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The Application of Microprocessors in a National Laboratory

1977; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/tns.1977.4328703

1558-1578

E.R. Fisher,

Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) has long been involved in automation using minicomputers in the laboratory environment. This involvement has enabled LLL to become familiar with the problems of implementing computer systems. As a result of experience with computer system problems, LLL was in a very good position in 1972 to take advantage of the new microcomputer technology. In the fall of that year, LLL selected the Intel 8008 microprocessor and decided to create a standard system within the Laboratory. The main function of this standard was ''To make current technology easy to use and allow for upgrading to new technology.'' These are powerful arguments for implementing standards in a research environment. The reasons for standardization are to reduce design time, stop duplication of effort and ease the design processes of the final system. The support for such a system is possible because there is only one system to support rather than a proliferation of systems as happened in the commercial microprocessor area. The LLL system is discussed.