Rapid prototyping of real-time control laws for complex mechatronic systems: a case study

  • Authors:
  • M. Deppe;M. Zanella;M. Robrecht;W. Hardt

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Paderborn, Mechatronics Laboratory Paderborn (MLaP), Pohlweg 98, Paderborn D-33098, Germany;University of Paderborn, Mechatronics Laboratory Paderborn (MLaP), Pohlweg 98, Paderborn D-33098, Germany;iXtronics Ltd., Technologiepark 11, Paderborn D-33100, Germany;University of Paderborn, Informatics and Process, Laboratory (IPL), Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn D-33098, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Systems and Software - Special issue: Rapid system prototyping
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Rapid prototyping of complex systems embedded in even more complex environments raises the need for a layered design approach. Our example is a mechatronic design taken from the automotive industry and illustrates the rapid-prototyping procedure of real-time-critical control laws. The approach is based on an object-oriented structuring allowing not only central control units but also distributed control units as needed by today's designs. The implementation of control laws is a hardware-in-the-loop simulation, refined in steps and reducing the simulation part at every one of these. On the lower level, common platforms, such as FPGAs, microcontrollers or specialized platforms, can be instantiated.