Software Services
Real-Time Software Design, Development, and Commissioning
ISC is an NI Alliance Partner.
Our Approach
Our in-house expertise comes to the fore when an embedded control, signal processing or data acquisition application needs to be turned into reality. Starting with a 'blank sheet of paper, ISC can build simulations to evaluate different design options and assess likely performance. Simulations allow control designs to be refined, such as choice of scan rates, DAC/ADC resolution and control strategy (e.g. PID, feedforward etc).
These designs can be implemented as real time applications using LabVIEW and CompactRIO. ISC's engineers follow proven software design steps of specification, design, implementation, test and deployment, and include software quality plans and extensive documentation.
We have de-risked designs using simulations, not only at early design stages but also by building software-based emulators to allow virtual commissioning for proving operating logic, fault handling and operator interfaces as early as possible. Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing can follow to prove the real-time realisation prior to commissioning with the real equipment.
What We Provide
Our services encompass feasibility studies of control strategies and algorithms, capturing control system requirements, and implementing control software using the National Instruments LabVIEW platform and hardware series (e.g., CompactRIO, FPGA, PXI).
Software Features Developed
- Real Time Control
- Interfacing to IO and Safety Systems
- Operational Logic
- Monitoring and Fault Actions
- Independent Watchdogs
- User Interface - Touch Panel Computers, Joysticks, Buttons, LED's.
- Data and Event Logging
- Commissioning Procedures
- Remote Access
More Information
- Using Simulations for HIL
- Turbine Access System Software Presentation Slides
- 70-Ton Gripper Arm Software Presentation Slides
- Watch the presentation at NI Days 2013 about Gripper Arm Control Software
