Systems Modelling, Simulation and Control

Real Time Control Software

There are many software tools for modelling and simulating systems for control. A very sophisticated software tool is the professional market leader Matlab and Simulink. Simulink in particular allows software blocks to be created and connected on the computer screen and the dynamic behaviour plotted. To connect to the real world for collecting data and outputting signals for Real Time Control, a number of other Matlab packages are required including a Real Time Workshop. To work with Matlab and Simulink requires a strong technical background and so it is important to know that there are many cost effective alternatives with built-in real time interface capabilities. The Real Time Control Software is a cost effective alternative to Simulink that is specifically designed to allow controllers to be built on the computer screen by dragging and dropping special graphical blocks, tested in simulation and then connected to the real system via a built in real time interface. Using the Real Time Control Software it is easy to build digital and analogue control systems, study sampled data systems and digital filtering methods and to then apply them immediately to real systems. All this without the need for extra software packages, expensive interface boards or time consuming compilation stages. The Real Time Control Software was designed as a cost effective teaching tool, but many are finding it has uses in industrial training and real time systems prototyping.

Real Time Logic Systems Software

Just as continuous time systems need simulation tools and real time software, so to do logic based systems. The professional tools for logic bases systems, such as SPICE, are very sophisticated tools and need skilled users. Cost effective alternatives exist and the Logic Circuit Trainer is one of the most succesful of these alternative systems. It allows the full range of logic system components to be implemented easily for running as a simulation or connected to the target hardware immediately. Although intended for teaching, the Logic Circuit Trainer has also found uses in industrial training centres and development departments.

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