Index of Projects

• 1. Specification of Cell Computing Model
• 2. Zeus-Framework for C++
  • 2.1 Specification
  • 2.2 Plattform support
  • 2.3 Libraries
• 3. Hardware Projects
• 4. Thesis

1. Specification of Cell Computing Model

The document includes the main concepts and ideas of the model. It follows abstact concepts and discusses different ways of implementation.

The specification of Cell Computing Model is written in german and not available in english yet. If you are interested in translating this document, please contact me here. I'd be very grateful.

I've started writing a short online specification in english.

The german version is available in full length.
Specification of Cell Computing Model [pdf] (long version in German).

2. Zeus-Framework for C++

The Zeus-Framework was designed originally for Cell Computing, but is used nowadays as extension to libraries like STL or boost. Some are using Zeus to be more platform independant, because it wrapps API functions from Linux and Windows.

The Zeus-Framework has two main features:

• modular structure using software components. (static feature)
• dynamic communication with foreign systems. Autonomous reactions and and realignment to new situations. (dynamic feature)

These two features opens a wide spectrum to use this framework. Other features like:

• portable to other systems (Linux and Windows already tested)
• fast and efficient (Programmed in C++)
• no licence charges (Open Source)

2.1 Specification

The specification of Zeus-Framework is written in german and not available in english yet. If you are interested in translating this document, please contact me here. I'd be very grateful.

There are different documents describing the framework:

• ZeusFramework basics [pdf] (long version in German).
  Basics of the Zeus-Framework. What is Zeus-Framework about?
  • Interface concept of Zeus-Framework

• Base library of Zeus [pdf].
  Includes the base library and some concepts of the Zeus-Framework.

• Math library of Zeus [pdf].
  Includes the math library only.

• Cell network library of Zeus [pdf].
  Includes the cell network only.

Lots of concepts implemented with Zeus-Framework are taken from RFC, like:

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0 (RFC 1945).
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 (RFC 2616).
• Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax (RFC 2396).

2.2 Plattform support

There exists different plattform projects on Zeus-Framework for C++.

• Linux 32bit Plattforms

  • GNU C++ Compiler

• Windows 32bit Plattforms

  • Borland C++ Builder v.6
  • CodeGear C++Builder v.2007
  • Visual Studio v.6
  • Visual Studio 2005

2.3 Libraries

The whole Zeus-Framework is built out of following software libraries:

• ZeusBase: Basic library of the C++ Framework for general use. Contains classes for data types, XML, multithreading, networking, RMI for C++, messaging and much more.

• ZeusMath: Mathematical library of the Zeus-Framework. It includes classes for mathematical basics, geometry, signal processing, artificial inteligence, fuzzy logic etc.

• ZeusCell: Cell Computing network library. This is actually the implementation of the hardware management and software distribution based on Cell Computing Model.

• ZeusImg: Perception library of the Zeus-Framework. Nowadays it includes image processing only. Implements datatypes, filters and kernels specialized for signal processing.

• ZeusRobot: Robotics library of the Zeus-Framework. Currently only the NXT robot is supported.

There are lots of examples documented within this project site. See Examples.

3. Hardware Projects

Besides the software framework we are building a test plattform for cell computing.

• Orion: Test plattform with up to 8 dual core mobile processors.

4. Thesis

Following thesis are published by XAtlantis:

• Thesis 05/06: Thesis of Benjamin Hadorn 2005/2006