Bloomy Controls, Inc.

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Functional Test

xUTS

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

xUTS - Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Extend test to encompass copious test points and DUT varieties along with real-time, hardware-in-the-loop and other state-of-the-art instrumentation. extendedUTS (xUTS) is a custom product for high complexity functional test. Configured for the unique needs of a class of devices under test (DUTs), the xUTS employs our universal test system approach that combines the best open platform instrumentation and software along with mass interconnect technology.

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Systems Integration (SIL) Lab Data Acquisition

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy’s SIL data system allows testing and simulation of every system component on the aircraft. The functionality of these complex integrated systems are fully tested, debugged, and verified safely in the lab prior to flight testing. This reduces cost and schedule for new aircraft. Bloomy has applied its expertise to multiple SILs.

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SLSC and CRIO Modules and Accessories

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Our approach to delivering a high-quality Aerospace, Automated Test Equipment (ATE) asset begins with leveraging National Instruments hardware and software standard platforms. Beginning with high quality instrument platforms for standard Input and Output (I/O), we leverage NI’s PXI and Compact RIO platforms. Extending these system is NI’s unique platform for Switching, Loads and Signal Conditioning (SLSC), which allow the standard I/O to be customized for high performance aerospace industry applications.

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Benchtop Automated Functional Test

midUTS

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

midUTS - Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Combining bench-top portability with powerful automated test functionality, the midUTS is an extremely versatile yet cost-effective solution for your electronics functional test needs. Comprised of high-performance commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) instruments, along with Bloomy’s medium-density signal-routing PCBAs, a built-in or USB-connected PC, and a pair of high-integrity, production-grade cables connected to an adjacent benchtop fixture, the midUTS can be used in engineering for PCBA bring up, as well as scaled to manufacturing to perform high-volume PCBA and sub-assembly functional testing. It is also ideal for depot diagnostic test, debug, and repair of field returns. The two mass-interconnected cables connect the midUTS to as many as 320 test points on the unit under test (UUT), supporting an extreme wide variety of products using bed-of-nails as well as cable-connected UUT test fixtures. Most importantly, the midUTS helps you automate sequences of functional tests using NI TestStand and the Bloomy EFT Module for TestStand. This ideal balance between powerful features and affordable cost allow you to automate earlier in the product development lifecycle, substantially increasing product quality and minimizing time-to-market!

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Flight Control System Test Platform

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

The Flight Control System Test Platform provides a hardware in-the-loop (HIL) closed-loop test environment for dynamic and maintenance testing of Flight Control Systems (FCS) of both commercial and military aircraft. The system simulates control surface activities from multiple combinations of rudder, flaps, elevator, aileron, and engine controls to the FCS. The system delivers repeatable, cost-effective testing in a fraction of the time needed with typical in-house simulation test systems.

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Functional Test Fixtures

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Reliable connections to device under test (DUT) test points are essential for robust functional test. Bloomy provides rugged fixtures and cable sets (ITAs) built for thousands and thousands of cycles in manufacturing environments. With the industry’s best mass interconnects and internal electronic keying, our fixtures are easy to change out and are automatically recognized by the test system.

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Mixed Signal Battery Test System

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

The Mixed-Signal Battery-Test System is an automated test platform designed to meet today’s advanced battery test requirements. The platform is ideal for testing a range of battery cells and packs, and can be used in applications such as research and design, quality control, and end-of-line manufacturing. Its distributed architecture provides a scalable solution with configurable system components to accommodate specific applications.

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Thermocouple Simulator Module for SLSC

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy’s 8-Channel Thermocouple Simulator Module provides eight channels of galvanically-isolated thermocouple simulation and simulates types E, J, K, M, N, and T thermocouples. High-precision digital-to-analog converters which are isolated from each other and from system power provide sub-microvolt resolution and accuracy. Built-in switching provides open-circuit faults as well as switching to system calibration resources.

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EFT Module for Teststand

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

The Electronics Functional Test (EFT) Module for TestStand provides out-of-the-box tools to speed up development of automated tests for electronic assemblies including PCBAs, subassemblies and final assemblies. Test engineers can develop, deploy and execute test sequences quickly and efficiently with minimal custom code development for a shorter time-to-solution.

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Battery Management Systems Testing

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

A Battery Management System (BMS) is an embedded unit performing critical battery functions, including cell monitoring and balancing, pack charge and discharge control, safety, and communications. The BMS must be tested early in development to optimize control algorithms, as well as during manufacturing to ensure reliable functionality. Bloomy’s family of BMS test systems provides a consistent platform for engineers to bring a BMS to market faster, and more reliably.

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Electronics Functional Test

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Functional test for productive manufacturing. Manufacturers of products enabled by electronics must assure proper operation prior to shipment. Bloomy’s line of universal test systems are ideal for functional test of your PCBAs and subassemblies, from the simplest to the most complex. The UTS family of products combines high-performance test instruments, switching, power control and mass-interconnect hardware with our robust UTS software suite into a low-risk, cost-effective and powerful test solution for your device under test (DUT).

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Multipurpose Module for SLSC

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy’s Multipurpose Module for SLSC provides a convenient location in an SLSC system for applications ranging from a simple rearrangement of signals to installation of circuits and components. Both front panel connectors are mapped to screw terminals, through holes, and surface-mount technology pads thus accommodating a wide variety of components. Breakout areas for all rear transition interface (RTI) pins simplify integration into SLSC-based systems. On-board power supplies (±15VDC, +5V, and +3.3V) are also made available for the user’s analog and digital circuits. The module features a considerable amount of available board space for user applications.

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Validation System

FLEX BMS

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

FLEX BMS - Bloomy Controls, Inc.

The FLEX BMS™ Validation System is a quick-connecting, highly flexible test system for rapid evaluation of centralized, single-board and distributed battery management systems. Utilizing Bloomy’s industry-leading battery cell simulators, COTS instrumentation, industry-standard connectors, and models that run in real-time, the FLEX BMS™ Validation System can easily be reconfigured to test a wide variety of BMSs. The FLEX BMS™ Validation System is used by national and regional safety and standards labs for certifying the BMS for a wide array of e-mobility products and applications.

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Battery Simulator

1200

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

1200 - Bloomy Controls, Inc.

The Battery Simulator 1200 provides isolated channels to simulate battery sink and source characteristics often used for testing a Battery Management System (BMS). The instrument can be used standalone with the soft front panel, or integrated into a larger test system. Its proper industrial cooling and cell channel isolation allows units to be easily stacked, providing solutions with over 200 channels of simulation capability. The built-in channel voltage and current readback reduces the need for external monitoring equipment.

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Environmental Control System Test Platform

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

Bloomy Controls, Inc.

The Airframe Environmental Control System Test Platform provides a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) closed-loop test environment for dynamic and maintenance testing of cockpit and cabin environmental control systems for airframes. The system simulates a military or commercial airframe cabin, including sensors and actuators from the control system and the passengers. The system delivers repeatable, cost-effective testing in a fraction of the time needed with typical in-house simulation systems.