METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES IN A CONTROL AND/OR REGULATING SYSTEM WITH THE AID OF A MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR
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Abstract
A method for processing information and activities in a control and/or regulating system in which the control and/or regulating tasks are performed by a microcontroller, the control/regulating system including different components and the microcontroller receiving information which is evaluated and processed thereby, and at least one output signal being output as the result of control/regulating calculations. In a method for processing information and activities in a control and/or regulating system which may be implemented cost-effectively and nevertheless permits high computing power, the control and regulating tasks of the system are divided into component-specific task complexes, a first component-specific task complex being processed by a first processor core of the microcontroller and a second component-specific task complex being processed by a second processor core of the microcontroller.
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14. A method for processing information and activities in a control/regulating system in which the control and/or regulating tasks are carried out by a microcontroller, the control/regulating system including different components, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the microcontroller, information which is evaluated and processed thereby; dividing the control and regulating tasks of the system into component-specific task complexes; processing a first component-specific task complex by a first processor core of the microcontroller; processing a second component-specific task complex by a second processor core of the microcontroller; and outputting at least one output signal as the result of control and/or regulating calculations; wherein the first component-specific task complex includes at least one of reading in and preparing information of a sensor by the first processor core, and wherein the second component-specific task complex includes controlling and/or regulating an actuator by the second processor core. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A device for processing information and activities in a control and/or regulating system in which the control and/or regulating tasks are carried out by a microcontroller (5), the control and regulating system including different components (1, 2, 3) and the microcontroller (5) receiving information which is evaluated and processed thereby, and at least one output signal being output as the result of control and/or regulating calculations, wherein means (5) are provided which divide the control and regulating tasks of the system into component-specific task complexes, a first component-specific task complex being processed by a first processor core (6) of the microcontroller (5) and a second component-specific task complex being processed by a second processor core (7) of the microcontroller (5), wherein the first component-specific task complex includes the reading in and/or preparation of information of a sensor (1) by the first processor core (6), and the second component-specific task complex includes the control and/or regulation of an actuator (3) by the second processor core (7).
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