Products/fuzzyTECH Editions/Features Overview

The fuzzyTECH Editions are specialized for technical applications.

fuzzyTECH Puts the Fuzzy Logic Advantage in Your Design

• fuzzyTECH has enabled more successful fuzzy logic applications than any other
tool. Read what users have to say.
• fuzzyTECH is licensed by more control system manufacturers than any other fuzzy
logic tool. Check out our partner.
• fuzzyTECH supports more target systems than any other fuzzy logic tool on the
market. Read our press clips.
• fuzzyTECH delivers faster and more compact systems than any other fuzzy logic
tool. Check out our benchmarks.
• fuzzyTECH's Fuzzy Design Wizards get you straight to your solution, following ISO
and IEC standards.
• Ready for a test drive? Download a demo version with animated simulation
examples from our Download Page.

fuzzyTECH follows the familiar

look&feel of the latest generation of
MS Windows and MS Office software
products. The treeview pane enables
structured access to all components
of a fuzzy logic system under design
in the same way the Windows
Explorer lets users browse the
structure of their PCs. The Editor and
Analyzer windows allow to design
each single component of a fuzzy
logic system graphically.

Linguistic Variables are the lifeblood

of a fuzzy logic design. fuzzyTECH's
Linguistic Variable Editors enable to
simply "draw" various types of
membership functions with the
mouse. In any Debug mode, the
Linguistic Variable Editor also
visualizes fuzzification. In Interactive
Debug mode, moving the red arrow
with the mouse simulates input
conditions.
The Fuzzy Logic rules determine how
the system reacts to input conditions.
This is where you implement the
control and optimization strategies for
your solution. To best serve the needs
of different applications, fuzzyTECH
provides three different rule block
editors. The Spreadsheet Rule editor
follows the familiar style of a table.
You define complete rule bases just
by point&click, consistency is
automatically enforced. Many
experienced users prefer the Matrix
Rule editor for complex rule blocks.
Entering rules in FTL (Fuzzy
Technology Language) format
enables you to type in rules in the
most flexible way. Either way you
input rules, you can always use any
other editor to process or analyze
them further.
fuzzyTECH's rich suite of analysis
tools has set standards in visual
simulation software. The 2D and 3D
Analyzers let you analyze the transfer
characteristics of a fuzzy logic system
or its components in any possible
way. Any modification of the system is
immediately reflected in all analyzers.
This faciliates "interactive"
development of a solution. The Time
Plot analyzers help you understanding
and optimizing the fuzzy logic system
for the process under control.
While fuzzyTECH already comprises
all simulation features for the fuzzy
logic system under design, you may
also use fuzzyTECH with standard
simulation software packages such as
Matlab/Simulink™, MatrixX™, and
most others. During simulation, you
can use all editors and analyzers of
fuzzyTECH and you may modify the
running system "on-the-fly". All
fuzzyTECH Editions, including the
demonstration software you may
download for free from this web site,
come with complete animated
simulations of real world processes.
 The structured design approach of
fuzzyTECH is complemented by a
built-in documentation generator and
a revision control system. The
documentation generator generates
complete documentation for ISO 9000
compliant development. You can
view, print, and edit the RTF output
with standard word processors. The
revision control system lets you
rewind to earlier development stages
and can document the progress. The
entire structure of documentation
follows the IEC 1131-7 standard on
fuzzy logic development.

The Professional Choice

• fuzzyTECH is the basis of many successful applications of fuzzy logic in Japan,

Europe and the U.S.
• fuzzyTECH is continuously improved by INFORM's software designers and project
engineers.
• fuzzyTECH supports most target hardware platforms and all fuzzy logic design
phases.
• Add-on modules provide neural network technologies with fuzzy logic design.

Fast Results

• fuzzyTECH's all-graphical editors let you specify an entire system with simple
point-and-click technology.
• Optimization of your design is expedited by fuzzyTECH's analyzer and simulation
tools.
• Interactive "what-if" tracing supports detailed comprehension leading to efficient
system optimization.
• fuzzyTECH provides code generators for C and assembly, and runtime modules
for integration with other software.

Embracing the Standards

• Based on emerging IEC 1131-7 standard for industrial fuzzy logic system
development.
• Supports ISO 9001 compliant development with built-in documentation generator
and revision control system.
• Allows for the implementation of FDA certifiable control systems (FDA: Food and
Drug Administration)

Fuzzy Logic Systems Design by "Point and Click":

fuzzyTECH provides an all-graphical user interface for all phases of a development project.
Complemented by its Fuzzy Design Wizards, fuzzyTECH can let you create fuzzy logic
solutions in less than a day's work. Here are some screenshots that illustrate the various
editors and analyzers (click on the thumbnails to view full scale):

Rapid Application Development

In addition to its standard functionality for creating fuzzy logic systems, fuzzyTECH
features a set of Fuzzy Design Wizards that:

• Enable rapid application design.

• Let you conduct ultra-fast prototyping.
• Guide you through the IEC/ISO standardized fuzzy logic design approach.
• Novice users of fuzzyTECH can generate prototype fuzzy logic systems within
minutes.
• Experienced designers use it to expedite and streamline their design process.

Open Software Interfaces

fuzzyTECH can be linked and integrated with most other software products via standard
interface techniques such as DDE, DLL, and ActiveX. For many popular software
environments, we provide complete "plug-and-play" type interfaces (Simulink™,
InTouch™, Excel™, Access™, VisualBasic™, ..). For a complete list, download and install
the fuzzyTECH Demo from the Download section and explore the contents of the
"/Program Files/fuzzyTECH x.y/Runtime/Ftrun/" subdirectory.

Programmability and Customization

fuzzyTECH comes with an Application Programming Interface that allows you to remotely
control most functions in fuzzyTECH from your software. This API is provided as a DLL
called FTRCU (fuzzyTECH Remote Control Unit) which contains all the functions you need
to completely integrate fuzzyTECH with your program.

Code Generation
At the push of a button, fuzzyTECH generates a complete fuzzy logic solutions in source
code. You may use this source code to compile and link with your main code, calling the
fuzzy logic system as a simple function. Depending on the Edition (see Editions Overview),
portable C code, assembly source code for microcontrollers/-processors, or function blocks
for programmable logic controllers can be generated. In a joint development projects with
microchip manufacturers such as Motorola and Intel, the compactness and execution
speed of the fuzzyTECH generated code has been highly optimized. See our Benchmarks.
Notice that you may use any code generated by fuzzyTECH in your products royalty-free.

Stand-Alone Runtime Modules

If the PC is where your fuzzy logic solution shall run on, generating stand-alone solutions is
even easier. fuzzyTECH can generate FTR (Fuzzy Technology Runtime) files from your
fuzzy logic solution. Now, you can use our stand-alone runtime modules to embed your
fuzzy logic solution with other software. Stand-alone runtime modules are available as
16/32 Bit DLL for all MS Windows operating systems and as ActiveX component. Notice
that you may use the runtime modules in your products royalty-free.

Process Control Solutions

In close cooperation with our partners, we have provided even tighter integration of
fuzzyTECH and popular process control software packages. This makes integrating fuzzy
logic control blocks with complete control solutions even easier. Such solutions include:
InTouch™, InControl™, CiTECT™, LabVIEW™, Matlab/Simulink™, WinFACT™,
WinCC™, FIX™, BridgeVIEW™, and many others.

Online/RTRCD Debugging
The "Online" debugging technique allows for the modification of a running fuzzy logic
system "on-the-fly". All editors and analyzers of fuzzyTECH let you monitor the fuzzy logic
inference in real time and every modification is implemented instantly on the target
hardware. fuzzyTECH communicates with the target system at any time via serial cable,
network file system, or other communication link. Real-time data is transferred from the
target hardware to the graphical editors and analyzers of fuzzyTECH, allowing complete
visualization of the fuzzy logic inference. Modifications to the fuzzy logic system are
transferred from fuzzyTECH to the target hardware and implemented without halting this
system. Remote traces can be configured and controlled from fuzzyTECH as well. Some
fuzzyTECH MCU Editions also provide a limited online debugging functionality, called
RTRCD (Real-Time Remote Cross Debugging). RTRCD lets you modify rules and
membership functions on-the-fly and run traces.