Advent of generic components in a mechatronic control software environment.

Integrating multidisciplinary areas in a mechatronic environment means using information technology to provide appropriate access to accurate and timely information. It has become almost impossible for the heterogeneous systems, which provide solution to various problems accurately, to share the information and also use the resources of other systems. Integration of various hardware devices and software applications has made the integration of complex applications and mechatronic devices difficult. This paper describes an approach for minimising the effort of integration and maximising the reusability and efficiency of software for mechatronic systems by the creation of generic components. These generic frameworks may be used with other control systems. Key-Words: Generic Component; Open Control Systems; Reusability; Modularity; Interoperability; Mechatronics