MODELLING CONTROL SYSTEMS USING IEC 61499: APPLYING FUNCTION BLOCKS TO DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS, by Robert Lewis, The Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, 2001, xiv + 192 pp., ISBN 0-85296-706-9, IEE Control Engineering Series (Hardback, £36.00).

Robotica ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-112
Author(s):  
Alex M. Andrew
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Systems ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
Electrical Engineers ◽  
Function Blocks ◽  
Iec 61499

Usage of IEC Standards for Distributed Control Systems Modelling

2012 ◽  
Vol 220-223 ◽  
pp. 2672-2677
Author(s):  
Tomas Bezak ◽  
Maximilian Stremy
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Systems ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Distributed Control ◽  
Distributed System ◽  
Direct Solution ◽  
Distributed Control Systems ◽  
Individual System ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Systems Modelling ◽  
Iec 61499

When creating distributed control systems, we can choose one of two possible approaches based on IEC 61131 and IEC 61499 standards. The first of them has been used for a long time in the PLC sphere, but it does not directly support the creation of extensive distributed systems. The second of the standards, IEC 61499, offers a direct solution for distributed system creation. The truth is that it is a new standard, which is why it is supported by only a few device manufacturers. This raises the question of which approach and which standard is more effective and suitable for individual system designing.

EMBench: A Rapid Prototyping Environment for Numerical Control Systems

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachin Jain ◽  
Chengyin Yuan ◽  
Placid Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Control Design ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Function Blocks ◽  
Trajectory Interpolation ◽  
And Control ◽  
Iec 61499 ◽  
Modular Component

In this paper we describe an environment for performing both mechanical and control design for flexible automation systems. The environment provides a means of layering and encapsulating services so that complex multi-axis numerical control systems can be configured, detailed electromechanical simulations performed and then deployed. The system uses IEC-61499 as a means for modularization and reuse of implemented control services. Using IEC-61499 function blocks and a service-layer architecture, control services ranging for basic servoing of a joint, to kinematic co-ordination of joints of a mechanism, to trajectory interpolation, to language parsing and HMI processing, can be configured for an application. The environment facilitates a modular, component-based design of services for numerical control systems.

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