Control Function Placement and Routing for Hardware Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual updating of software to ensure compatibility with new or substituted hardware components in control systems is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and difficult to test, limiting the pace at which hardware components can be integrated with existing operating system platforms.
Innovation Solution
A method that determines the optimal 'place' and 'route' for executing a control function by assessing processing and communication capabilities of hardware components, generating and optimizing solutions using machine learning to select the most desirable execution path, thereby automating the integration process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual software updating is performed to ensure compatibility with new or substituted hardware components, then software compatibility and functionality are maintained, but development time and labor intensity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically generating, optimizing, and selecting place and route solutions without human intervention. The automated place and route determination system evaluates hardware capabilities, generates multiple execution solutions, scores them based on desirability criteria, and selects the optimal solution automatically, eliminating the need for manual software updates while maintaining compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters dynamically by evaluating multiple hardware components' processing and communication capabilities, then adjusting the execution place and data route parameters automatically. The machine learning model optimizes these parameters by generating and scoring multiple solutions, selecting the best configuration without manual intervention, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining compatibility and reducing development time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual determination of execution place and data route is performed, then software compatibility is ensured, but the pace of hardware component integration is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The automated place and route determination system enables the control system to self-adapt to new hardware components without manual intervention. The system automatically evaluates hardware capabilities, generates execution solutions, and selects optimal configurations, allowing rapid integration of new hardware components while maintaining software compatibility through automated optimization rather than manual adaptation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts to different hardware configurations by generating multiple solutions and selecting the optimal one based on real-time evaluation of hardware capabilities. The machine learning model continuously optimizes place and route parameters based on hardware characteristics, enabling flexible and rapid integration of diverse hardware components without manual reconfiguration.
3Measurement precision
If multiple solutions are generated and optimized using machine learning, then the quality of execution path selection is improved, but computational complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the complex optimization problem into distinct phases: hardware capability evaluation, solution generation, solution scoring, and optimal solution selection. Each phase handles a specific aspect of the optimization, breaking down the computationally intensive task into manageable segments that can be processed efficiently, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining optimization accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-evaluating hardware capabilities and pre-generating multiple execution solutions before final selection. The machine learning model prepares and scores multiple candidate solutions in advance, identifying the optimal execution path before actual runtime, which reduces the computational burden during critical execution phases while maintaining high optimization accuracy.
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AI summary
A method of optimizing execution of a control function on a control system including a plurality of hardware components includes: determining a processing capability and a communication capability of each of the plurality of hardware components; generating a plurality of solutions for executing the control function using the plurality of hardware components based on a processing capability and a communication capability of each of the plurality of hardware components; scoring the plurality of generated solutions based on a desirability of each solution; selecting a solution having a highest desirability score; and controlling the control system to execute the control function based on the selected solution.


