Test Device Configuration System Using Property Sorting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The configuration of test devices for hardware-in-the-loop simulation and rapid control prototyping is time-consuming and laborious due to the complexity of managing numerous hardware properties, which hinders the efficiency and flexibility of the development process for control units.
Innovation Solution
A method that utilizes a configuration system with sorting types such as union set, intersection, and condensing sorts to assign and manage properties of test devices, allowing for hierarchical structuring and filtering, which simplifies and accelerates the configuration process by enabling rapid access and storage of properties, and automatic assignment of configuration elements for efficient communication between software models and hardware units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional configuration systems are used to manage test device properties, then comprehensive configuration capability is achieved, but the configuration process becomes time-consuming and laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the configuration process into three distinct sorting types (union set sort, intersection sort, and condensing sort) that organize properties according to different criteria. This segmentation allows users to quickly access and configure specific property groups without managing all properties manually, thereby reducing configuration time and effort while maintaining comprehensive configuration capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by automatically generating and organizing property groups before the user needs to configure them. The configuration system pre-processes device properties into sorted categories based on the three sorting types, so that when configuration is needed, the properties are already organized and ready for rapid selection and modification, eliminating the need for manual property-by-property configuration.
2Quantity of substance
If all test device properties are managed individually, then complete control over each property is achieved, but memory requirements and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges individual device properties into three consolidated sorting groups (union set sort, intersection sort, and condensing sort). Instead of managing each property separately in memory, the system combines related properties into grouped structures that can be processed and stored more efficiently. This merging reduces the overall memory footprint and processing time while still allowing complete control over all individual properties within each group.
3Reliability
If comprehensive testing is performed late in the development process, then thorough validation is achieved, but development time is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables preliminary action by allowing configuration changes to be made rapidly at any stage of development through the three sorting types. Instead of waiting until late in the development process to perform comprehensive testing and configuration, engineers can use the organized property groups to quickly configure and reconfigure test devices throughout the development cycle, enabling earlier and more frequent validation while maintaining thoroughness.
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AI summary
A method for configuring a test device set up for testing an electronic control unit by a configuration system, whereby a software model of a technical system is executed in the test device and the software model communicates via an input/output interface of the test device with a device connected to the test device, whereby the configuration system has a first configuration element of a first element type and a second configuration element of a second element type, whereby the configuration elements are assigned properties of the test device with which the communication between the connected device and the software model is configured, wherein sorting of the properties occurs in the configuration system, and the sorting is switchable between the sorting types, namely, a union set sort, intersection sort, and condensing sort.