Design and implementation of a massively parallel architecture for high-level electronic measurements

Dedicated architectures are often a basic requirement to match massive computation and throughput of an increasing number of real-time applications in electronic measurements, in particular for robotics and power applications. Also, a high-level programming view of the architecture and an interactive interface become important to allow easy implementation of complex algorithms, reasonable access to measurement experts without a specific expertise on computers, and a flexible adaptation to the specific application environment. This paper presents the design and the implementation of an advanced measurement system based upon a multiprocessor architecture. Particular attention is given to the programming environment.