Embedded Control

SC Solutions delivers end-to-end embedded control solutions for a wide range of applications, beginning with physical modeling of the process, system identification and model validation, and control design, to controller implementation and testing.

Embedded Control Design

The SC Solution's Custom Embedded Control Design technology simplifies the integration of real-time control algorithms, data, and additional functionality such as data logging, monitoring, graphical user interfaces, and custom computer interfaces. Our technology uses a widely used real-time operating system and allows multi-computer networked controller applications as well as slimmed-down implementations on an embedded PC. A generic schematic of the SC embedded controller for process control is shown.

We use a suite of model-based and data-based design methods to achieve maximum performance for single-loop or multi-loop systems. The controller structure can range from a PID feedback configuration to a multi-input, multi-output, (possibly adaptive) feedforward/feedback controller with set-point generation and run-to-run process tuning.

Controller Implementation

SC Solutions has extensive experience with both embedded systems and rapid prototyping systems. The former is generally better suited for production, while the latter for an R&D environment.

Embedded controllers are typically developed using rapid prototyping systems, following which substantial effort is required to port the application to the production version. A typical controller structure is depicted on the right.

Custom Solutions

SC Solutions provides custom control solutions that can meet your needs, ranging from delivery of a controller algorithm in software that is targeted to your hardware, to the delivery of turn-key embedded controllers with a Graphical User Interface.