Electro-mechanical system simulator arrangement and method
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1. An arrangement for simulating electro-mechanical systems, comprising:
- a simulator that simulates a plurality of different electro-mechanical systems in dependence upon receipt of specific commands or programs to enable simulation of each of the different electro-mechanical systems, said simulator comprising a user-programmable field programmable gate array and a digital signal processing unit coupled to said field programmable gate array, the commands or programs being received for each of said field programmable gate array and said digital signal processing unit for each of the electro-mechanical systems to be simulated;
a first interface that enables said simulator to interface with a host computer;
a second interface that enables said simulator to interface with input/output devices;
a third interface through which said field programmable gate array is programmed and configured, said field programmable gate array receiving algorithms for its configuration through said third interface; and
a fourth interface through which said digital signal processing unit is programmed and configured, said digital signal processing unit receiving algorithms for its configuration through said fourth interface;
wherein after receiving commands or programs created for a particular electro-mechanical system to be simulated via said third and fourth interfaces, respectively, and being configured in accordance with the commands or programs, said field programmable gate array and said digital signal processing unit in combination simulate operation of the different electro-mechanical systems such that when control signals are generated using the input/output devices and directed to said simulator via said first or second interface, said simulator generates feedback signals indicative of a response of said simulator to the generated control signals to enable monitoring of the feedback signals from said simulator.
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Arrangement and method for simulating electro-mechanical systems includes a simulator for simulating an operating environment of a plurality of different electro-mechanical systems, a first interface unit for enabling the simulator to interface with a host computer and input/output devices, and a second interface unit for enabling the simulator to be reprogrammed and re-configured to enable simulation of the operating environment of the different electro-mechanical systems. The simulator may include a user-programmable field programmable gate array and a digital signal processing unit coupled to the field programmable gate array.
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1. An arrangement for simulating electro-mechanical systems, comprising:
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a simulator that simulates a plurality of different electro-mechanical systems in dependence upon receipt of specific commands or programs to enable simulation of each of the different electro-mechanical systems, said simulator comprising a user-programmable field programmable gate array and a digital signal processing unit coupled to said field programmable gate array, the commands or programs being received for each of said field programmable gate array and said digital signal processing unit for each of the electro-mechanical systems to be simulated; a first interface that enables said simulator to interface with a host computer; a second interface that enables said simulator to interface with input/output devices; a third interface through which said field programmable gate array is programmed and configured, said field programmable gate array receiving algorithms for its configuration through said third interface; and a fourth interface through which said digital signal processing unit is programmed and configured, said digital signal processing unit receiving algorithms for its configuration through said fourth interface; wherein after receiving commands or programs created for a particular electro-mechanical system to be simulated via said third and fourth interfaces, respectively, and being configured in accordance with the commands or programs, said field programmable gate array and said digital signal processing unit in combination simulate operation of the different electro-mechanical systems such that when control signals are generated using the input/output devices and directed to said simulator via said first or second interface, said simulator generates feedback signals indicative of a response of said simulator to the generated control signals to enable monitoring of the feedback signals from said simulator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for simulating electro-mechanical systems, comprising:
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creating a plurality of programs to be implemented by a simulator capable of simulating operation of different electro-mechanical systems, the simulator comprising a user-programmable field programmable gate array and a digital signal processing unit coupled to the field programmable gate array, the step of creating programs comprising creating commands or programs for each of the field programmable gate array and the digital signal processing unit for each of the electro-mechanical systems to be simulated; mounting the simulator on a single instrument card; inserting the single instrument card into connection with a host computer and providing a first interface that enables the simulator to interface with the host computer; mounting the first interface on the single instrument card and coupling it to the simulator to enable the simulator to be linked to the host computer; providing a second interface that enables the simulator to interface with input/output devices; providing a third interface through which the field programmable gate array is programmed and configured, the field programmable gate array receiving commands or programs for its configuration through said third interface; providing a fourth interface through which the digital signal processing unit is programmed and configured, the digital signal processing unit receiving commands or programs for its configuration through the fourth interface; directing the commands or programs created for a particular electro-mechanical system to the simulator via the third and fourth interfaces to program and configure the field programmable gate array and the digital signal processing unit to simulate that electro-mechanical system; generating control signals at the input/output devices via at least one user interface; directing the generated control signals from the input/output devices to the simulator through the interface module such that the simulator generates feedback signals indicative of a response of the simulator to the generated control signals; and monitoring the feedback signals from the simulator. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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