Real-time characterization of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 for integration into Hardware In the Loop architecture

Author

Louali, Rabah ; Belloula, A. ; Djouadi, M.S. ; Bouaziz, S.

Author_Institution

Mil. Polytech. Sch., Algiers, Algeria

fYear

2011

fDate

20-23 June 2011

Firstpage

1241

Lastpage

1246

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe a real time characterization of FS2004 by measuring the dynamic model rate and quantify its temporal stability. This is done to evaluate Flight Simulator 2004 for a potential integration into HIL (Hardware In the Loop architecture) architecture used in developing embedded systems on UAVs. After a general presentation of the simulator and the reasons which lead us to study it, we describe the experimental procedure based on the definition of real-time simulation and Monte Carlo Method. Experiments conducted in different configurations allowed to isolate parameters that have a decisive impact on the real-time performances of the simulator.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; aerospace computing; aerospace simulation; digital simulation; embedded systems; FS2004 real time characterization; Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004; Monte Carlo Method; dynamic model rate; embedded systems; hardware in the loop architecture; temporal stability; Acceleration; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Graphics; Histograms; Mathematical model; Real time systems; Commercial Of The Shelf (COTS); Flight Simulation; Hardware In the Loop (HIL); Monte-Carlo Method; Real-time simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control & Automation (MED), 2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on

Conference_Location

Corfu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0124-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MED.2011.5983151

Filename

5983151