The EST simulation technology is the highest performing, timing
accuracy preserving, and scalable system simulation technology in the world.
Up to 30,000 times faster than competitor technologies in simulating complex
distributed control models that drive super-systems. And typically faster than
the physical control system.
Super-systems include transport and communications systems -
in general, systems that involve the control of traffic. They contain many distributed
functions required to operate independently, but together as a well rehearsed
ensemble, typically with absolute timing constraints.
- Simulates from simple system models (e.g. the electronic
control system of a cheap digital watch) to extremely complex control models
of super systems (e.g. the real-time control system of 3 cars cooperating), while
preserving model timing accuracy, with a performance that is well within 10%
of the maximum theoretical simulation performance.
- Enables your 3rd party models to be incorporated into a
system model and simulated. These models may range from mathematical (e.g. differential
equation models of mechanical, thermal, chemical subsystems - called Plant models)
to those exhibiting fine levels of structural, functional, communication and
timing detail (e.g. electronic control unit, sensors and actuators) - including
register transfer level (RTL) models.
- Provides, for the first time, a single simulation technology
and modeling environment that can be used to model and simulate systems from
the simple to the most complex that preserves accuracy, is scalable, and guarantees
simulation performance near to the maximum theoretically possible.
- Supports all levels of models (from the abstract ODE models)
to the fine structured models, from many vendors, in the same simulation.
Preserves your investment in existing models by enabling them to be used with
the EST simulation technology.
- Provides, for the first time, the ability to verify the
complex control structures of a super-system as a model, prior to commitment
to building the system.
- The first single simulation environment that supports the
complete engineering cycle from executable specification, detailed design, hardware
and software development and debugging, verification - using models and simulation,
to final validation of physical realizations against the golden reference models.
- Enables, for the first time, the application of empirical
optimization techniques to use an objective function with functional, timing
and structural parameters to optimize the control architecture of a super-system.
- Provides, for the first time, a software development and
verification environment in which the effect of code that interacts with code
running on several other ECUs (possibly controlling separate subsystems) can
be explicitly debugged and verified.
- For each ECU in a subsystem (containing potentially many
ECUs interconnected by a system network fabric (SNF)) that is interconnected
by an SNF to other subsystems, the simulation environment supports, HILS, SILS
and PILS capabilities.
In Automotive:
- The EST simulation technology is fast enough and accurate
enough to be able to begin replacing HILS technology for verifying individual
ECUs.
- Provides the capability of verifying subsystems of ECUs
– which is not possible with HILS technology.
Design Engineering
- System Architects:
Provides the only modeling and simulation capability that enables an abstract
executable specification (e.g. ODE models) to be mapped all the way to a proximal
physical subsystem model (having fine functional, timing, structural and communication
detail). And for each mapping stage to be fully verified against the abstract
specification.
Enables the empirical optimization of the complete control system of a super-system.
- Software Developers:
Supports directly the development and debugging of distributed software and the
interactions between distributed code.
Provides, for the first time, a complete verification capability for the distributed, real-time,
critical control, software required to build validated super-systems
- Hardware Designers:
Supports directly the design and debugging of interconnected controllers within
and between subsystems.
Provides, for the first time, a complete verification capability for the distributed,
real-time, critical control, required to build validated super-systems.
- Verification, Validation & Calibration Engineers
Enables the verification of single controllers through to the whole system
Enables the validation of physical hardware against the golden reference models
Enables the calibration of the models vs physical hardware (that is regarded
as the golden reference)
- Diagnosis Engineers:
Enables, for the first time, the use of the entire system model in helping diagnose
faults in physical systems.
The particularly troublesome faults to diagnose are synchronization and communication
faults between distributed subsystems. This is where the EST simulation technology
provides a capability unique in the world.
- Process Engineers:
For the first time enables the supply chain to be modeled and analyzed using
quantitative data from a simulation performed by the EST simulation technology.
- Consumer – Feature Purchase Assessment
Use a full, executable system model to gauge customer reaction to new control
algorithms being introduced into systems (possibly by testing in a simulated
vehicle).
- Empirically assess the value of features and capabilities
for niche segments
Enables higher prices to be charged to specific segments for particular features
(as with consumer marketing)
Use to develop risk and financing strategies, largely centered around the control
architecture and the supply chain
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