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Progress Report Presentation:

A Net Transparent GUI For Instrument

Control

By

Babatunde Lateef Kayode

000744244MSc. Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Supervisor: Dr W. Melis

July, 2013

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Overview

Introduction

Work Done

Work Remaining

Progress Summary

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Introduction

Background

Aims and Objectives

Deliverables

Project Description

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Background

Improvements in internet technologies in the last decadeleading to various web-based applications

Application of these technologies to develop systems forremote experimentation and monitoring of equipment

Use of these remote systems as a learning tool inuniversities

Use of these remote systems in the industry for off-sitemonitoring and control

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Deliverables

A web based Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Development of original algorithm for graphical datadisplay

A web-based control system

A detailed project report

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Project Description

Project in conjunction with Lab-Tools Instrumentation

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Test Instrumentcurrently working at the Lab-Tools Laboratory

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RemoteGraphics User

Interface(GUI)

Serverand

Database

Local GraphicsUser Interface

(GUI)

Control

Unit

Test

Instrument

Project Block Diagram

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Work Done

Webserver Design

Database Design

Webpage Interface Design

Development of algorithm for data logging and display

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Webserver Design Webserver design

implemented using anintegrated server package of

Apache MySQL, PHP and

Perl called XAMPP

Webserver implemented onWindows OS platform

Implementation of HTTPSprotocol for client servercommunication

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Database Design

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Webpage Interface Design

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Development of Algorithm for Data

Logging and Display Implemented using PHP

scripting Language

Algorithm written for databaseaccess

Use of $_POST function ofPHP to implement data

logging and display Installation of jpgraph library

for graph plot

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Development of algorithm for

Instrument control Implemented in the control unit

Aplx programming software from MicroApl is used

MySQL ODBC driver installation

Real-time SQL read from the database

Real-time SQL write to the database

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Testing and verification of Instrument

control functionality

Integration testing

Testing for responsiveness

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Progress Summary

Fully functioning web-based GUI interface

Fully functioning client-server architecture

Interface to test instrument to be done

Testing and verification of the whole system to be done

Project will be completed by deadline

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