Method and assembly for the execution of an industrial automation program on an automation component with multiple processing cores

摘要

The invention relates to a method for executing an industrial automation program (user program) on an automation component having a plurality of processor cores (Core 0, Core 1), wherein the automation program (user program) interacts with a modular operating system. In this case, at least some or all modules of the operating system and / or the automation program (user program) are assigned to functional categories (K1, K2, K3), whereby, based on the respectively assigned category (K1, K2, K3), these modules each correspond to one of the processor cores (Core 0, Core 1) for execution. As a result, the modules and the processes ("threads") to be processed by the modules can be distributed to the available processor cores in such a way that mutual interference (disability) and the associated performance disadvantages are minimized or prevented. The same software can run on other systems with a different number of processor cores in unchanged form, so that no specific variants need to be generated.