Patent ID: 8843660

Claim:
A configurable simulator for performing a distributed simulation, comprising: at least one simulation controller, comprising: an input/output unit for: receiving a broadcast message from a plurality of configurable modular cards, and sending a broadcast response message with configuration parameters to the plurality of configurable modular cards; receiving a test notification with test results from one of the plurality of configurable modular cards, and sending a reconfiguration request with reconfiguration parameters to at least one of the plurality of configurable modular cards; a processor for: determining the configuration parameters of the plurality of configurable modular cards based on a pre-defined configuration of the simulator; and determining the reconfiguration parameters of the at least one of the plurality of configurable modular cards based on the previously determined configuration parameters and on the test results; the plurality of configurable modular cards, each card comprising: a configurable input/output unit comprising a plurality of configurable inputs and outputs; a power supply comprising a plurality of configurable power supply circuits; and at least one processor for: generating the broadcast message sent by the configurable input/output unit to the simulation controller, executing an input/output configuration code to configure the plurality of inputs and outputs of the configurable input/output unit based on the broadcast response message received by the configurable input/output unit, executing a power supply configuration code to configure the plurality of power circuits of the power supply based on the broadcast response message received by the configurable input/output unit, executing the input/output configuration code to reconfigure the plurality of inputs and outputs of the configurable input/output unit based on the reconfiguration request received by the configurable input/output unit, executing the power supply configuration code to reconfigure the plurality of power circuits of the power supply based on the reconfiguration request received by the configurable input/output unit, and executing a simulation code to implement a functionality of the simulator, the executed simulation code being determined based on one of: the broadcast response message or the reconfiguration request received by the configurable input/output unit.