US 11,789,850 B2
System and method for testing a physical system including software and hardware
Houyou Mohamed El Amine, Jersey City, NJ (US); and Emmanuel Bisse, Washington, NJ (US)
Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/425,986
Filed by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/016461
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/162868, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197781 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G06F 11/26 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/3664 (2013.01) [G06F 11/261 (2013.01); G06F 11/3688 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of testing a physical system that includes software and hardware, the method comprising:
developing a software application arranged to operate at least a portion of the physical system;
constructing a simulation of the physical system within a test ecosystem, the simulation including inputs that simulate control inputs of the physical system and outputs that simulate control and informational outputs;
connecting the software application to the simulation of the physical system to test the operation of the software application; and
simulating operation of the physical system and the software application within the test ecosystem, the test ecosystem operable to simulate operation of the software application as each of a cloud application, a network application, and a local application,
wherein the method comprises providing a library of simulation elements each selectable to simulate a component of the physical system to construct the simulation of the physical system, and
wherein the library of simulation elements includes a simulated fluid powered actuator and wherein the simulated fluid powered actuator includes an input valve position and an input fluid pressure and wherein the simulated fluid powered actuator outputs a current position and a time to reach a desired position.