Distributed HIL Simulation for the Design of Decentralized Control Structures
Ralf Stolpe, Oliver Oberschelp · 1999
In technical systems of the future the combination of local components from different technical disciplines with local information processing will increase. One example is a series hybrid vehicle. It consists of an auxiliary power unit, e.g,. an internal combustion engine, and a generator coupled to the crank shaft of the combustion engine, a battery and a drive unit with two electric motors. Each of these vehicle units has its own electronic control unit. Design and interplay of distributed intelligent aggregates in future technical systems will gain ever more importance. Parallelisation will be used not only for the purpose of reaching real time, but also for structuring purposes. The aim of mechatronics is the overall design of those systems. A toolset which supports the distributed HIL simulation as part of the mechatronic design cycle will be presented.