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1 ADI APPLIED DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL AD-LIB A ADI Customer Newsletter Volume 17, Number 1, Fall 2001 Rolls-Royce plc -- Selects ADI Equipmet to to Test Their Next Geeratio of of Full Authority Digital Egie Cotrollers (FADECs). ADIUS 2002 Chose Site Site - Colorado - Highlights from ADIUS 2001 R olls-royce plc of Derby, UK, has placed a $3.5 millio order for ADI s product suite of real-time emulators to develop ad test the cotrol systems for their ext geeratio of Full Authority Digital Egie Cotrollers (FADECs). Joh McItosh, ADI s Presidet ad CEO, said, Defiig the optimum techological solutio has bee a collaborative effort betwee Rolls-Royce ad ADI. This cotract, i developmet for over a year, ADI s Real-Time Test Emulator Systems are based o commercialoff-the-shelf computer techology that has bee adapted to meet the challegig Rolls-Royce test eviromet. With 44 years of idustry experiece, ADI has bee repeatedly recogized for its expertise ad customer resposiveess ad has very recetly supplied large emulator systems with advaced capability to Boeig Satellite Systems, Uited Defese LP ad a major US automotive OEM. FADECs are regarded as safety-critical systems by the Federal Aviatio Authority ad other world aviatio orgaizatios. The safety-critical desigatio requires extesive testig, validatio ad certificatio prior to achievig flight status. To achieve the prescribed level of testig ad validatio requiremets, ew test systems usig the latest techology are required for qualificatio ad productio. preseted umerous techical challeges. As a result, we are makig a small icrease i the existig techical staff at our A Arbor Headquarters. He added, At least oce every five secods a plae takes off somewhere i the world that has beefited from the use of ADI s tools durig its desig ad test phases. We are proud ad hoored to be selected by Rolls-Royce to play a vital role i this idustry.

2 I this issue... ADI Wis Roll-Royce Cotract... Cover Our New Website... Page 2 Trivia ad History... Page 2 SIMsystem V7.0 Released... Page 3 SIMsystem Ehacemets... Page 4 BEACON Ehacemets... Page 5 COM Automatio for the DAS... Page 6 People o the Move... Page 7 Commercial Release of AUTT... Page 8 Techical Traiig Schedule Page 9 Trade Show ad Coferece Schedule Page 10 ADIUS Meet the Board... Page 11 ADIUS 2001 Highlights... Page 11 Awards Preseted to the Slafers... Page 12 Our New Website Come visit our ew website at for the latest ews ad product iformatio. Your commets ad suggestios are very welcome at: webmaster@adi.com. Trivia ad History Let s Remiisce. I the late fifties ADI aouced the AD-1 aalog computer; the the AD-2 arrived i These were low-cost computers, with the smaller versios cosidered desk top. May of their applicatios were biomedical. Oe was used i the Waye State Receivig Hospital to simulate respiratory ailmets, ad aother was used at the Kresge Eye Istitute to predict glaucoma. The Uiversity of Michiga Medical College used oe to aalyze brai waves. I 1963 ADI itroduced the AD-256 (with 256 amplifiers) ad claimed that it was the world s fastest computer. It would ot be mistake for a AD-1 or AD-2, sice it was 24 feet log! Appearace was a cosideratio for such a large piece of furiture, ad ADI provided stylig service available to customers eedig aid ivolvig arragemet, accessory selectio or color harmoy suggestios. Amog the first sales were three AD-256 systems for the Boeig Simulatio Ceter i Hutsville, Alabama for $700,000. That amouts to over 4 millio of today s dollars! The three AD-256s, oe IBM7044 ad oe IBM7094 made the Simulatio Ceter the largest hybrid simulatio system i the world. 2

3 SIMsystem V7.0 Released Desiged to sigificatly simplify the simulatio ad testig of cotrol systems Key ehacemets iclude: Visual Iteract Visual Iteract COM iterface Data Acquisitio COM iterface Software Triggers Schedule Ehacemets Data Dictioary Compoud Logical Devices Save/Restore Files Rutime Project File CE-555 board Host ADvatage Itegrated Developmet Eviromet Hardware Cofiguratio Model Itegratio ANSI C Simulik FORTRAN-77 SystemBuild Multi-Processor Allocatio Ru-Time Eviromet TCP/IP Lik Cross- Compiled Real-Time Executables AD RTS/Target Real-Time Executive (aokeral) III/0 Device Drivers ad Basic Support Libraries Thread Libraries Visual Iteract Visual Iteract is iteded to ultimately replace COSIM Iteract o the PC, but for ow the two are used i tadem. A importat feature of Visual Iteract is the COM automatio iterface, which allows Visual Basic scriptig. Users ew to SIMsystem will ot eed to lear ADI s ow scriptig laguage (straightforward though it may be), but ca istead use the rich, well documeted, ad cotiually developig Visual Basic laguage. Visual Iteract has a Widows style GUI to facilitate operatio. The GUI was overhauled to make iteract operatios easier ad more powerful. Visual Iteract COM Iterface A powerful ew feature i SIMsystem for Widows is the additio of a COM automatio iterface. The COM iterface allows custom applicatios to be built that itegrate Visual Iteract Real-Time simulatios with COTS ActiveX products. I additio, low-cost, high- fuctioality software applicatios such as Excel, Access, Matlab, ad Labview, all possessig a COM iterface, ca be seamlessly itegrated with ADI s Real-Time simulatio system. Visual Iteract COSAPI COM Iterface Data Acquisitio System (DAS) SIMplotter Altia Simulatio Cotrol, Data Loggig ad Visualizatio User Applicatio Real-time simulatios ca be ru exterally from applicatios such as Access ad Excel. Buttos placed i Access forms or o Excel spreadsheets ca be used to automate repetitive test sequeces. Excel spreadsheet fuctioality ca be used to log ad process ed-of-ru data ad adjust simulatio parameters from ru to ru. A Access database ca be used to automatically set up simulatios, cotrol parameters, ad collect data for later aalysis or geerated reports. The additio of a COM Iterface further exteds SIMsystem s ope stadards philosophy. We believe that ope stadards will exted the life spa of a simulatio cofiguratio ad reduce the cost of upgrade ad developmet. Cotiued o ext page 3

4 SIMsystem V7.0 cotiued from page 3 Data Acquisitio COM Iterface The DAS stream has its ow COM iterface. This allows coectios to the DAS stream from remote locatios ad from a variety of software packages. Software Triggers Activities ca ow be triggered by hardware iterrupts, usig Boolea expressios of program variables. Te triggers are available per project. Triggers may be latched (oce set they remai set) or ulatched (reevaluated each frame). Triggers ca be used to cotrol evets withi a model, or to modify hardware performace, or to cotrol the operatio of DAS streams ad schedule groups. Triggers may be set ad cleared iteractively usig either COSIM iteract or Visual Iteract. Note that these triggers are differet from the subsystem triggers that SIMsystem also supports. I Simulik, SystemBuild or user code, a hardware iterrupt trigger, occurrig aytime durig a simulatio frame, ca eable a model or I/O evet. I cotrast, the software triggers are set i Iteract, ad the trigger coditios are checked oce each simulatio frame. Schedule Ehacemets The rutime software waveform geeratio feature was itroduced with SIMsystem 061. It creates schedules that are ru o the RTS with the models. This popular feature ca be used to supply iputs ito a simulatio model, or to sed waveforms out to hardware. With SIMsystem 7.0, the schedule capability has bee greatly ehaced. Schedules ca ow be additive, for buildig complex forms. For example, a ramp iput could be assiged to a variable, ad a high-frequecy, small-amplitude sie added to it, to simulate sigal oise. The idepedet variable does ot have to be time, istead you ca chose a model variable. For example, i a vehicle simulatio a road elevatio schedule could be a fuctio of the computed distace that the vehicle has traveled i the forward directio. Multiple schedules ca ow be grouped, for easier maipulatio. A group of schedules ca be deleted with a sigle commad, or eabled with a sigle trigger. The waveforms that are supported are: Costat Ramp Sawtooth Siusoidal Square Triagular XDR file playback Program Variable User-Defied (Requires C Code i Model) Compoud Logical Devices SIMsystem ow supports Compoud Logical Devices. Compoud Logical Devices combie logical devices for multiple hardware devices. I some applicatios a group of devices work itegrally together, ad the logical device developmet most aturally treats them as a group. Data Dictioary The Data Dictioary defies the program variables of iterest. A default data dictioary will be automatically created by ADvatage, which ca be overwritte by a user-created dictioary. The variables ca be grouped, for improved maagemet. Costraits ca be imposed upo variables, such as read oly, or iitializatio writeable. Setup Save/Restore Files A ASCII file ca be created to save ad restore iteractive setup iformatio: Iitial Coditios Data Capture Lists for the 4 DAS Streams Ed-of-Ru Data Capture List Trigger Expressios Dyamic Evet Schedule Groups Cotiued o page 10 4

5 New Product Alert Graphical Desig Dictioary Editor compaio tool ow available with BEACON for Simulik ADI s ew Graphical Desig Dictioary (GDD) Editor is the perfect compaio to our BEACON for Simulik tool! Fially, a user-friedly graphical iterface is available to automate the process of costructig data dictioary files for use with BEACON for Simulik s Desiger ad Tester tools. This all-ew tool was writte i Java. It promises to be a tremedous productivity ehacemet for ayoe usig BEACON for Simulik to geerate high-itegrity source code ad uit tests from their Simulik algorithm models. Embedded Software Process Support Semiars Developig high itegrity embedded software ivolves complex procedures, with checks ad balaces at every step to esure the highest quality ad utmost safety stadards are achieved i the ed product. No software developmet or verificatio tool ca offer a tur-key solutio for improvig the process, although tools such as ADI s BEACON ad BEACON for Simulik are well suited for use i safety ad missio critical software developmet eviromets. There is always some level of ucertaity how best to use such a tool, however, ad aswerig that questio must be a priority i the adoptio of a tool set. ADI ow offers two separate oe-day traiig semiars to help our BEACON ad BEACON for Simulik customers take full advatage of the process support features provided by our tools. The two semiars are etitled: Software Developmet Process Maagemet Usig BEACON ad Software Developmet Process Maagemet Usig BEACON for Simulik. The semiars focus o the stadard V developmet model. The BEACON-based variat specifically addresses specificatio-based developmet ad the BEACON for Simulik variat specifically addresses model-based developmet of high-itegrity embedded cotrol software. Both semiars are desiged as iteractive sessios, where you ad ADI examie a stadard developmet model, cotrast the stadard model with your existig model, ad evaluate how best to itegrate ADI s tools ito your existig developmet process to maximize the beefits of usig BEACON or BEACON for Simulik. Offered as o-site traiig classes, these semiars preset a uique opportuity for collaboratio betwee ADI ad our customers to achieve ultimate success i usig BEACON or BEACON for Simulik to icrease embedded software developmet productivity ad decrease software developmet life-cycle costs ad duratio. For further detail, cotact your ADI sales represetative or dowload a traiig data sheet at: (for the specificatio-based variat) or (for the model-based variat). Embedded Software Process Support Papers Available ADI is pleased to aouce the availability of two ew process-orieted papers writte for users ad prospective users of the BEACON ad BEACON for Simulik tool sets. Focusig o the basic V developmet process usig both a specificatio-based ad model-based paradigm, these papers preset details o how ADI s Embedded Software Developmet tools assist the user i satisfyig the objectives of a rigorous ad safety-coscious developmet process. The specificatio-based paper is available at: The model-based paper is available at: 5

6 ADI Author: Scott James COM Automatio for the DAS A goal for the developmet of SIMsystem for NT applicatios has bee to take advatage of powerful Widows features. As a result, SIMsystem Versio 7.0 icludes a Compoet Object Model (COM) automatio iterface for the Data Acquisitio System (DAS). Users familiar with the COM iterface to Visual Iteract (SIMsystem s ew Widows based ru-time applicatio) will be familiar with the advatages of COM. COM is the most widely used compoet software model i the world. It provides the richest set of itegrated services, the widest choice of easy-to-use tools, ad the largest set of available applicatios. Addig a COM automatio iterface to the DAS greatly ehaces the ability for users to itegrate SIMsystem real-time simulatios ito customized test automatio ad visualizatio. SIMsystem s DAS allows users to coect to ruig simulatios ad have access to the logged data streams. Covetioal uses for the DAS have bee sedig data to SIMplotter, Altia, ad SIMpael. However, with the additio of a COM automatio iterface, the DAS ow makes it easy for users to sed streamig simulatio data to stadard Widows applicatios such as Word, Excel, Access ad others, or to develop Visual Basic executables able to coect to the DAS ad utilize the streamig data. The DAS COM also allows users to collect DAS data from across the Etheret. This eables automatio ad visualizatio tasks to be spread across several PCs. A key advatage of the COM iterface is its ease of use. Coectig to a DAS stream requires very little code; it ca be writte i Visual Basic, either i a developmet studio or usig VB as the stadard Widows macro laguage. Alteratively, the DAS COM iterface ca be tightly itegrated ito software systems usig C++ or Java. Private mydas As New DasAccessCotrol Private dasvars As DasVariables Private mysimvar As DasVariable Private Sub Coect_To_DAS() mydas.coect HostName:= localhost Set dasvars = mydas.dasvariables Set mysimvar = dasvars( mymodel.adi_global_c::adi_elapsed_time ) Ed Sub Private Sub Update_Vars() MyDas.GetFrame debug.prit mysimvar.value Ed Sub The above sample VB code subrouties demostrate how easy it is to add DAS coectivity to a VB applicatio or a Excel macro. The subroutie Coect_To_DAS() requires oly three lies of code to make a coectio to a ruig DAS stream ad assig the properties of the SIMsystem variable ADI_ELAPSED_TIME to mysimvar. Oce a VB variable (defied as a DasVariable) has bee assiged to a variable o the DAS stream, the VB variable will have the properties of the DAS variable icludig the value. The subroutie Update_Vars() demostrates how to get the most recet values from the DAS. The Cotiued o ext page 6

7 COM Automatio for DAS cotiued from page 6 GetFrame commad causes all VB variables assiged to a DAS variable to acquire the most recet values from the DAS. I the example above, mysimvar is the oly DAS variable ad as a result will be the oly variable to be updated. The variable mysimvar ca be used i a VB executable or widows macro like ay other VB variable. The debug.prit commad causes the value of mysimvar to be prited to the immediate widow for debuggig. I additio, the COM structure allows users to seamlessly icorporate ActiveX compoets to the SIMsystem realtime simulatio eviromet. ActiveX examples iclude 3D aimatio usig 3Dlix, visualizatio ad cotrol with Natioal Istrumet s Compoet Works, ad coutless other libraries of available tools. The DAS COM has added sigificat fuctioality to SIMsystem. Ultimately, the additio of COM automatio to the SIMsystem product lie exteds the lifespa of the system cofiguratio ad reduces the cost of software system ehacemet. People o the Move Tim Atha has bee promoted to Seior Applicatios Egieer. Dr. Atha came to ADI five years ago after workig i the automotive idustry for twelve years. Will this qualify me for a Seior discout o the bus? A Arbor Mayor Joh Hieftje recetly appoited him to the city s Eergy Commissio. Beth Apple joied ADI to work o product documetatio ad our web site. She ejoys developig ew documetatio solutios ad looks forward to covertig the documetatio to HTML. Though she ca t take all of the credit for the ew look o our website, she ca take all your commets, remarks ad requests for correctios at webmaster@adi.com Ke Huffma joied the US sales team as Easter Regioal Sales Maager. He spet a umber of years i sales with Cocurret ad others developig a extesive kowledge of real time applicatios. His i-depth experiece will beefit the future ad existig ADI clietele i the easter regio. Rick Schlosser has moved withi ADI from Supervisor of Support Services to Cetral Regio Accout Maager. May of you have experieced Rick s dedicatio to workig with people over the years i resolvig techical hardware issues related to ADI products. Rick s itimate kowledge of cliets ad ADI equipmet will serve him well i his ew edeavor. Paul Schukow After beig away from ADI for twelve years, he is back i Egieerig workig o documetatio cotrol. Paul has over 20 years experiece i desig ad draftig. Jim Farrell is very welcome to our team of BEACON developers. He has a log associatio with BEACON, predatig ADI s ivolvemet with the tool. Jim is curretly begiig work o the ext geeratio of the BEACON user iterface, takig maximum advatage of his expertise i graphics programmig ad his kowledge of how BEACON works. 7

8 Commercial Release of AUTT ad Tester ADI has commercially released versio 1.0 of the BEACON Automatic Uit Test Tool (AUTT) ad its BEACON for Simulik couterpart, Tester. The AUTT was officially released commercially i Jauary It is a first-of-its kid tool for the automated detectio of structural test requiremets at the uit level ad the creatio of test cases that cover those test requiremets. The sigificat improvemets made i this commercial versio iclude the followig: Iliig of iteral subrouties for test case geeratio Ehaced coverage summary table Numeric robustess testig Ehaced Boudary Value Aalysis (BVA) coverage Ehaced customizatio of test file formattig Detectio of out-of-bouds array idex refereces A Brief History of BEACON ADI s BEACON ad BEACON for Simulik tools stad apart as strog embedded software desig packages for safety ad missio-critical cotrol systems. Classical BEACON s te-plus year history of use o commercial avioics software is a uparalleled record of maturity for a software desig ad code geeratio tool. Oe frequetly asked questio about the tool is its origi. Classical BEACON is a outgrowth of a i-house software developmet tool that traslated graphical diagrams ito modular code. Autocode was a iteral product of Geeral Electric, developed at their Johso City, New York, Cotrol Systems facility. I the late 1980s a decisio was made to replace the old graphical iterface (based o a drawig program called DOGS although the meaig of this acroym has faded with time) with a more moder versio. I cojuctio with the ew frot ed, the code geerators were redeveloped i a more moder laguage, movig from the origial FORTRAN to Ada. After several years of successful use o various commercial ad military jet egie cotrols, GE developed a ew GUI for the tool, addig coloratio ad other features based o the capabilities of a commercially available graphical drawig system from DataViews. ADI purchased ad commercialized the BEACON software from GE about four years ago, startig off with the ewly developed GUI ad the highly mature code geerators. The first major project usig BEACON from start to fiish was the GE90 commercial jet egie, used o the Boeig 777 aircraft. This variable-thrust egie was a clea-sheet developmet by GE s Aircraft Egies (GEAE), divisio ad was fouded o the productivity ehacemets offered by BEACON. GEAE also has employed BEACON o almost every jet ad turbofa egie beig developed at its Ly, Massachusetts, facility. Oe of the differetiatig features that ehaces BEACON s applicability to the safety-critical embedded software market is the fact that it is a tool desiged by ad for embedded software egieers. It utilizes the best practices gleaed from decades of collective experiece o its developmet staff s part. ADI has further ehaced BEACON by addig commercial tool developmet expertise, while still remaiig true to its embedded software roots. ADI also fiished the developmet of the AUTT (Automated Uit Test Tool), culmiatig i its maide commercial release i Jauary I 1999, ADI itroduced a compaio product that combies the uique stregth of BEACON's sophisticated code geerators with the model-based algorithm desig capabilities of Simulik. BEACON for Simulik is more tha a marriage of two tools, however. It represets the bridgig of safety-coscious software desig techiques ito the model-based system desig world. With the icorporatio of the AUTT ito BEACON for Simulik uder the ame of Tester, ADI has also brought a slice of the structured software testig paradigm to life withi the model-based system desig area. 8

9 2001 Techical Traiig Courses ADI techical traiig courses are ope to ayoe wishig to gai a better uderstadig of ad practical hads o experiece with ADI product solutios. Traiig classes are held at ADI headquarters i A Arbor, Michiga. For your coveiece, i-plat classes ca be scheduled at your facility. To register for a class, call Darlee Mori at ADI, (734) ext You may also register by at adifo@adi.com or olie at INTRODUCTION TO BEACON 2 Day October December This course is for cotrol ad software egieers who pla to use BEACON at a project level to develop software for embedded applicatios. The topics covered iclude: Hierarchical cotrol ad sigal flow diagram creatio Fixed ad floatig poit code geeratio Test vector geeratio Advaced features allow iterfacig to existig code through libraries, ad target-specific implemetatio. SIMSYSTEM USERS' COURSE 2 1/2 Day October December This course is iteded to provide a broad ad strog base for usig SIMsystem. Studets will lear about: High-speed ad hardware-i-the-loop simulatio methods Modelig eviromets ad their coectio to the ADvatage GUI Hardware devices ad how they are icorporated ito a project. Data visualizatio tools Project maagemet Simulatio automatio usig scripts Iteract customizatio Code debuggig The SIMsystem Users Course is ope to both customers ad potetial customers. It is desiged for both Uix ad Widows systems. Widows users should i additio take Visual Iteract I (see below) ad possibly the other Visual Iteract classes. SIMsystem for Widows Ru-Time Course Pack Versio 7.0 of SIMsystem for Widows icludes a array of ew features for creatig high-quality, itegrated developmet solutios. VISUAL INTERACT I: Itroductio ½ Day (Immediately follows Users Course) Visual Iteract is SIMsystem s ru-time operator iterface. Visual Iteract is used to cofigure simulatios, establish test procedures ad ru simulatios with a operator i the loop or from automatio scripts. Topics iclude: Simulatio cofiguratio files Workig with data dictioaries Developig schedules ad triggers VISUAL INTERACT II: COM Automatio ½ Day Visual Iteract possesses a Compoet Object Model (COM) automatio iterface. This simplifies tasks such as test automatio, ad itegratio to other COM applicatios. Visual Basic (VB) is the scriptig laguage for Visual Iteract. Topics iclude: Itroductio to VB as a scriptig laguage Workig with a COM automatio iterface Cotrollig simulatios from exteral programs VISUAL INTERACT III: ½ Day Advaced COM Automatio The COM automatio iterface allows the cotrol of simulatios from VB executables or from other COM eabled applicatios such as Excel or Access. Topics iclude: Developig simple VB executables to automate repetitive simulatio tasks Cotrollig multi-ru simulatio testig from Excel Itegratig ActiveX compoets ito automatio executables (such as 3Dlix for real-time threedimesioal graphics) The material covered will apply ot oly to SIMsystem usage but ca also be applied to the advaced use of applicatios such as Excel, Access, Matlab. ADSIM PROGRAMMING 2 Day Available upo request Writig models i ADSIM Simulatio executives, specifically "cotiuous" ADSIM i the ADvatage IDE eviromet Prerequisite - The SIMsystem Users' course. CUSTOMIZED TRAINING Miimum 1/2 Day Customized courses are held at ADI headquarters. They are available for users requirig cofidetial or applicatiospecific traiig. There is o miimum class requiremet for customized traiig courses. The possibilities iclude: Advaced Iteract Features, Specific Hardware Devices, Advaced Logical Devices, Optimizatio usig SIMsystem, Moderizig Legacy ADSIM Code, Fault Isertio, ad the Altia Desig Editor. 9

10 SIMsystem Cotiued from page 4 A setup file that is refereced i a project file will be ru automatically. Alteratively, a setup file may be ivoked iteractively from either COSIM Iteract or Visual Iteract. The setup file is saved from either Iteract, after setup operatios have bee coducted. (If saved i Visual Iteract, it is saved i a setup file format, while if saved i COSIM Iteract it ca be saved either i setup file format or as a script file.) All Put operatios are icluded i the setup file, eablig repeated use of a iitial coditio set-up. Rutime Project File This feature ehaces program maagemet, by combiig the potetially complex project set-up iformatio i oe file. ADvatage automatically geerates this file, which records the RTS, the program, ad the set-up files. With this file, COSIM Iteract ca thereafter be started with a project_load commad. This file is used as the Visual Iteract s simulatio object. CE-555 Precisio Prototypig Processor The CE-555 board is the first SIMsystem target processor. ADI took the versatile ad powerful ew Motorola MPC555 PowerPC processor chip ad built it ito a board that ca ru iside a RTS. This meas that code iteded for the MPC555 chip ca be ru o its actual target. Rapid prototypig for other, similar embedded cotroller chips will use the CE-555 too. Use of a target processor i rapid prototypig elimiates surprises late i the developmet cycle due to differeces betwee a developmet processor ad the target differeces such as clock speed, istructio set, I/O timig ad accuracy, ad fault detectio. Code developmet will beefit from SIMsystem s cotrol ad aalysis capabilities. For example, code ca be debugged ad timed. Eve users ot plaig to work with the MPC555 will fid that the CE-555 offers great flexibility. The CE- 555 cotais two boards: a CPU board ad a I/O Sigal Coditioig Board. The CPU board cotais the MPC555 processor plus the additioal memories ad access electroics to cofigure the processor as a stadard ADI compute egie. The I/O sigal coditioig board allows the itegral I/O of the MPC555 to be coected uder software cotrol to a variety of drivers, receivers, ad other sigal coditioig circuitry. This itelliget I/O is easily cofigured for a rage of cotroller applicatios, without cablig chages. Trade Show ad Coferece Schedule ADI is participatig i the followig trade cofereces i the upcomig moths. We look forward to seeig you at these evets. Embedded Systems Coferece Sept. 5-7 Bosto, MA Embedded Systems October 9-11 Stutgart, Germay SAE 2002 March 4-7 Detroit, MI Embedded Systems Coferece 2002 March Fracisco, CA ADIUS 2002 Jue Colorado 10

11 What is ADIUS Applied Dyamics Iteratioal Users Society Aual Meetig is oe of the foremost meetigs o dyamic simulatio, cotrol system ad embedded software developmet (ESD) tools. ADIUS provides a uique opportuity for curret users to become more proficiet with ADI s growig family of ADvatage simulatio ad ESD products. ADI s SIMsystem product lie for powerful hardware-i-the-loop (HIL) ad BEACON for embedded code geeratio tools are solutios for automotive ad aerospace applicatios. Those ew to HIL simulatio ad ESD will lear how implemetatio of this techology ca beefit their compay or orgaizatio. Coferece sessios feature ADI hardware ad software users sharig their experieces ad expertise i solvig simulatio ad cotrol system problems. ADI staff members coduct product ad methodology semiars complete with hads-o product demostratios. ADIUS 2001 was a success. There were some ispirig presetatios as well as great food ad socializig. For more iformatio, check out our website, ask a represetative about the presetatios ad receive a CD of our Proceedigs. Meet our ADIUS Board Members Frot Row from left to right: Jeff Davis ad Bob Koch. Back Row: David Shipcott, Geoff Radmore, Greg Butterfield. Not Pictured: Patrick Grat ad Tarek Lahdhiri ADIUS 2001, the 22d meetig of the ADI Users Society The 22d aual ADIUS coferece was held i A Arbor, Michiga Jue At the coferece ADI users were afforded the opportuity to preset their implemetatios, theories ad successes i cojuctio with ADI's embedded cotrol systems desig tools. Keyote speaker Lore Slafer (below) discusses the role of the ADI RTS i satellite cotrol systems. Boeig Satellite System has over 50% of the operatioal satellites i space. William Ly's presetatio icluded the successful firig of the ew 60,000-poud thrust MC-1 rocket egie developed by NASA. The MC-1 egie simulatio software was developed o the ADI RTS. Duk Park discussed his method o how to save computatioal time ad computer storage o the RTS. At the ed of the day, users iteract with ADI staff to discuss the days' presetatios. We ivite you to share i your successes ad ideas at the 22d ADIUS, Jue 2002 i Colorado Sprigs, Colorado. Watch for iformatio regardig the Call for Papers o the web at ad i future AD-LIBs. Keyote Speaker, Lore Slafer of Boeig Satellite System s (form erly Hug hes Space & Com) Preseters W illiam Ly of NASA ad Duk Park of Crae Hydro- Aire Attedees Jack Romao of NAW C, M arcella Hag h g ooie (back) ADI ad Jeff Davis of IEM 11

12 AD-LIB Applied Dyamics' Latest Iformatio Bulleti Volume 17, Number 1, Fall 2001 Published by Applied Dyamics Iteratioal, Ic. 2001, all rights reserved. Products ad trademarks metioed i this issue are the properties of their respective compaies. ADI is a registered trademark of Applied Dyamics Iteratioal, Ic. AD-LIB, AD RTS, ADSIM, ADvatage, Applied Dyamics Real-Time Statio, BEACON, BEACON for Simulik, CE-3, CE-555, COP, COSIM, DAS, SIMplotter, SIMsystem, are trademarks of Applied Dyamics Iteratioal. All trademarks metioed are the properties of their respective etities. Simulik is a registered trademark of The MathWorks, Ic. SystemBuild ad Autocode are trademarks of Itegrated Systems, Ic. Applied Dyamics Iteratioal Europea Headquarters 1450 Motagu Court Ketterig Veture Park, Ketterig Northamptoshire NN15 6XR (UK) Telephoe: 44-(0) Facsimile: 44-(0) adifo@appdy.co.uk Applied Dyamics Iteratioal, Ic Stoe School Road A Arbor, Michiga (USA) Telephoe: (734) Facsimile: (734) adifo@adi.com Special Awards preseted to Alexis ad Lore Slafer at ADIUS 2001 Lore Slafer was recogized for his may years of dedicatio to the advacemet ad support of computer simulatio techology. Alexis Slafer was awarded the Hoorary Title of Doctor of Simulatio Techology for her 16 plus years of attedace ad support at ADIUS Meetigs. The awards were preseted at the 2001 ADIUS Coferece i A Arbor, MI. Come Joi us at ADIUS 2002 i the Colorado moutais. Mark your caledar for the first week i Jue We are iterested i hearig about your ADI product implemetatios. If you would like to share your accomplishmets, we would like you to preset at the ext ADIUS. We are also iterested i your iput. Feel free to give Bob Koch a call at : or koch@adi.com Ke Waichuas (far left) ad Dr. Robert Howe (far right) preset ADIUS Awards to Lore ad Alexis Slafer. ADI APPLIED DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL 3800 Stoe School Road A Arbor, Michiga (USA) FIRST CLASS MAIL U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 87 A Arbor, Michiga Address Correctio Requested 12