Controller with configurable hardware modules

Control device for controlling components in a means of transportation with an interface to an external data bus, a hardware module (8-11) and a memory for providing the necessary for the data processing data, said control processes of parallel time-controllable control processes are executed and thereby directly via a interface to the data bus or with sensors / actuators communicate to control transport components. The control device (1) comprises at least two configurable hardware modules (8-11) on that perform due to the messages from the data bus or the control commands of the control device a plurality of control processes on the hardware modules (8-11) over time in parallel, with a distribution unit for assigning running of the parallel control processes on the hardware modules (8-11) is provided that after the associating of a control process to a hardware module (8-11) is first charged, a hardware configuration to the hardware module (8-11) to configure its hardware new, and that then by assigning the input data for the controller process, the newly configured hardware module (8-11) takes over the control of the assigned component.