Iec-61499 Based Con- Trol for Low-cost Cyber Physical Production Systems

Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) is the result of the combination of complex production processes with high communication capabilities. This join work generates an improvement in the general system's performance and efficiency. CPPSs play an increasingly important role in the implementation of “Smart Factories” compatible with data exchange among all the conforming devices, under the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT). Current industry’s needs demand the generation of modular and flexible production systems, so they can easily adapt to the changing market requests. To fulfill this need, the automation standard IEC-61499 is developed based on a distributed architecture and the use of control devices with high processing capabilities. Distributed control systems generated using this standard have the characteristics of portability, interoperability, increased reuse, and distribution. This generates more competitive enterprises and promotes the creation of new production techniques, the optimization of the raw material, and the improvement of the final products' quality. The present work presents a low cost embedded architecture designed using the IEC-61499 standard to control the operation of an analog control process.