Model components can be specified on the physical level with block diagrams, state machines, conditional tables, Boolean tables or textually, using ESDL or C language. The underlying object-based model architecture allows to flexibly combine model components specified with these different notations, and to build up models hierarchically. Once defined, model components can be used in different projects.
To facilitate the cooperation between different engineering disciplines or vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, several import and export functions for model components on all hierarchical levels are provided.
In production projects microcontroller constraints in terms of memory and execution time as well as real-time capabilities are further requirements which are met by special ASCET modeling features and the support of any OSEK compliant operation system.
ASCET-MD provides the functionality required to support the engineering tasks in a modular, thorough and efficient manner. Several features, designed to visualize the interdependencies in a model, assist users in keeping focus on their main task: the specification and design of control and diagnostic algorithms.
- Block diagrams
- State machines
- Operating system specification
- Document generator
- Experiment environment
- Integrated code generator for floating-point and fixed-point arithmetic