Publication detail

Formal methods in fieldbus specification

ZEZULKA, F. HINTZE, E. KUČERA, P.

Original Title

Formal methods in fieldbus specification

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

To design that device requires a cooperation of several engineers: mechanical, electrical, software etc. They use different descriptive methods (drawing, electric-diagram, math equation, programming language, etc.) with the aim to achieve the best performance of their components. However, user is not interested in well-designed washing-program but in well-designed washing machine. Therefore, not only high expertise of engineers in their branches, but also close cooperation among them is strictly necessary. Washing machine is a simple example because it is an embedded system. Let us look at more complex system: factory automation system based on Profibus DP industrial bus. In this case tens of different bus segments with hundreds of different bus devices of different manufacturers are used. This heterogeneous structure is always unique - every case of automation system is different. How to proof that designed system will ever operate or will operate with required parameters or without serious failures in time of design i.e. before than we switch on the main power? The answer is to use the suitable formal method.

Keywords

Formal methods, Profibus, VHDL, Simulation

Authors

ZEZULKA, F.; HINTZE, E.; KUČERA, P.

RIV year

2003

Released

1. 1. 2003

Publisher

International Institute of Informatics and Systemics

Location

Orlando

ISBN

980-6560-01-9

Book

SCI 2003 Conference

Pages from

48

Pages to

53

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT7990,
  author="František {Zezulka} and Elke {Hintze} and Pavel {Kučera}",
  title="Formal methods in fieldbus specification",
  booktitle="SCI 2003 Conference",
  year="2003",
  pages="48--53",
  publisher="International Institute of Informatics and Systemics",
  address="Orlando",
  isbn="980-6560-01-9"
}