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2003 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN'03)
On the Design of Robust Integrators for Fail-Bounded Control Systems
San Francisco, California
June 22-June 25
ISBN: 0-7695-1952-0
Jonny Vinter, Chalmers University of Technology
Andreas Johansson, Lule? University of Technology
Peter Folkesson, Chalmers University of Technology
Johan Karlsson, Chalmers University of Technology
This paper describes the design and evaluation of a robust integrator for software-implemented control systems. The integrator is constructed as a generic component in the Simulink design tool, and can thus be used for robust implementation of a wide range of control algorithms. The integrator is designed to support the failbounded failure model for transient bit-flips that may occur in the CPU, main memory and I/O circuits of a control system. In particular, it allows the control system to detect and recover from bit-flips that cause data errors. Robustness is achieved by sequentially executing duplicated integrator code on the same processor to support error detection, and through the use of a recovery buffer that allows a roll-back to the previous integrator state when an error is detected. The effectiveness of the robust integrator was evaluated through fault injection experiments with a PI controller, where single bit flips were injected inside the CPU of the control system. No violations of the fail-bounded model were observed in the experiments.
Citation:
Jonny Vinter, Andreas Johansson, Peter Folkesson, Johan Karlsson, "On the Design of Robust Integrators for Fail-Bounded Control Systems," dsn, pp.415, 2003 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN'03), 2003
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