Hardware-in-the-Loop
a system's simulation test of embedded controls by the electrical emulation of it's motors, sensors and actuators.
See Also: HIL
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PXI Fault Insertion (Fault Injection) Modules
PXI Fault Insertion Units (FIU), also known as Fault Injection switch products, are designed specifically for safety-critical applications where the response of a control system is required to be evaluated when sensor connections behave in unexpected ways. These modules are scalable solutions that can be used to switch signals between simulations and real-life devices in a multitude of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation and test systems. The fault insertion unit can significantly simplify and accelerate the testing, diagnosis and integration work in HIL applications.
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Vehicle Communication Buses
Vehicle Communication Buses provide native support for Controller Area Network (CAN), Local Interconnect Network (LIN), and FlexRay frames and signals. Use these products for hardware-in-the-loop simulation, bus monitoring, automation control, and more.
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PXIe-1487, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO GMSL™ Interface Module
787458-01
The PXIe-1487 combines the Maxim Integrated Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link™ (GMSL™) interface with the Xilinx FPGA for high-throughput vision and imaging applications. This module provides a high-speed digital interface for using and testing modern advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous drive (AD) camera sensors and electronic control units (ECUs). Additionally, the PXIe-1487 makes use of a combination of GMSL™ serializers and deserializers with a Xilinx FPGA to provide a high-...show more -
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Test Hardware
TTPSimulate PCI
TTPSimulate supports hardware-in-the-loop simulation and design of complex distributed control systems where some parts of the systems are physically available and others exist only as a simulation model. This board enables concurrent engineering and reliable integration of complex integrated systems in large programs.
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PXIe-7865, Kintex-7 160T FPGA, 24-Channel AO, 1 MS/s, PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module
787355-01
PXIe, Kintex-7 160T FPGA, 24-Channel AO, 1 MS/s, PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module - The PXIe-7865 features flexibility of timing and synchronization with a user-programmable FPGA for onboard processing and direct control over I/O signals. The PXIe-7865 provides 24 analog output, 2 analog input, and 32, 5V input-tolerant digital I/O channels connected to a Kintex-7 160T FPGA to help you design applications for hardware-in-the-loop testing, custom protocol communication, sensor simulati...show more -
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Test System
BMS HIL
The BMS Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Test System is a high performance platform providing all necessary input signals used for battery pack simulation. A real-time operating system executes complex cell and pack models commonly used for BMS algorithm development and firmware regression testing.
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LIN Interface Module
C- Series
C Series LIN Interface Modules are bus interfaces for developing applications with the NI-XNET driver. The NI-XNET device-driven DMA engine couples the LIN bus to host memory to minimize message latency. You can import, edit, and use signals from LDF databases in integrated LIN databases. C Series LIN Interface Modules work well for applications requiring real-time, high-speed manipulation of many LIN frames and signals, such as hardware-in-the-loop simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, and automation control.
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*C Series CAN Interface Module
C Series CAN Interface Modules communicate using onboard transceivers for High-Speed/Flexible Data‑Rate or Low-Speed/Fault Tolerant CAN. C Series CAN Interface Modules are either compatible with NI-XNET or the NI-985x driver, depending on model.Using NI-XNET, you can create applications that require real-time, high-speed manipulation of hundreds of CAN frames and signals. The NI-XNET device-driven DMA engine enables the onboard processor to move CAN frames and signals between the interface and t...show more -
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PXI Digital Reconfigurable I/O Module
PXI Digital Reconfigurable I/O Modules feature a user-programmable FPGA for onboard processing and flexible I/O operation. You can completely control the synchronization and timing of all signals and operations along with custom onboard decision making. The PXI Digital Reconfigurable I/O Module is suited for a wide variety of applications, such as high-speed waveform generation, sensor simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test, custom communications protocols, bit error rate testing, and other applications requiring precise timing and control.
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VeriStand
VeriStand helps you get your hardware-in-the-loop or test cell control and monitoring system up and running quickly. With a wide range of out-of-the-box functionality that includes configurable data acquisition and logging, test sequencing, and simulation model integration, VeriStand reduces the time needed to test your products. You can also use a variety of software tools to add custom functionality to VeriStand, which makes it flexible enough to adapt to even the most complex applications. Choosing VeriStand gives you the confidence that your test system will perform reliably while providing the flexibility you need to meet your real-time test requirements.
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Powertrain
The MOTOMEA Electric Powertrain Dynamometer is part of a fully integrated modular system with hardware-in-the-loop testing. System capabilities include drive cycle and virtual test driving. Powertrain testing capabilities also include battery testing and simulation using bidirectional DC power supply.
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5-Axis Hardware-In-the-loop Systems
Combining a 3-Axis Flight Motion Simulator (FMS) with a 2-Axis Target Motion Simulator (TMS) leads to a 5-Axis motion simulator design. This allows comprehensive HardWare-In-the-Loop tests (HWIL) for testing and development of guided missiles, munitions and other inertial systems. Almost 100% of all HWIL systems worldwide delivered over the last 50 years have been designed and built by ACUTRONIC and CARCO Electronics.
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Battery Cell Simulator
BCS-LABCAR
The ETAS Battery Cell Simulator (BCS-LABCAR) is a Hardware-in-the-Loop system which specifically targets the signal-level test, validation, and calibration of battery management systems (BMSs). The BCS-LABCAR is a high-precision Battery Cell Simulator that emulates the behavior of individual battery cells and packs across a wide range of challenging operating conditions, e.g. cell balancing over-charging, deep discharging, or pulse operation. The system is highly modular and thus scalable to emulate battery packs from a single cell all the way up to 200 cells.
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Software Platforms
Discover complete solutions for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) testing. OPAL-RT offers the most advanced real-time simulation software platforms for power systems, power electronics, aerospace and automotive sectors: RT-LAB (Multi-domain, MATLAB/Simulink® based), HYPERSIM (Power Systems), and NI VeriStand (Automotive).
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Satellite Network Simulator
The DataSoft Satellite Network Simulator is a real-time software tool capable of simulating satellite links by operating as a hardware-in-the-loop tool for layer-2 verification and validation, or, as an offline planning tool for capacity and availability analysis for planned deployments.
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PXIe-7862, Kintex-7 325T FPGA, 16-Channel AI, 1 MS/s, PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module
786672-01
PXIe, Kintex-7 325T FPGA, 16-Channel AI, 1 MS/s, PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module - The PXIe-7862 features a user-programmable FPGA for high-performance onboard processing and direct control over I/O signals for complete flexibility of timing and synchronization. With 16 analog input channels connected directly to a Kintex-7 325T FPGA, you have ample space to design applications that require precise timing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing, custom protocol communication, sensor sim...show more -
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Autonomous Vehicle Simulation
Ansys Autonomous Vehicle Simulation provides a solution designed specifically to support developing, testing and validating safe automated driving technologies. This autonomous vehicle simulation solution saves significant time and costs versus traditional development and testing methods by allowing you to exercise your AV/ADAS software stack in a closed loop, with sensor-accurate synthetic data in software-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop context with the driving simulator of your choice.
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Dynamic IR Scene Projectors
Mirage™
In 1999, SBIR introduced MIRAGE™, the world’s first integrated Dynamic IR Scene Projection System, designed to support hardware-in-the-loop testing of missile seekers, FLIRs, counter measure simulation and tracking systems. MIRAGE™ is a complete turnkey infrared scene projector that utilizes unique resistive emitter array technology to produce high definition dynamic IR scenes. The original MIRAGE™-1 used a 512 x 511 pixel resistive array emitter capable of frame rates up to 200 Hz. Below is a list outlining the progression of the product line and a list of SBIR’s currently available scene generation systems:
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LIN Interface Module
C Series LIN
C Series LIN Interface Modules are bus interfaces for developing applications with the NI-XNET driver. The NI-XNET device-driven DMA engine couples the LIN bus to host memory to minimize message latency. You can import, edit, and use signals from LDF databases in integrated LIN databases. C Series LIN Interface Modules work well for applications requiring real-time, high-speed manipulation of many LIN frames and signals, such as hardware-in-the-loop simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, and automation control.
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Functional Test
xUTS
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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NI Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit
PMSM, ACIM, SRM, and power inverter models for high-performance simulationHigh-fidelity simulations with support for user-defined parameter lookup tables or JMAG-RT models. Open software for full flexibility and customizationLabVIEW project templates to build a software-only simulation and hardware-in-the-loop application. Direct integration with NI VeriStand for configuration-based real-time test. Models for desktop simulation, LabVIEW Real-Time simulation, and FPGA-based simulation
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Test Automation System
RT-Tester
Verified Systems International GMBH
Designed to perform automated hardware-in-the-loop tests and software component test on process or thread level for embedded real-time systems. The functional components of RT-Tester can be structured as shown in the figure to the left. Please click on the small image to enlarge the picture. The System Under Test (SUT) denotes the object to be tested.
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Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Device
The Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Device excels in applications requiring real-time, high-speed manipulation of hundreds of CAN frames and signals, such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, automation control, and more. The NI-XNET device-driven DMA engine enables the onboard processor to move CAN frames and signals between the interface and the user program without CPU interrupts, minimizing message latency and freeing host processor time for processing complex models and applications.
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Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Module
C Series
C Series Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Modules use hardware-selectable NI-XNET Transceiver Cables (TRC) to communicate High-Speed/Flexible Data‑Rate CAN, Low-Speed/Fault Tolerant CAN, and/or LIN. Using the NI-XNET driver, you can create applications that require real-time, high-speed manipulation of hundreds of CAN and/or LIN frames and signals. The NI-XNET device-driven DMA engine enables the onboard processor to move frames and signals between the interface and the user program without CPU i...show more -
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PXI MultiComputing Remote Control Module
PXI MultiComputing Remote Control Modules enable PXI systems to transfer data at multigigabytes per second with only a few microseconds of latency. You can use these models in applications such as real-time tests, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) tests, and structural tests that need a large number of distributed PXI systems to share data with low latency.
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PXI-8516, 2-Port PXI LIN Interface Module
781366-01
2-Port PXI LIN Interface Module—The PXI‑8516 is a Local Interconnect Network (LIN) interface for developing applications with the NI‑XNET driver.The PXI‑8516 excels in applications requiring real-time, high-speed manipulation of hundreds of LIN frames and signals, such as hardware-in-the-loop simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, automation control, and more. The NI‑XNET device-driven DMA engine enables the onboard processor to move LIN frames and signals between the interface and the user program without CPU interrupts, minimize message latency, and free host processor time for processing complex models and applications.
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PXI LIN Interface Module
The PXI LIN Interface Module is a bus interface for developing applications with the NI-XNET driver. The NI-XNET device-driven DMA engine couples the LIN bus to host memory to minimize message latency. You can import, edit, and use signals from LIN Description File (LDF) databases in integrated LIN databases. PXI LIN Interface Modules work well for applications requiring real-time, high-speed manipulation of many LIN frames and signals, such as hardware-in-the-loop simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, and automation control.
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PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module
PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Modules feature a dedicated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) per channel for independent timing and triggering. This design offers specialized functionality such as multirate sampling and individual channel triggering, which are outside the capabilities of typical data acquisition hardware. You can customize these models with the LabVIEW FPGA Module to develop applications requiring precise timing and control such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, custom protocol communication, sensor simulation, and high-speed control. PXI Express models also include peer-to-peer streaming for direct data transfer to other PXI Express models.
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PXIe-7867, Kintex-7 160T FPGA, 18-Channel AO, 1 MS/s, PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module
785570-01
Kintex-7 160T FPGA, 18-Channel AO, 1 MS/s, PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module—The PXIe-7867 features a user-programmable FPGA for high-performance onboard processing and direct control over I/O signals for complete flexibility of timing and synchronization. With 18 analog output channels connected directly to the FPGA, you can quickly design for applications that require precise timing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing, custom protocol communication, sensor simulation, and high-speed...show more -
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Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Systems
HIL
Our early development efforts and NI VeriStand expertise uniquely qualify us to maximize the benefits of and provide top-notch integration services for this software platform. Wineman Technology offers powerful and flexible MIL and HIL testing solutions, such as: Full range of MIL and HIL test systems. Software for testing. Software for simulating electronic control modules. Fault insertion unit (FIU)..
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PXIe-1487, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO GMSL™ Interface Module
787456-01
The PXIe-1487 combines the Maxim Integrated Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link™ (GMSL™) interface with the Xilinx FPGA for high-throughput vision and imaging applications. This module provides a … high-speed digital interface for using and testing modern advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous drive (AD) camera sensors and electronic control units (ECUs). Additionally, the PXIe-1487 makes use of a combination of GMSL™ serializers and deserializers with a Xilinx FPGA to provide a hig...show more
