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INSPEC 5719275 C9711-7420-038 Doc Type: Journal Paper Title: Web GUIs for embedded applications Authors: Steinfeld, E. Iss: no.85 p. 45-6, 48 Publisher: Circuit Cellar Inc Date: Aug. 1997 Language: English Treatment: Practical Abstract: With the advent of the Web, we now have a universal display standard. It's just a matter of time until the manufacturing world also seeks a standard user interface. Manufacturing machine controllers were some of the earliest embedded systems to be networked. But in the past, few had graphical user interfaces. The process control industry, also early to network, had a wide variety of protocols to connect and communicate with controllers. Most process controllers still have an old proprietary scheme to create the user interface since the GUI wasn't standardized like the network connection. Enter the Internet and World Wide Web with support for personal computers. Now, a manufacturer can build a computer controlled system, interconnected via TCP/IP, and offer user access to the controller from any connected Web browser. All they need is an embedded kernel with an embedded Web server inside the controllers scattered across the plant. (0 Refs.) Classification: C7420 (Control engineering computing); C3220B (Programmable controllers); C6180G (Graphical user interfaces); C5620W (Other computer networks) Thesaurus: Computerised control; Graphical user interfaces; Hypermedia; Internet; Programmable controllers; Real-time systems Free Terms: Web GUIs; Embedded applications; Universal display standard; Machine controllers; Graphical user interfaces; Process control; Internet; World Wide Web; Personal computers; Computer controlled system; TCP/IP; User access; Embedded kernel; Embedded Web server