Development of an optical profile measurement system under RTAI Linux using a CD pickup head

Description

The development of a low cost profile measurement system suggests – because of the feature low cost – the use of an open source control system. In this work, the authors combine a commercially available compact disc (CD) pickup head, the National Instruments NI-PCI 6221 data acquisition card, and a PC running RTAI Linux. The setup is used to scan along a CD and measure the distance between tracks. The setup will be used in a lab course by students to get to know rapid control prototyping systems and open source alternatives to expensive industrial systems.

Period	20 Oct 2011
Event title	13th Realtime Linux Workshop
Event type	Conference
Location	Czech RepublicShow on map