Open AccessCreative Simulation Environment for Automation Control
Author(s) -
Valentina Pomazan,
Sorin Sintea
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/916/1/012087
Subject(s) - automation , scope (computer science) , controller (irrigation) , software , interface (matter) , computer science , systems engineering , programmable logic controller , software engineering , process automation system , control (management) , embedded system , control engineering , engineering , operating system , programming language , mechanical engineering , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , artificial intelligence , agronomy , biology
Modern automation control design requires new technologies to develop, test and transfer technology from design to real world. One important step in automation design is testing automation algorithms in a simulated environment appropriate by real world. Our scope is to help designers to create a simulated environment for testing automation control. We created an interface and programming tool which help designers to simulate industrial installation and can connect with automation control equipment, using real electrical signals. Our base equipment is an industrial input/output controller, which connects with the computer. On the computer, is defined and runs a simulation environment, using a software tool. This environment communicates with the real world via an input/output controller. Design engineers can create their own simulation environment, using high level programming language (C++.Net, VB.Net or C#.Net) and can connect their software with external controller, using the proposed tool or a set of objects, from the library that might be added to it. This tool is useful for the creation of a simulation environment for industrial installation or subsection of a plant.