Title :
A distributed computing approach to rapid prototyping for embedded controllers
Author :
Milam, William P.
Author_Institution :
Sci. Res. Lab., Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, USA
Abstract :
A system has been developed at Ford that allows a control engineer to use Control System Design packages, such as MatrixX or MATLAB SIMULINK, to design a controller in graphical form, and generate C code which is then executed in synchronization with a pre-existing embedded controller to allow rapid evaluation of novel control ideas. No hardware modifications are required, as all the work is done in software using a shared memory interface between the embedded system and a PC/AT clone computer. The technical details are reviewed here
Keywords :
C language; Ford; control system CAD; distributed control; distributed processing; programmable controllers; real-time systems; shared memory systems; software packages; software prototyping; C code; Ford; MATLAB SIMULINK; MatrixX; control system design packages; distributed computing approach; embedded controllers; rapid prototyping; shared memory interface; Cloning; Control systems; Design engineering; Distributed computing; Embedded software; Embedded system; Hardware; MATLAB; Packaging; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1993., Proceedings of the 36th Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Detroit, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1760-2
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1993.343294
