What you simulate is what you implement

Straightforward engineering workflow

In the traditional development process, system engineers

would define the specifications, which software engineers

would then interpret – a time-consuming and error-prone

process that also reduced the likelihood that the resultant

software would correspond to the original specifications and concept.

The AC 800PEC development workflow uses MathWorks®

tools for model-based design as a single development

platform for the entire development process.

Simulink® is used to run system simulations. Real-Time

Workshop® then automatically generates and downloads

controller code from the Simulink® models to the AC 800PEC

controller, eliminating the need to translate the models

manually into C-code.

The use of Real-Time Workshop® allows interactive debug

ging of the software on the controller. Specification and code

are synchronized throughout the development process by

using Simulink® models as executable specifications.

Parameters can be changed and optimized on the PC, and

code can be generated automatically from the models and

then transferred to the controller directly via an Ethernet connection.