We want to! We need to! Communicating in IEC 61499-based Control Systems
Sprache des Vortragstitels:
Englisch
Original Tagungtitel:
9th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2023)
Sprache des Tagungstitel:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
The importance of software for the functioning of machines and systems is growing steadily. The need for networking among each other as well as with higher-level systems (keyword IoT) is also increasing. This leads to a constantly increasing development effort and the associated costs.
This calls for new methods that allow the increasing software development effort to be tamed. One method is IEC 61499, which was created to simplify and improve the development of control programs for distributed automation systems. IEC 61499 defines a domain-specific modeling language that offers solutions for the demands of distributed functionality, adaptivity and improved software quality in control technology. This is not a new language, but a consistent extension of the existing IEC 61131-3. Recent studies have shown that IEC 61499 can indeed help to reduce development effort.
However uptake of IEC 61499 is still slow. One reason for this is that while IEC 61499 was designed with distribution and communication as first-class citizens in mind, it requires completely different approaches to communication than classical factory communication systems.
This talk will provide an overview of IEC 61499 and how it can be used to develop distributed control applications. It will be shown which features of IEC 61499 can help to reduce the development effort. Based on this, the communication requirements of IEC 61499-based systems will be examined and common misconceptions will be clarified. The presentation concludes with open research topics for the WFCS community with respect to future communication systems for distributed and adaptive production systems based on IEC 61499.
Sprache der Kurzfassung:
Englisch
Vortragstyp:
Hauptvortrag / Eingeladener Vortrag auf einer Tagung
Forschungs-