The present invention provides a
system and method for simplifying and accelerating the process of prototyping, real-world
simulation, and implementation of virtually any task performance
system or device, thereby dramatically reducing the design-to-implementation
cycle time and expense. The inventive
system includes a development system that provides a user, with visual tools to interactively and dynamically partition a previously designed
visual system model of the task performance system or device, and then interactively or automatically assign the partitions to corresponding selectable target components, to produce a prototyped system ready for conversion to
executable form suitable for implementation. The inventive system and method can also be readily used to automatically generate any instruction sets that are necessary for implementing the prototyped task performance system in actual target components of one or more emulation and / or production target systems. A novel automatic
executable program code generation process that can be advantageously utilized is also provided in accordance with the present invention. Finally, the present invention may optionally include a data handling device that enables real-time monitoring and management of a remote target system from one or more user systems, as well as a set of tools for designing interactive visual instrument panels for that purpose.