Domain specific views in model-driven embedded systems design in industrial automation

Abstract

The work presented in this paper describes the concept of Domain Specific Views (DSVs) according to which the specification of the control behavior is provided to the control developer. The basic idea is to investigate different application fields, to try to find common rules and models in different fields, and finally to build around this an automatic or semi-automatic transformation into executable code. The original idea is defined in a bigger aim that is the definition of a model oriented to the so-called "automation component", used to standardize the design of an automation system. In the paper, the investigation is discussed for the discrete manufacturing and energy production fields, while in the main project (MEDEIA FP7-2007-211448) other fields are investigated and many languages and methodologies to develop control, diagnosis and simulation of automatic systems have been analyzed.

From textual programming to IEC 61499 artifacts: Towards a model-driven engineering approach for smart grid applications

“…Another interesting MDA approach for industrial automation systems was developed in the MEDEIA project [14], [15]. The core MEDEIA elements are the usage of domain-specific models representing automation applications, the automation component model representing an automation-oriented PIM as well as rules for the automatic generation of IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499 compliant platform specific code.…”

Teaching System of Integrated Automation of Filling Dosage Wagons for Building Materials

“…Al cual se le realiza la verificación de sus propiedades principales y validación del cumplimiento de las exigencias del cliente, por medio de la simulación del funcionamiento de la planta con su control integrado. Por tales motivos el mundo académico e industrial [3,6,7,9,10,11,12,14,16,20] reconoce que solo modelando se logra la implementación de sistemas de automatización eficientes.…”

“…Es preciso mencionar que existe un proyecto europeo que tiene como perspectiva una integración de las metodologías de modelado, diseño e implementación de sistemas de automatización, el MEDEIA FP7-2207-211448 [9]. Este describe el concepto de Dominio de Vistas Específicos (DSVs), de acuerdo con las especificaciones del comportamiento controlado que provee el desarrollo del control.…”

“…El proyecto MEDEIA intenta definir un mega modelo (ver figura 2) para guiar el diseño de cualquier sistema de automatización. En la bibliografía [9] se presentan tres áreas de automatización: Manufactura, Robótica e Energía. Estos DSVs generan informaciones para desarrollar un Componente de Automatización en el ACIM (Modelo de implantación de componentes de automatización).…”

Assessing the industrial applicability and adoption potential of the AUKOTON model driven control application engineering approach

“…The approach of the MEDEIA project, as discussed in [17], [18] and [19], is based on Automation Components that are characterized to be composable combinations of embedded hard-and software including integrated simulation, verification and diagnostics services and which can be deployed to hardware with code generation. However, to the authors of this paper it remains unclear whether or not the maturity of the developed tools enable their practical assessment and whether or not the applicability of the approach has been evaluated with industry professionals.…”