Looking for fingertip control of your complex simulations?
Need to easily remap your I/O without changing your Simulink model?
Looking for fast access to simulation data? Concurrent’s
SIMulation Workbench is the answer. SIMulation Workbench provides
a complete framework to develop and execute realtime hardware-in-the-loop
and man-inthe-loop simulations.
SIMulation Workbench’s powerful GUI allows
users to conveniently configure, start, stop, record and play back
simulation runs. SIMulation Workbench provides fast, direct shared
memory access to all parameters and signals needed by your simulation.
SIMulation Workbench’s inmemory design optimizes performance
and data conversion speed.
SIMulation Workbench is built upon a client-server
architecture. A real-time server provides the run-time environment
for simulation while network-based GUI clients control and display
simulation activities. Realtime performance is maximized because
the GUI clients run outside of the simulation server.
Real-Time Database
At the heart of SIMulation Workbench is a memory-resident database
called RTDB that can be accessed by all simulator processes.
RTDB stores the definition of all data items used by the simulation
such as model variables and their mapping to I/O boards and model
parameters. RTDB is configured externally via a GUI and provides
for complete I/O independence. All the information necessary
to configure I/O points and data bus protocols and to read, convert,
write and store simulation variables is maintained in the database.
RTDB is organized as a dictionary where a main hash table index
points directly to any individual item within the database. Values
can be stored as any C language scalar type such as char, unsigned
char, short, int, float, double, etc. RTDB also contains the
engineering unit conversions for analog values, override flags,
values, alternate values as well as raw unit values. If I/O points
need to be reassigned, GUI panels provide convenient, model-independent
remapping.
Data Recorder
SWB’s powerful Data Recorder tool allows simulation data
points to be logged individually and independently at the rate
they are produced. Hardware and engineering values, as well as
run-time flags and time stamps, can be recorded. Depending on
the performance required, data recording can be run on the real-time
host or on a separate networked server. Data recording can be
turned on and off during simulation runs by GUI command, real-time
script or user program.
Simulation Playback
SWB’s Playback tool allows recorded test runs to be replayed
into the system. The user selects the recorded session and simply
starts a test run in playback mode.
Playback of recorded test runs is an alternate mechanism for
storing data values into the RTDB. Instead of the data values
being acquired from hardware, they are read from recorded files.
Similarly, output variables that have been recorded override
the outputs computed by the models. During a playback session,
values for the data items that have not been recorded can be
read from hardware as in a normal session run.
The playback interface allows a user to forward to a specified
time within a recorded session as well as stepping through its
execution frame-by-frame.
Support for Simulink and Legacy Models
SIMulation Workbench fully supports simulation models developed
using The MathWorks’ products. MATLAB/Simulink models
can be integrated seamlessly into the SWB environment using
Real-Time Workshop (RTW) and S-functions to the RTDB. Simulink
model parameters are automatically extracted from the RTW model
and mapped into the RTDB so they can be changed at run-time.
An extensive API also allows C, C++ and Fortran legacy-code
models to be integrated directly into SWB and executed together
with Simulink models. Multi-rate execution is also supported.
Complete Real-time Linux Platform Support
SWB is fully supported on Concurrent iHawk™ multiprocessor
platforms running RedHawk Linux. Simulation models are scheduled
using RedHawk’s Frequency Based Scheduler (FBS) under control
of the iHawk’s Real-Time Clock & Interrupt Module hardware
(PCI) card. All I/O devices and Linux drivers required for your
simulation are available directly from Concurrent.
Users can assign models to different system CPUs to achieve
parallel execution. RedHawk Linux shielding features can also
be used to guarantee real-time response by dedicating a CPU to
a process.
Real-Time Scripting
SWB also provides the ability to control a simulation via a simple
scripting language. Scripts give the user access to RTDB item
values as well as access to test control, frame timing information
and data recording. A script is run synchronously during its
own subcycle as part of the synchronous execution loop. The
scripting language also has the ability to attach signal generators
and ramp functions to an RTDB item.
Data Visualization and Plotting
SWB’s data browsing tool allows the value of all RTDB items
to be viewed and plotted in real-time. This tool also provides
a basic GUI to modify RTDB values. Visualization into real-time
execution can be extended by designing custom user interfaces
using industry standard National Instruments’ LabVIEW virtual
instruments.
Features:
• I/O
mapping configuration tool