Flexible Arduino Board - Mid-Tier and Application Software

An instrument board based on Arduino™ has been designed. Although a direct connection from the controlling computer to one or more boards can be used, this solution does not allow to implement complex experimental configurations and only one computer per time can control the boards. Another issue of this approach is the low scalability of the controlling software, usually tied to a given setup. This report describes the study, design and implementation of a “Structured solution” for the Application software with the following goals in mind • Connecting the boards to form a network of distributed resources • Allowing concurrent access to the resources from many applications • Granting access from dedicated hardware or from computers with different operating systems • Improve flexibility and future integration with other instruments