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    Communication in a LabVIEW based holonic controller
    (Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2016) Masendeke, D. M.; Basson, A. H.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper presents a communication approach for a holonic controller developed in LabVIEW. The controller is aimed at station that forms part of a reconfigurable assembly cell. The objective of the research was to evaluate the extent to which LabVIEW facilitates reconfigurability in this context. The holons were implemented by using LabVIEW’s producer/consumer (to achieve asynchronous inter- and intra-holon communication) and state machine architectures. The paper discusses some implementation considerations. The paper shows that LabVIEW offers some attractive facilities for lower levels of reconfigurable control systems.