> We believe that this opens new possibilities for the usage of Xenomai 
> in industrial applications, especially when these tools are used to 
> implement control algorithms, fast prototyping systems and hardware in 
> the loop simulations... all made using free open source tools!

Even cooler. ;)

> 
> We also developed a set of custom Scicos blocks that integrates with 
> CANFestival for sending CANopen commands to control remote I/Os 
> peripherals. These blocks can be inserted inside Scicos designs, and 
> the generated code will control directly the remote peripheral.

I browsed your pages a few days ago and found some CAN driver patch.
Maybe you want to submit a polished :) version for inclusion into
mainline - so that your users don't have to patch Xenomai for this.

> 
> In addition, we implemented a set of blocks which make available a UDP 
> connection to exchange data between the Xenomai target and a Scilab 
> simulation running on the PC. This allows, for example, remote display 
> of data, as well as communication and data exhange for hardware in the 
> loop, monitoring and remote control.
> 
> If interested, the following links contain some description of the 
> project, as well as source code to download, and a wiki page with 
> installing instructions.
> 
> - http://www.evidence.eu.com/content/view/301/388/ - Xenomai and 
> Scilab/Scicos for Industrial COTS PC and remote CANopen I/O
> 
> - http://www.evidence.eu.com/content/view/175/216 - Scilab/Scicos code 
> generator for FLEX and Xenomai
> 
> We added these links to our Wiki too in the "Embedded Linux" section.

I think a link from the Xenomai wiki to your project would be
appropriate as well.

BTW, did you already have a look at the recently merged COMEDI-over-RTDM
framework (2.5-SVN)? Do you plan to add support for it as well?

Jan

-- 
Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT SE 2
Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux

Re: [Xenomai-help] Scilab/Scicos code generator for Xenomai

[Gilles Chanteperdrix]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> I think a link from the Xenomai wiki to your project would be
> appropriate as well.

This seems to have been done already.

-- 
                                                 Gilles.

Re: [Xenomai-help] Scilab/Scicos code generator for Xenomai

[Edouard TISSERANT]

Hello Claudio.

I just discovered your mail. Really great work !

Why didn't you post this scoop also on the canfestival-devel mailing 
list ? I nearly missed it.

Let me try and see if all this can interoperate with Beremiz project [1] 
as well.

I will also add a link to this project on canfestival.org.

Best regards,

Edouard TISSERANT

[1] www.beremiz.org

Claudio Scordino wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> My name is Claudio Scordino from Evidence 
> (http://www.evidence.eu.com). In collaboration with the Scilab Group 
> Digiteo (previously INRIA Roquencourt), and SUPSI Lugano, we developed 
> a software integration between the following software packages:
>
> - the Xenomai environment with the POSIX skin
> - the Scilab/Scicos code generator
> - a modified version of CANFestival
>
> The result is now that we can use the Scilab/Scicos code generator to 
> automatically generate application code for Xenomai!
>
> We believe that this opens new possibilities for the usage of Xenomai 
> in industrial applications, especially when these tools are used to 
> implement control algorithms, fast prototyping systems and hardware in 
> the loop simulations... all made using free open source tools!
>
> We also developed a set of custom Scicos blocks that integrates with 
> CANFestival for sending CANopen commands to control remote I/Os 
> peripherals. These blocks can be inserted inside Scicos designs, and 
> the generated code will control directly the remote peripheral.
>
> In addition, we implemented a set of blocks which make available a UDP 
> connection to exchange data between the Xenomai target and a Scilab 
> simulation running on the PC. This allows, for example, remote display 
> of data, as well as communication and data exhange for hardware in the 
> loop, monitoring and remote control.
>
> If interested, the following links contain some description of the 
> project, as well as source code to download, and a wiki page with 
> installing instructions.
>
> - http://www.evidence.eu.com/content/view/301/388/ - Xenomai and 
> Scilab/Scicos for Industrial COTS PC and remote CANopen I/O
>
> - http://www.evidence.eu.com/content/view/175/216 - Scilab/Scicos code 
> generator for FLEX and Xenomai
>
> We added these links to our Wiki too in the "Embedded Linux" section.
>
> Best regards,
>
>              Claudio Scordino
>
>