The function block model in embedded control and automation from IEC61131 to IEC61499

WSEAS Transactions on Computers

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1597-1609

  Oulidis, Kleanthis Thramb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

1131 Function Block Model; Embedded control and automation systems; Execution model semantics; Factory Automation; IEC 61131; IEC 61499; IEC61499 execution environment

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED CONTROL; EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS; EXECUTION MODEL; FUNCTION BLOCK; IEC 61499;

FACTORY AUTOMATION; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 70450190440     PISSN: 11092750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. International Electrotechnical Commission. IEC International Standard IEC 61131-61133:2003, Programmable Controllers, Part 3: Programming Languages, 2003
2. Oded Maler, "On the programming of Industrial Computers", June 4, 1999
3. PLCOpen for Effiency in Automation, http://www.plcopen.org/
4. R. Lewis, Modelling control system using IEC 61499: Aplying function blocks to distributed systems, The Institue of Electrical Engineering, IEE control engineering series; no.59, 2001
5. International Electro-technical Commission, (IEC), International Standard IEC61499, Function Blocks, Part 1-Part 4, IEC Jan. 2005. (http://www.iec.ch/)
6. K. Thramboulidis, "IEC61499 Function Block Model: Facts and Fallacies", IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine (forthcoming)
7. B. Heck, L. Wills, and G. Vachtevanos, "Software Technology for Implementing Reusable, Distributed Control Systems, " IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol.23, Issue 1, February 2003 Page(s): 21-35
8. Szyperski, C., Component Technology - What, Where, and How?, 25th Inter. Conf. On Software Engineering (ICSE'03)
9. Matthews, R.S.; Muralidhar, K.H.; Sparks, S. "MAP 2.1 conformance testing tools", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 1988 Page(s):363-374
10. Repenning, A.; Ioannidou, A.; Payton, M.; Wenming Ye; Roschelle, J.; Using components for rapid distributed software development, IEEE Software, Volume 18, Issue 2, MarchApril 2001 Page(s):38-45
11. G. Doukas, K. Thramboulidis, "A Real-Time Linux Based Framework for Model-Driven Engineering in Control and Automation" IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, (forthcoming)
12. V. Vyatkin, V. Dubinin, Sequential Axiomatic Model for Execution of Basic Function Blocks in IEC61499, 5th IEEE Inter. Conf. on Ind. Informatics (INDIN 07), July 23-27, 2007, Vienna, Austria, Volume: 2, Page(s): 1183-1188 (Pubitemid 351306969)
13. OMG, Unified Modeling Language: Superstructure, ver. 2.1.1, formal/2007-2102-03
14. Von der Beek, A comparison of statechart variants, In Formal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems, L. de Roever and J. Vytopil, Eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol.863, Page(s): 128-148
15. V. Vyatkin, Victor Dubinin, Carlo Veber, Luca Ferrarini, Alternatives for Execution Semantics of IEC61499, 5th IEEE Inter. Conf. on Ind. Informatics (INDIN 07), July 23-27, 2007, Vienna, Austria, Vol.2, Page(s): 1151-1156
16. G. Doukas, K. Thramboulidis, "A Real-Time Linux Execution Environment for Function-Block Based Distributed Control Applications", 3nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, Perth, Australia, August 2005, (INDIN'05), Page(s): 56-61
17. th IEEE Intern. Conf. on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, (ETFA'05), Catania, Italy, September 2005, vol.1, Page(s): 38-46
18. K. Thramboulidis, "A model based approach to address inefficiencies of the IEC61499 function block model", 19th Int. Conf. on Software and Systems Engineering, Dec. 2006, Paris, Page(s): 9
19. G. Booch, "Object Oriented Analysis and Design", the Benjamin/Cumming Series, second edition 1994
20. K. Thramboulidis, "IEC 61499 in Factory Automation", International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, (CISSE'05 - IETA), Dec. 10-20, 2005, Page(s): 115-123
21. V. Kulkarni, S. Reddy, "Separation of Concerns in Model-Driven Development", IEEE Software, Vol.20, Issue 5, Sept.-Oct. 2003 Page(s):64-69
22. Solberg, A.; Simmonds, D.; Reddy, R.; Ghosh, S.; France, R.;"Using aspect oriented techniques to support separation of concerns in model driven development", 29th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2005. COMPSAC 2005. Volume 1, 26-28 July 2005 Page(s): 121- 126 Vol. 2
23. E.W. Dijkstra, "On the role of scientific thought". Selected writing on Computing: A Personal Perspective, Springer-Verlag, 1982
24. C. Reade, Elements of Functional Programming, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., 1989
25. Kopetz, H., Real-Time Systems: Design Principles for Distributed Embedded Applications, Kluwer Academic Publischers, 1997
26. K. Thramboulidis, D. Perdikis, S. Kantas, "Model Driven Development of Distributed Control Applications", The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 33, Numbers 3-4 / June, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Page(s): 233-242
27. G. Cengic, O. Ljungkrantz, K. Akesson, "Formal Modeling of Function Block Applications Running in IEC 61499 Execution Runtime", 11th IEEE Intern. Conf. on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Sept. 20-22, 2006, Czech Republic
28. K. Thramboulidis, G. Doukas, "IEC61499 Execution Model Semantics", International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, (CISSE-IETA 06), Dec. 4-14, 2006, Page(s): 223-228
29. Doukas, G., K. Thramboulidis, "Implementation Model Alternatives for IEC 61499 Function Block Networks", 6th IEEE Intern. Conf. on Industrial Informatics, July 13-16, 2008, Daejon, Korea, Page(s): 295-300
30. Thramboulidis, K. "Model Integrated Mechatronics - Towards a new Paradigm in the Development of Manufacturing Systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.1, No.1. February 2005, Page(s): 54-61
31. Strömman, M.; Thramboulidis, K.; Sierla, S.; Papakonstantinou, N.; Koskinen, K. "Incorporating Industrial Experience to IEC 61499 Based Development Methodologies and Toolsets", Proc. of the 12th IEEE Intern. Conf. on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2007), Patras, Greece, 25-28 September, 2007, Page(s): 490-497
32. Daniel Witsch, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, "Close integration between UML and IEC 61131-3: New possibilities through object-oriented extensions", Proc. of the 14th IEEE Intern. Conf. on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2009), Mallorca, Spain, 22-22 September, 2009
33. Industry Day, 13th IEEE Intern. Conf. on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2008), 15-18 Sept, Hamburg, Germany, 2008, http://www2.hsu-hh.de/aut/ETFA-2008/Industry-Day-files/ ETFA%202008%20Industry%20Day.pdf