Future Work

 

Regarding future works to improve this project and this final solution:

• Fixing some existing bugs in the python scripts such as:

– Only one script can be initialized from starting up the BBB;

– If several conditions exists with the same action and if, for instance, the first is true and the second false, the output will be off;

– Some writing/reading problems with the database and the pickle file, that can be fixed

using locks, this limiting the access to that files of one script at a time.

• Create a user interface for rule adding, editing and removing. A concept for this work was

• already created and is presented in D;

• Endow the processing part of some operation process performance (OEE, energy consumption, etc.);

• Enabling more communication to this Smart Object, such as communication for a different PLC brand, since the FINS Protocol is only for Omron’s PLCs

• Different sensoring platform such as wireless sensor networks;

• Add a RFID tag to the SO, for wireless communication to the operating machine.