Benchmarking of IEC 61499 runtime environments

This paper presents a methodology for the characterization of an IEC 61499 runtime environment by use of a benchmarking procedure. Due to the usage of IEC 61499 for low-level control as well as the paradigm of application centered engineering¹, it is necessary to describe the capability to execute IEC 61499 function block networks. There are two most characteristic items that need to be taken into consideration: the execution of a basic function block and the execution of function block network structures. The adaptability of the presented methodology is demonstrated on two different runtime implementations.