Looking for books or reading material on some different approaches to creating a complete instrument control package.
Example: Big conveyor belt system utilizing many motors, vision systems, closed loop operations. User will schedule a "job" which takes a few minutes. User can schedule 50 jobs as a batch, and software will launch each job based on certain criteria. Each motor belongs to some subsystem, which can run in parallel with other subsystems.
Was looking for more details on:
- Top-down communication from scheduler to each low level systems VS. Inter subsystem communication... pros and cons
- Designing a scheduler and sequencer
- Approaches to event drivin tasks
Any reading material recommended? This is similar to basic software thread control and management, but doing this with LabVIEW is a bit complex.
