The IEC 61499 Function Block Standard: Software Tools and Runtime Platforms

"The IEC 61499 Function Block Standard: Software Tools and Runtime Platforms"

A paper by:

  • JAMES H. CHRISTENSEN Holobloc Inc, Cleveland Heights, OH USA
  • THOMAS STRASSER AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna AT
  • ANTONIO VALENTINI O3neida Europe, Padova IT
  • VALERIY VYATKIN University of Auckland, NZ
  • ALOIS ZOITL Technical University of Vienna, AT

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KEYWORDS: IEC 61499, function blocks, technology adoption, O 3neida, software tools, runtime platforms

After a short description of the most relevant attributes and requirements for a IEC 61499 compliant tool, the paper describes some known tool  and software platforms available at the date, namely:

  • FBDK
  • ISaGRAF Workbench
  • 4DIAC­-IDE
  • nxtSTUDIO
  • FBRT
  • ISaGRAF Runtime
  • FORTE
  • nxtRT61499F

A set of tables compares the tools in terms of reciprocal Portability, Configurability, Interoperability.

A final note illustrates the requirements for future development of IEC 61499 compliant open systems.

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