Distributed measurement and control based on the IEEE 1451 Smart Transducer Interface standards

This paper details a framework developed at the National Institute of Stand ards and Technology (NIST) that highlights the standardization efforts goin g on within the various levels of an Internet-based distributed measurement and control (DMC) system. The framework highlights state-of-the-art hardwa re and software techniques used at NIST to design, implement, and deploy ne xt-generation Internet-based DMC applications and systems. The framework ta rgets three important areas of standardization including transducer interfa ces, open network communication, and distributed application development. A n implementation of a DMC application on the Internet based on the NIST fra mework Is also described. The paper concludes with a brief introduction to other research activities at NIST culminating from this core Internet-based DMC research.