Digital control simulation system

ABSTRACT

Today there is widespread application of digital control circuitry in a wide range of products. This paper describes a simulation system in which the designer of these control circuits can interact with his design ideas before they are implemented in hardware. The Digitial Control Simulation System (DCSS) is a digital design description language with a set of programs to generate and execute a simulation program. The main use of this system (with an appropriate hardware interface) is the testing of, and possibly on-line simulation of, the control of a system being designed and constructed.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.1 Simulation Theory
          Subjects: Systems theory

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.5 Model Development
          Subjects: Modeling methodologies

General Terms:
Design, Performance