Component-based framework for generating device driver model elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• identify information identifying a physical device,
• the information identifying the physical device including information identifying one or more input/output (IO) components of the physical device;
• and
• automatically generate a device driver model element corresponding to the physical device based on the information identifying the physical device,
• the device driver model element including one or more generic graphical model components corresponding to the one or more I/O components,
• the device driver model element including a particular model component associated with facilitating simulation of operation of the physical device via execution of the device driver model element, and
• the device driver model element being operable in at least two operation modes including at least one of:
• a simulation mode in which simulated values are generated for use as one or more inputs to a model element, of at least a part of the physical device, that simulates a behavior of the physical device or a behavior of the at least the part of the physical device, or
• a connected mode in which obtained data is communicated from the physical device to the one or more processors through the device driver model element.

A device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors to:
• connect to a physical device;
• obtain a device description document relating to the physical device based on connecting to the physical device;
• parse the device description document to identify one or more components of the physical device;
• select, from a repository of generic textual model components, one or more generic textual model components corresponding to the physical device based on parsing the device description document;
• and
• generate, based on selecting the one or more generic textual model components, a device driver model element that includes the one or more generic textual model components,
• the device driver model element being operable in at least two operation modes including at least one of:
• a simulation mode in which simulated values are generated for use as one or more inputs to a model element that simulates a behavior of the physical device or a behavior of at least a part of the physical device, or
• a connected mode in which obtained data is communicated from the physical device to the device through the device driver model element.