The Idea for the Integration of Neuro-Fuzzy Hardware Emulators with Real-Time Network

In modern industry a real-time Ethernet-based control systems are typically used instead of a centralized solution. This is due to the economical reason and to allow easy expansion and modernization of the machines. The distributed architecture enables i.a. the use of hardware emulators instead of the real control object, in a manner transparent to the whole system. This is an advantage because it can be useful for the development of the control system. It will make that cheap and safe testing of complex control systems will be available. The testing process might be performed in a working control system in which part of it (e.g. a control object) has been temporarily replaced by an emulator. However, emulators typically need an increased performance of the real-time communication interface to transfer a large amounts of the service data. In this paper we propose a new method to create high performance real-time, Ethernet-based communication solution which will be suitable for the most demanding applications, for example for the development process and connection with hardware emulators.