Compare Epicor Connected Process Control vs. Model Predictive Control Toolbox

Epicor Connected Process Control provides a simple-to-use software solution that allows you to configure digital work instructions and enforce process control. It also ensures that operations are error-proof. Connect IoT devices to collect 100% time studies and process data, images and images at the task level. Real-time visibility and quality control on a new level! eFlex can handle any number of product variations or thousands of parts, whether you are a component-based or model-based manufacturer. Work instructions can be linked to Bill of Materials, ensuring that products are built correctly every time, even if changes are made during the process. Work instructions that are part a system that is advanced will automatically react to model and component variations and only display the right work instructions for what's currently being built at station.

The Model Predictive Control Toolbox™ offers a comprehensive suite of functions, an intuitive app, Simulink® blocks, and practical reference examples to facilitate the development of model predictive control (MPC) systems. It caters to linear challenges by enabling the creation of implicit, explicit, adaptive, and gain-scheduled MPC strategies. For more complex nonlinear scenarios, users can execute both single-stage and multi-stage nonlinear MPC. Additionally, this toolbox includes deployable optimization solvers and permits the integration of custom solvers. Users can assess the effectiveness of their controllers through closed-loop simulations in MATLAB® and Simulink environments. For applications in automated driving, the toolbox also features MISRA C®- and ISO 26262-compliant blocks and examples, allowing for a swift initiation of projects related to lane keep assist, path planning, path following, and adaptive cruise control. You have the capability to design implicit, gain-scheduled, and adaptive MPC controllers that tackle quadratic programming (QP) problems, and you can generate an explicit MPC controller derived from an implicit design. Furthermore, the toolbox supports discrete control set MPC for handling mixed-integer QP challenges, thus broadening its applicability in diverse control systems. With these extensive features, the toolbox ensures that both novice and experienced users can effectively implement advanced control strategies.