Computer Architecture and Software Design of a Distributed Digital Integrating Machine

Abstract Computer integrating environments, based on differential equation of Shannon. have been successfully tested as a processing mechanism for the implementation of distributed homogeneous integrating networks in several fields of control system applications . The paper presents the mathematical models. the architecture. the microprogram design and the symbolic programming system of a distributed digital integrating machine. based on fast 16 - bit bipolar microprogrammed microprocessors. which homogeneous parallel integrating structures. After a short introduction in the mathematical theory the working power of the basic computing elements (DDA, servo-adder, comparator), the internal structure of the basic integrating modules, their microprogram design and the internal and external programmable commutation mechanism are explained. An expert system for programming of the machine, implemented in Prolog on IBM-PC, which determines by symbolic equation transformation the connections in the structure and the initial integrating values, is discussed.