Measurement system software architecture for easily creating high-performance measurement applications

A memory medium comprising program instructions for creating a measurement run-time, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer, wherein the program instructions implement:

• a measurement task specifier, operable to generate a measurement task specification for a measurement task in response to user input;
• an expert system, operable to:
• analyze the generated measurement task specification;
• validate the measurement task specification;
• and
• generate a run-time specification for the measurement task;
• and
• a run-time builder, operable to:
• analyze the run-time specification;
• reserve one or more resources according to the run-time specification after said analyzing the run-time specification;
• configure one or more measurement devices according to the run-time specification;
• and
• generate a run-time, wherein said run-time is executable to perform the measurement task.

A method for performing a measurement task, the method comprising:

• receiving user input specifying the measurement task;
• generating a measurement task specification in response to said user input;
• analyzing the measurement task specification, and generating one or more candidate run-time specifications for the measurement task in response to said analyzing;
• calculating one or more metrics for each of the one or more candidate run-time specifications and selecting one of the one or more candidate run-time specifications based on the calculated one or more metrics;
• analyzing the selected candidate run-time specification;
• configuring one or more measurement devices according to the selected candidate run-time specification;
• and
• generating a run-time based on the selected candidate run-time specification, wherein said run-time is executable to perform the measurement task.

A method for performing a measurement task, the method comprising:

• receiving user input specifying the measurement task;
• generating a measurement task specification in response to said user input;
• analyzing the measurement task specification, and generating a run-time specification for the measurement task in response to said analyzing;
• analyzing the run-time specification;
• configuring one or more measurement devices according to the run-time specification;
• and
• generating a run-time based on the run-time specification, wherein said run-time is executable to perform the measurement task;
• receiving second user input;
• and
• setting system configuration parameters for the one or more measurement devices in response to said receiving second user input.

A system, comprising:

• a measurement task specifier, operable to generate a measurement task specification for a measurement task in response to user input;
• an expert system, operable to:
• analyze the generated measurement task specification;
• validate the generated measurement task specification;
• and
• generate a run-time specification for the measurement task;
• a run-time builder, operable to:
• analyze the run-time specification;
• configure one or more measurement devices according to the run-time specification;
• and
• generate a run-time, wherein said run-time is executable to perform the measurement task.

A computer-implemented method for creating a measurement run-time, comprising:

• receiving user input specifying a measurement task;
• generating a measurement task specification for the measurement task in response to the user input;
• analyzing the generated measurement task specification, wherein the generated measurement task specification is analyzed by an expert system;
• generating a run-time specification for the measurement task, wherein the expert system generates the run-time specification for the measurement task;
• configuring one or more measurement devices according to the run-time specification;
• and
• generating a run-time, wherein the run-time is executable to perform the measurement task, and wherein the run-time is generated using the run-time specification.

A carrier medium comprising program instructions for creating a measurement run-time, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer to:

• receive user input specifying a measurement task;
• generate a measurement task specification for the measurement task in response to the user input;
• analyze the generated measurement task specification, wherein the generated measurement task specification is analyzed by an expert system;
• generate a run-time specification for the measurement task, wherein the expert system generates the run-time specification for the measurement task;
• configure one or more measurement devices according to the run-time specification;
• and
• generate a run-time, wherein the run-time is executable to perform the measurement task, and wherein the run-time is generated using the run-time specification.