Integration of emulation functionality into an established simulation object library

Simulation object libraries for a standardized management and modeling of simulation projects have been established in recent years. This paper discusses the integration of emulation functionality into an established simulation object library for the commissioning of control systems. This article proposes a three-tiered approach. First, an analysis of the simulation object library is performed, which leads to a grouping of simulation objects from the emulation point of view. Then, the implementation of emulation logic is done for each group. In the third step, the connection between the emulation model and the real control system is being made. After a presentation of the VDA automotive simulation object library, the integration of emulation functions into this object library is demonstrated on a prototype implementation.