A New Technique for Automatic Generation of Java Applets for Web-based Control Education

The paper presents a new technique for automatic generation of Java source code for complex control algorithms simulation. The algorithms can be designed in graphical form either in Simulink model editor or in RexDraw, the graphical editor of the REX control system.The designed models are used for generation of Java source code files, which can be easily accomplished by graphical user interfaces and further used in both standalone Java applications and Java applets embedded into web pages. The proposed methodology can speed up the development of interactive control education tools because it interconnects Java with simulation and real-time domain. It is demonstrated on a closed loop simulation example using Pulse-step predictive controller and compared to earlier manual procedure.