A Co-simulation Approach for System-Level Analysis of Embedded Control Systems

Glaß M, Teich J, Zhang L (2012)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2012

Publisher: IEEE Press

Edited Volumes: Proceedings - 2012 International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation, IC-SAMOS 2012

City/Town: New York, NY, USA

Pages Range: 355-362

Conference Proceedings Title: Proc. of the 2012 International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS)

Event location: Samos GR

ISBN: 978-1-4673-2295-9

DOI: 10.1109/SAMOS.2012.6404200

Abstract

Control applications have become an integral part of modern networked embedded systems. However, there often exists a gap between control engineering and system design. The control engineer has detailed knowledge about the algorithms but is abstracting from the system architecture and implementation. On the other hand, the system designer aims at achieving high-quality implementations based on quality constraints specified by the control engineer. This may result in either an overdesigned system in case the specifications are pessimistic or an unsafe system behavior when specifications are too optimistic. Thus, future design automation approaches have to consider the quality of control applications both as design objectives and design constraints to achieve safe yet highly optimized system implementations. The work at hand introduces an automatic tool flow at the Electronic System Level (ESL) that enables the optimization of a system implementation with quality of control being introduced as a principal design objective, like the maximum braking distance, while respecting constraints like maximum slip to ensure maneuverability of a car. The gap between mathematically well-defined models for system synthesis and common analysis techniques for control quality is bridged by co-simulation: A SystemC-based virtual prototype of a distributed controller implementation is combined with high-level models of the plants specified in Matlab/Simulink. Through a model transformation, the traditional development process of control applications is combined with state-of-the-art ESL techniques, ensuring model consistency while enabling a high degree of automation. © 2012 IEEE.

Authors with CRIS profile

Michael Glaß Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12 (Hardware-Software-Co-Design) Jürgen Teich Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12 (Hardware-Software-Co-Design) Liyuan Zhang Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12 (Hardware-Software-Co-Design)

Related research project(s)

SystemCoDesigner: System level design space exploration for embedded systems (SystemCoDesigner) April 1, 2005 - April 1, 2008

How to cite

APA:

Glaß, M., Teich, J., & Zhang, L. (2012). A Co-simulation Approach for System-Level Analysis of Embedded Control Systems. In Proc. of the 2012 International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS) (pp. 355-362). Samos, GR: New York, NY, USA: IEEE Press.

MLA:

Glaß, Michael, Jürgen Teich, and Liyuan Zhang. "A Co-simulation Approach for System-Level Analysis of Embedded Control Systems." Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS), Samos New York, NY, USA: IEEE Press, 2012. 355-362.

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