VILLASframework
Modular co-simulation framework
Comedi

Prerequisites

This node-type requires comedilib (>= 0.11.0).

Implementation

The source code of the node-type is available here: https://git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/node/blob/master/lib/nodes/comedi.cpp

Configuration

Todo:
Document config options for Comedi node-type

Example

nodes = {
pcie6259 = {
type = "comedi",
device = "/dev/comedi0",
in = {
subdevice = 0,
rate = 1000,
signals = (
# note: order in this array defines order in villas sample
{ channel = 0, range = 0, aref = 0, name = "temperature_int" },
{ channel = 1, range = 0, aref = 0, name = "loopback_ao0" },
{ channel = 2, range = 0, aref = 0, name = "loopback_ao1" },
{ channel = 3, range = 0, aref = 0, name = "bnc_ext" }
)
},
out = {
subdevice = 1,
# Note: buffer size and rate shouldn't be changed at the moment
# output sample rate
rate = 40000,
# comedi write buffer in kilobytes
bufsize = 24,
signals = (
# note: order in this array corresponds to order in villas sample
{ name = "ao0", channel = 0, range = 0, aref = 0 },
{ name = "ao1", channel = 1, range = 0, aref = 0 },
{ name = "ao2", channel = 2, range = 0, aref = 0 },
{ name = "ao3", channel = 3, range = 0, aref = 0 }
)
}
},
remote = {
type = "socket",
layer = "udp"
format = "protobuf",
in = {
address = "*:12000"
},
out = {
address = "134.130.169.32:12000"
}
},
sine1 = {
type = "signal",
signal = "sine",
values = 1,
frequency = 50,
rate = 10000,
},
sine2 = {
type = "signal",
signal = "sine",
values = 1,
frequency = 100,
rate = 10000,
}
}
paths = (
# 2-ch sine
# {
# in = [ "sine1.data[0]", "sine2.data[0]" ]
# out = "pcie6259"
# rate = 10000
# mask = ()
# }
# Remote data via UDP
{
in = "remote.data[0-3]"
out = "pcie6259"
rate = 40000
mask = ()
}
)

Further reading

Linux Control and measurement device interface

The Comedi project develops open-source drivers, tools, and libraries for data acquisition.