Case Study
Siemens SIMBA Profibus Simulation Engine
Summary Using the Siemens SIMBA Pro bus hardware interface, DMC created a software simulation engine for a client in order to support quick and e cient development of control software for high-tech materials manufacturing equipment. DMC’s low-impact solution reduced labor and test-time as well as increased up-time on the machines. Customer Benefits Accelerated software testing Reduced downtime of manufacturing equipment Easily customizable simulations Hardware–independent (easily migrated to other platforms) Technologies C#/Microsoft .NET Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Multi-threaded application development Siemens SIMBA Pro bus Hardware interface Siemens S7 PLC Hardware behavior modeling Solution Rapid software development for manufacturing equipment can often be di cult due to (