Technical process control in multi-computing-core system

US11327800B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Beckhoff Automation GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Richard Kümmel · Bielefeld, DE
• Manuel Bettenworth · Gütersloh, DE
• Henning Zabel · Minden, DE
• Jan Achterberg · Duisburg, DE
• Dirk Janssen · Verl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2019
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: May 14, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/52
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

To control a technical process comprising a control task for independently controllable modules, modules are each assigned to a computing core on a controller with a plurality of computing cores. The technical process is connected to the controller via at least one communication connection. In a first time segment, the controller provides read-in input data of the modules for the respectively associated computing core. Subsequently, synchronization of the computing cores to which modules are assigned is carried out by the controller. In a second time segment, the computing cores process the input data of the modules to generate output data for the modules, wherein each computing core signals the end of processing. As soon as all computing cores have signaled the end of processing, the output data are provided in a third time segment by the controller in order to be provided to the modules on the communication connection.