Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of Internal/InterferenceSubsystemInterface

Timestamp:

Dec 27, 2005, 11:26:00 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

kishore

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Internal/InterferenceSubsystemInterface

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 == Basic operations ==
 The two most basic operations that will be carried out using this subsystem are the generation of signals and their observation in different domains (time and frequency).  Experimenters should be provided with interfaces for the same. While designing these interfaces, the following points should be carefully considered. 
-  1. '''Instrument Complexity''' - Instruments are quite complex and experimenters should be shielded from this complexity. Commands to the instruments can potentially take a large number of arguments, some of which are instrument-specific or even implementation-specific and require a thorough understanding of how the instrument functions. The interface should hide this complexity from the experimenters, possibly even hiding the existence of instruments. As far as the experimenters are concerned, they should be able to generate signals according to their specifications. 
+  1. '''Instrument Complexity''' - Instruments are quite complex and experimenters should be shielded from this complexity. Commands to the instruments can potentially take a large number of arguments, some of which are instrument-specific and require a thorough understanding of how the instrument functions. The interface should hide this complexity from the experimenters, possibly even hiding the existence of instruments. As far as the experimenters are concerned, they should be able to generate or observe signals according to their specifications. 
   2. '''Heterogenous Instruments ''' - The subsystem should allow for the inclusion and possible addition of instruments, with different capabilities. Thus, there can be instruments from different manufacturers that generate the same signal, but either have different number of default arguments or require arguments to specified in a different order. Again, these details should be hidden from the experimenter. 
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+  3. '''Experimenter expertise''' - It is expected that a majority of experimenters are novice users when it comes to using such a system and its capabilities. It is also expected that a majority of the experimenters 
+  4. '''Instrument protection''' - All instruments are very expensive hardware and should be protected from both malicious users as well as unintentional misuse. Commands passed to the instruments should be thoroughly checked before they are used.