PROCESS CONTROL

Introducing
gdeX

gdeX (general development environment from Xiera) is Xiera’s hardware solution for process control applications. During normal operation, a PLC or industrial computer will call a fuzzy controller from gdeX, which is to be used as a slave device. edeX software can be used alongside gdeX for the controller development, including data acquisition, modelling, autotuning, testing in simulation, and hardware testing. gdeX can handle up to 4×4 multivariable interactive systems.

HOW IT WORKS

  • Obtain a dynamical process model.
  • Use edeX software to autotune a fuzzy controller for your model.
  • Connect gdeX to an existing PLC or SBC.
  • Call the fuzzy controller from gdeX.

HOW DO I OBTAIN THE MODEL OF MY PROCESS?

If you have an existing dynamical process model, you can enter it into edeX software directly. If you don’t have a model, but you have the required input-output data, you can import the data file into edeX software. edeX software can then be used to create the model automatically. If you don’t have the model or the data, you can connect gdeX to your current controller as a slave device and use edeX software alongside gdeX to do data acquisition and modelling. Our system is incredibly easy to learn! We will provide free training to teach you how to do so, as well as provide full technical support.

HOW DO I CONNECT gdeX TO THE PROCESS?

gdeX uses standard RS-232 and RS-485 communication protocols to connect to your existing PLC. We will provide a simple code which can then be used to call gdeX. 

gdex set up

During Setup

During Normal Operation

HOW DO I USE edeX SOFTWARE
TO AUTOTUNE A FUZZY CONTROLLER
FOR A GIVEN MODEL?

edeX software is incredibly easy to use. We will provide free training to teach you how to use it, as well as full technical support. Most of our partners have only needed one session to get a hang of the software. 

edeX Software

Intuitive and easy to use
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XMCU (Xiera's Microcontroller Unit)

Xiera’s MCU is a microcontroller unit programmed with a fuzzy inference engine. By providing it with the controller parameters (the knowledge-base, or KB) for the specific application using edeX, the XMCU becomes a complete fuzzy controller.

Users can design and store multiple controllers on the XMCU, limited only by the available flash memory of the chip.

Using edeX, users can partition the XMCU’s flash memory into independent segments and configure each segment’s controller parameters, with every segment running as a separate controller with its own configurable I/Os. This means that several loops can be controlled with one XMCU.

gdeX (General Development Environment from gdeX)

gdeX houses the XMCU along with standard communication ports including RS-232, RS-485, RS-422, and TTL. It also has a mini-USB port to connect to edeX software on a PC. It has an independent external power supply, a power supply option through the RS communication terminals, and a power supply option through the USB connection. 

By connecting the gdeX with a third party, the XMCU or edeX software can communicate with the third party. gdeX can be called through a simple code provided by Xiera and used a slave device alongside a PLC, SBC or other third party.

103 x 82.4 x 28.3 mm

3 LEDs can be seen externally; one for power, one for transmitting and one for receiving. Moreover, gdeX comes with a reset button, and a COM switch. 

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