OPC-Based Digital Twin of a Mass Spectrometer

Testing new software can be a painstakingly long process, especiallywhen working with hardware that require longer run times. In thisproject we are creating a digital twin of a mass spectrometer, used bythe company Metrilytics, to enable more efficient testing of the systemssoftware. A digital twin is a clone of a piece of hardware that essentially tricks the software into thinking it is connected to the hardware tobe able to run accurate tests in the correct environment. The benefit ofdoing this is that we can run much faster tests on the software withoutinvolving any hardware that might require longer run times. The massspectrometer we are working with is used to measure the amount of different gases found in a battery cell to develop more efficient batteries.It uses the OPC Classic library to connect to the software and thereforewe will be using OPC Classic for our digital twin as well to replicate theconnection with the mass spectrometer.