ADome: Implementing CAN in a multisensor measurement setup
R. Zhang (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
A.J. Becoy (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Marco Spirito – Mentor (TU Delft - Electronics)
F.A. Musters – Mentor (TU Delft - Electronics)
R.A. Coesoij – Mentor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Leo C. N. de de Vreede – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electronics)
Maria Alonso Del Pino – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
More Info
expand_more
Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.
Abstract
This thesis focuses on improving the readout of the ADome by implementing MCUs at each antenna probe, enabling local sampling and memory storage. The serial communication protocols CAN, SPI and I2C are considered and compared with one another. Ultimately, CAN is decided due to its robustness and simplicity which make the system cheap and ensures that the measurement will not get corrupted during transmission. Moreover, implementations of the new readout protocol are able to obtain measurement data store information at the local MCU. Test setups verification showed that antenna location can be stored and retrieved. Furthermore, the readout protocol is able to acquire multiple samples from the ADC locally.