Hydraulic system including priority based valve sequencing

A hydraulic system comprising:

• a plurality of digital valves, each valve fluidly connectable to a corresponding hydraulic load, the digitals valve operable to fluidly connect the corresponding hydraulic load to a pressure source;
• and
• a digital controller operably connected to the plurality of digital valves, the digital controller configured to assign a priority level so that it is associated with each of a plurality of hydraulic loads and formulate a pulse width modulated control signal based on the assigned priority levels, the digital controller operable to transmit the control signal to the plurality of digital valves for controlling the operation of the valves;
• wherein the control signal is formulated to actuate each of the digital valves no more than once over a single operating cycle;
• wherein the controller is configured to actuate the valves in sequential order based on the assigned priority level of the associated hydraulic load;
• wherein the controller is configured to assign the priority levels based on a pressure requirement of the hydraulic loads;
• wherein the controller is configured to sequentially actuate the valves commencing with the valve associated with the hydraulic load having the highest pressure requirement and proceeding in sequential descending order based on the pressure requirements of the remaining hydraulic loads.