Tester Configuration via Coupling Interface for HIL Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
The configuration of HIL and RCP simulation testers is time-consuming and complicated due to separate modeling and configuration systems that cannot easily be connected, leading to inefficient and labor-intensive processes.
Innovation Solution
A method that couples a configuration system with a modeling system using a coupling interface to automate the provision of software models, allowing for faster and more flexible configuration of testers by defining physical characteristics of input/output interfaces and connections, reducing memory requirements and storage needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate modeling and configuration systems are used, then system modularity and independence are maintained, but configuration time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
A coupling interface is introduced as an intermediary component between the modeling system and configuration system. This interface enables automated data exchange and synchronization, allowing the configuration system to access software model information from the modeling system without manual intervention, thus reducing configuration time while preserving system independence
Solution Approach 2:
The software model is prepared and made available in the modeling system before the configuration phase begins. The coupling interface pre-establishes the data connection, so that when configuration starts, the necessary model information is already ready for automated transfer, eliminating time-consuming manual setup
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate modeling and configuration systems are used, then system independence is maintained, but manual connection effort and labor increase
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling interface serves as a mediator that automates the connection process between separate systems. It handles the complex tasks of data mapping, format conversion, and synchronization automatically, reducing manual labor while keeping the modeling and configuration systems independently developed and maintained
Solution Approach 2:
The configuration system is equipped with automated capabilities to retrieve and process software model information through the coupling interface. The system performs self-configuration by automatically accessing model data, interpreting it, and applying appropriate configuration settings without requiring extensive manual intervention
3Device complexity
If software models are manually provided to configuration systems, then system coupling complexity is reduced, but configuration speed and automation decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling interface provides a standardized, automated mechanism for software model transfer. It handles format conversion, data validation, and synchronization automatically, maintaining relatively simple system coupling architecture while enabling high-speed automated configuration through programmatic data exchange
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AI summary
A method for configuring a tester equipped for testing an electronic control unit, wherein a software model of a technical system is executed on the tester and communicates electronically through an input/output interface of the tester with a device connected to the tester. A configuration system is coupled to a modeling system, and a software model characterized by function blocks that are connected to one another is present in the modeling system. The tester is configured in the configuration system by interconnected configuration elements such that physical characteristics of the input/output interface and/or the connection of the input/output interface with the software model are defined via the configuration elements. The configuration system is coupled to the modeling system such that the software model is provided to the configuration system via a coupling interface at the run time of the modeling system.