Programmable control system including a logic module and a method for programming
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGenther Bock, Helmut Macht, Christof Wombacher, Manfred Prechtl, Andre Lengemann
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Abstract
A new storage-programmable control system having several inputs (8) and outputs (9) for linking process control elements, for example sensors or final controlling elements has at least one logic module (10) with an internal interconnection, through which at least one output is connected to its corresponding input (E0).
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A programming method for a field-programmable gate array, said field-programmable gate array having computer controllable internal electrical connections which can be programmed and reprogrammed by means of software, said internal electrical connections connecting logic blocks in an at least two-dimensional arrangement of logic blocks based on a user definable function, comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining internal electrical configurations, including said internal electrical connections and possibly logic functions of said programmable logic arrays based on specified functional performance characteristics;
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- (b) impressing the internal electrical configurations determined in step (a) upon said field programmable gate array,
- wherein the internal electrical configurations and internal electrical connections are freely configurably within the confines of a preset format, independent of the specified functional performance characteristics.
A method for programming a storage-field programmable gate array control system to have specified functional performance characteristics, comprising steps of:
- determining internal electrical configurations, including connections and possibly logic functions of a logic array, which effect the specified functional performance characteristics, from specified functional performance characteristics, for example based on a specified functional diagram;
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- applying the determined internal electrical configuration, including the connections and possibly the logic functions, to the logic array by means of software;
- whereby, when the internal electrical connections are able to be freely established within confines of a firmly stipulated preset format independently of the specified total functional performance characteristics.
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