Analysis of microcomputer network for computer-assisted mining research. Information circular/1992

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6815565

Fries, E F

The U.S. Bureau of Mines is conducting research that will lead to computer-assisted mining equipment. The research will facilitate improvements in safety by relocating workers from dangerous areas and will increase production by providing more accurate control with less down-time of equipment. A Bureau-developed microcomputer network enhances the research by permitting a group of diverse computers to interact with a mining machine as well as with each other over a common data link. The network is composed of specially integrated off-the-shelf hardware and industry-standard operating system and programming languages. Using the network, researchers can conduct various experiments with the mining machine using a diverse group of sensors, computers, and microcontrollers. The report of investigation gives a brief background on the Bureau's work in computer-assisted mining followed by discussions on the network hardware and architecture, the network packets, and an analysis of network operation.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Pittsburgh Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6815565
• Report Number(s): PB-93-132074/XAB; BUMINES-IC--9330
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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