{"id":502,"date":"2020-04-01T15:29:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T15:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haliatech.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T08:54:38","slug":"improving-confidence-in-data-integrity-with-time-sensitive-networking-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haliatech.com\/id\/electronics\/improving-confidence-in-data-integrity-with-time-sensitive-networking-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Confidence in Data Integrity with Time-Sensitive Networking Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Challenge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing a monitoring system\nwith distributed digital inputs across a physics reactor. The synchronization\naccuracy has to be within the hundreds of <\/em>\u00b5s. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NI compactRIO architecture\nthat deals with multiple digital input modules along with the Time-sensitive\nnetworking for tight synchronization across. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physics\nreactor deals with highly accurate data acquisition and monitoring. This is\ncrucial to determine and diagnose what happens when a certain condition was to\nbe triggered. Haliatech, as the alliance partner for National Instruments (NI)\nin Indonesia, offers the recently announced Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)\ntechnology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fault\nDetection System across the reactor numerous digital points is one of the\ncommon yet critical applications. One of the most challenging requirements of\nthis application is to be able to have a distributed monitoring solution while\nsynchronized with each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nmodular and embedded approach of using cRIO combined with TSN technology is one\nof the most suitable solutions to this challenge, mainly comprised of three\nmain components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The FPGA technology within\n compactRIO (cRIO) is ideal for monitoring digital input with the rate up\n to \u00b5s or even ns precision. <\/li>
  2. The recently-announced TSN\n technology that enables the highly synchronized operation with each of the\n cRIO used, up to the order of 100s \u00b5s. <\/li>
  3. The modular and rugged\n design of the cRIO allows future expansion, making the setup is\n cost-effective and efficient. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    A\ncloser look at each of the components mentioned starting from the FPGA\ntechnology used. As we know, FPGA (Field-programmable gate arrays) is well\nknown for its flexibility, reliability, hardware-timed speed, and\nparallelism.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    FPGA\nhardware-timed speed is possible due to the design of the implementation of the\napplication logic itself. By putting the logic in the hardware circuits, it\neliminates the overhead of the OS, drivers, and application software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Figure 3 User could easily refer the historical data of fault detection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Addressing\nour customer challenges, we have designed the FPGA part of the application to\nbe customizable up to a 100 kHz theoretical sample rate. This approach would\nenable our customers to be able to discern one and each of the data acquired up\nto the 10 \u00b5s accuracy*. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In\ntandem with our FPGA solution is TSN Technology. Time-Sensitive Networking is\nan update to the IEEE Ethernet Standard that has been in works for quite some\ntime, involving companies like NI, Intel, Cisco along with organizations like IEEE,\nthe Avnu Alliance and the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    TSN\noffers various benefits, including the simple and reliable synchronization of\ndistributed measurements. By adopting the technology, we managed to keep our\ndevices in sync up to 1 \u00b5s accuracy**. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Finally, all of our design resides within\nthe cRIO solution. cRIO is well-known for its ruggedness, industry-standard\ncertifications, and high-performance. The modular design of cRIO is also one of\nits key benefits. It means that our customers would be able to expand their\napplication easily and cost-effectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Haliatech\nis proud to be in this collaboration. Should you have any inquiries in regards\nto this application or NI solution in general, feel free to reach us at sales@haliatech.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    (*)\nSpecifications vary by factors, such as the maximum sampling rate of the\nmodules, FPGA clock, etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    (**)\nTypical specifications. Accuracy varies depending on the system\nconfigurations <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n