Hello together,
this is my first post, so I am not sure whether I am in the right forum. I am planning to do a Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation. The Physics/System dynamics (modelled in Simulink on a host PC) will run on a real-time target, whereas the Hardware part, in this case a Brushless DC and a position sensor, will be real and connected to the target PC. Also, the target PC should send data in real time to the host PC for plotting and the host PC should send position commands to the target PC for adjusting the set point position.
I was advised to use the RS-485 network and I read through the specifications. But, I am not sure whether it will be fast enough for the the real-time requirements. Do I need special wires for this particular network? How can I make sure that the individual parts will be time-synchronized? Is the data been transfered point-by-point or in packages?
Thanks alot