bee lab toolkit: a data-centric programming approach for sharing data between systems

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Sistemi Software Integrati

BEE LAB Case Study

NI Aeros pace & Defense Forum

Rome, 13 June 2013


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BEE LAB

A data-centr ic prog ramm ing appro ach for data sharing among network -based

measurement and contro l s ystems, resident across heterogeneous plat forms


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Company Overview


Founded in 1988 as an Italian-American joint-venture. Currently100% Finmeccanica Group.

SSI designs and develops softwaresystems for highly critical civil,military and dual use applications,and it is strongly oriented toinnovation.

SSI is strongly focused oninnovation Swarm Intelligence andMultirobot Cooperating Systems

Resources

Sites

Headquarter

in Taranto

Rome Office

Ronchi dei Legionari

Site

Pise Office


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Company Experience


ON-BOARD &

EMBEDDED SWMISSION PLANNING MONITORING &

CONTROLC4I SW

AUTOMATED TEST SERVICES &

SOLUTIONS

VIRTUAL WORLD &

SIMULATION

SWARM SOLUTIONS


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Swarm Intelligence Solutions


Define a new paradigm moving from a hierarchical view to a network-centricview

View the systems as ecological communities, where entities are related toeach other by a network of interdependencies

Reduce systems integration complexity and cost

Provide a software platform fostering net-centricity and eliminating the needsfor custom bridging


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BEE DDS Product


Represents the architectural foundation of the SSI most innovative systems, e.g. teams of unmanned

autonomous and cooperating vehicles

Allows to interconnect heterogeneous devices belonging to the same data domain

Implements the OMG Data Distribution Services standard


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DDS Domain



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Datacentric solutions using NI products


Provides the standard features of BEE DDS integrated in the LabVIEWdevelopment environment.

Enables data-centric programming for the design of network-centric systemsbased on xRIO nodes.

Provides interoperability for data exchange in real time between heterogeneousnodes (NI and non-NI), and multi-language applications (LabView, C, C++, Java).

BEE Lab Toolkit

An efficient solution for designing sensor networks by combining the power ofNational Instruments systems with the simplicity of the BEE DDS middleware.

Acts as a node of a wide area sensors network that can share data withcommercial platforms such as Android Tablets, PCs, etc.

Controls various types of I/O and connectivity is supported by various peripheraldevices (Ethernet, RS-232, CAN, USB, Modbus, DNP3).

BEE Sense

In conjunction with


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BEE LAB Toolkit features


Operates as a "Shared Variable Engine" distributed and fully integrated inLabVIEW

Provides the means for publishing and subscribing Data Cluster in a platformindependent way

The BEE Lab toolkit Palette allows the user to configure the service,subscribe and publish data clusters in a friendly and modular way

Transforms each individual NI component in a stand-alone node of a networksystem

Allows the NI node to exchange data with other nodes of different natures


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Publisher/Subscriber protocol in LabVIEW


1. Identify shareable Data Clusters;

2. Specify Data Clusters criticality;

3. Connect to BEE-DDS Service

4. Run the (Distributed) Application


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BEE LAB Toolkit is available on the NI WEB site



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BEE LAB Nodes


The synergy between the NI products and the BEE DDS is exploited to design a set of nodes

that implement the next generation System of Systems


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BEE LAB System Architecture


BEE LAB is the development environment that brings together the LABVIEW Toolkit and the

services provided by the DDS server to the end user directly or via cloud services


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Application Areas



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Demo


Each BEE Sense acts as a DDS node

Upon a user action on the sensor controlled by the BEE Sense, the relevant actuator on

the remote BEE Sense is activated


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Sistemi Software Integrati S.p.A.

Viale del Lavoro 101

Quartiere Paolo VI

74123 Taranto, Italy

Tel: +39 099 4701 111; Fax: +39 099 4701 777

www.ssi.it

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Francesco Cazzato Head of Innovative Products

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Francesco Fedi Head of Research and [email protected]
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