G. Vrecko et al., MICROCOMPUTER UNIT FOR CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED DEVICES OVER COMPUTER-NETWORKS, Journal of systems architecture, 43(1-5), 1997, pp. 81-85
The paper presents a Control Node Unit (CNU) which is a small microcom
puter designed to control automated electromechanical devices, CNU can
control both the stand-alone devices and devices in a distributed con
nection-oriented environment, The existing infrastructure can be used
for communication among CNUs.