Patent ID: 8249845
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for simulating electro-mechanical systems, comprising: a simulator that simulates a plurality of different electro-mechanical systems in dependence upon receipt of specific commands or programs to enable simulation of each of the different electro-mechanical systems, said simulator comprising a user-programmable field programmable gate array and a digital signal processing unit coupled to said field programmable gate array, the commands or programs being received for each of said field programmable gate array and said digital signal processing unit for each of the electro-mechanical systems to be simulated; a first interface that enables said simulator to interface with a host computer; a second interface that enables said simulator to interface with input/output devices; a third interface through which said field programmable gate array is programmed and configured, said field programmable gate array receiving algorithms for its configuration through said third interface; and a fourth interface through which said digital signal processing unit is programmed and configured, said digital signal processing unit receiving algorithms for its configuration through said fourth interface; wherein after receiving commands or programs created for a particular electro-mechanical system to be simulated via said third and fourth interfaces, respectively, and being configured in accordance with the commands or programs, said field programmable gate array and said digital signal processing unit in combination simulate operation of the different electro-mechanical systems such that when control signals are generated using the input/output devices and directed to said simulator via said first or second interface, said simulator generates feedback signals indicative of a response of said simulator to the generated control signals to enable monitoring of the feedback signals from said simulator.