Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation Using Open Control Platform

Abstract

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) researchers at the Aerospace Vehicle Technology Assessment and Simulation (AVTAS) Laboratory are currently conducting the Open Control Platform (OCP) Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) project sponsored by the DARPA Software Enabled Control (SEC) Program. The purpose of this project is to develop the capability to be an OCP test-bed and to evaluate the OCP controls and simulation environment for a specific test case. The OCP provides an open, middleware-enabled software framework and development platform for developers of distributed and embedded software applications. The middleware isolates the programmer from the details of the operating system and provides a mechanism for communication with other OCP software components. A Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) was chosen as a representative flight controls application to exercise OCP. The programmatic approach taken by the OCP-HITL project is a series of simulation experiments with increasing complexity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA416514

Entities

People

  • Eric Portilla
  • Gary J. Slutz
  • James L. Paunicka
  • Stanley H. Pruett

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Embedded Systems
  • Middleware
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Resource Management
  • Simulations
  • Software Design
  • Traffic Collision Avoidance System
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers