Title :
Design of real time software for industrial process control
Author :
Paez, D.G. ; Lorrio, Tomb Campos
Author_Institution :
Dept. Arquitectura de Comput. y Autom., Univ. Europea de Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
The paper describes the details of, and the experiences gained from, a case study undertaken by the authors on the design and implementation of a complex control system for a dosage industrial process used in a manufacturing industry. The goal was to demonstrate that industrial real time control systems could be implemented using a high level programming language and some suitable operating system. The software was designed using Harel´s State Charts as the main tool and implemented on an Intel Pentium based system. Our results indicated that system works correctly and is very flexible. The system has been successfully tested and now is in full production at Lignotok S.A., a large manufacturing company in Vigo, Spain
Keywords :
chemical technology; high level languages; manufacturing industries; operating systems (computers); process control; real-time systems; software engineering; Intel Pentium based system; Lignotok; Spain; State Charts; case study; complex control system; dosage industrial process; high level programming language; industrial process control; industrial real time control systems; manufacturing company; manufacturing industry; operating system; real time software design; Computer industry; Computer languages; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Manufacturing industries; Operating systems; Process control; Real time systems; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1999. Proceedings. ETFA '99. 1999 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5670-5
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.1999.813133
