HIL
a system's simulation test of embedded controls by the electrical emulation of it's motors, sensors and actuators.
See Also: Loop, Current Loops, Loop Testers, Hardware in the Loop Simulation, Hardware-in-the-Loop
-
Product
HiL Simulators
NovaCarts Battery
-
Exact cell simulation for validating battery management systems (BMS). "NovaCarts Battery" represents one of the most powerful and precise cell simulation systems on the market. This is leveraged by the modular and scalable HiL system to create optimum conditions for developing new battery management functions such as state-of-charge (SoC) and state-of-health (SoH) controls, active cell balancing and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
-
Product
HIL Breakout Board
-
Onboard 192 pin snap-in terminal dramatically simplifies the wiring between your control hardware and your HIL system. As soon as the system is up and running there are 192 test terminals for easy access to all the interface signals: firing pulses, control feedback signals and other analog/digital I/O signals.
-
Product
Battery Pack Power HIL Testbed
8610
-
Chroma ATE launches the 8610 Battery Pack Power HIL Testbed for testing battery systems and components of new energy vehicles, incl. the battery module, battery management system, and cooling/heating system. Various hardware options are available for integration, such as a DC power supply, battery charge/discharge system, digital meter, Hi-Pot tester, and short-circuit and overvoltage protection devices.
-
Product
LVDT/RVDT Simulation Package
-
Concurrent Real-Time’s LVDT/RVDT Simulation package is based on a customized version of the company’s Altera Arria V Family FPGA card with 362K logic elements, designed especially for HiL testing.
-
Product
PXIe-7822, PXI Express Digital RIO with Kintex-7 325T FPGA
783486-01
Digital I/O
Kintex 7 325T FPGA, 128 DIO, 512 MB DRAM, PXI Digital Reconfigurable I/O Module—The PXIe‑7822 is a reconfigurable I/O (RIO) device that features a user-programmable FPGA for onboard processing and flexible I/O operation. With LabVIEW FPGA, you can individually configure the digital lines as inputs, outputs, counter/timers, PWM, encoder inputs, or specialized communication protocols. You can also program custom onboard decision making that executes with hardware-timed speed and reliability. Each line offers software-selectable logic levels. The PXIe‑7822 supports peer‑to‑peer streaming for direct data transfer between PXI Express modules. The PXIe‑7822 is well-suited for a wide variety of applications, such as high-speed waveform generation, sensor simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) test, bit error rate test, and other applications that require precise timing and control.
-
Product
Bloomy Simulation Reference System
System
The Bloomy Simulation Reference System provides a hardware in-the-loop (HIL) test environment for dynamic, closed-loop testing of many aerospace and transportation control systems. The reference system integrates the computing, I/O, and software components needed for standalone use or to form the basis of a more complex test system.
-
Product
FADEC/EEC Test Platform
Test Platform
The FADEC/EEC Test Platform provides a hardware in-the-loop (HIL) closed-loop test environment for dynamic and maintenance testing of full-authority digital engine control (FADEC) and electronic engine control (EEC) units of both rotary- and fixed-wing airframes. The system simulates one or more turbofan engines, including its sensors and actuators for use with the most sophisticated FADECs and EECs on the market. The system delivers repeatable, cost-effective testing in a fraction of the time needed with typical in-house simulation test systems.
-
Product
Simulation Systems
System
Bloomy offers Simulation Systems for Hardware in-the-Loop (HIL) and open loop test of electronic controls and mechanical actuators for all types of transportation and defense systems including aircraft, rail, automobiles and ships. These systems, now deployed at major aerospace, locomotive and military manufacturers and research facilities worldwide, provide world-class, high-fidelity simulated environments for use in both closed-loop and open-loop testing. Because Bloomy’s Simulation Systems are largely constructed from COTS components, time to first test can be reduced significantly, and their highly-customizable nature allows your test system experts to provide your unique IP to differentiate your product from your competitors.
-
Product
PXI Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Module
Interface
PXI 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 interrupts, minimizing message latency and freeing host processor time. PXI Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Modules work well in applications such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, and automation control.
-
Product
Connector and Breakout Box
ES4640
-
The ES4640 Connector Box offers a standardized wiring and connectivity for HiL testing systems in the powertrain domain. Its front panel provides connectors for the ECU, CAN bus communication, on-board diagnostics, and LEDs for ignition and injectors. Its rear panel connects loads, failure simulation, and other components. Sample applications of the ES4640 are closed loop HiL systems for 8 cylinder gasoline and diesel engine ECUs.
-
Product
Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Module
C Series
Interface
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 interrupts, minimizing message latency and freeing host processor time. C Series Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Modules work well in applications such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, and automation control.
-
Product
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).
-
Product
Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Device
Interface
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.
-
Product
PCIe-7820, Kintex 7 160T FPGA Digital Reconfigurable I/O Device
785361-01
Digital I/O
The PCIe‑7820 is a reconfigurable I/O (RIO) device that features a user-programmable FPGA for onboard processing and flexible I/O operation. With LabVIEW FPGA, you can individually configure the digital lines as inputs, outputs, counter/timers, PWM, encoder inputs, or specialized communication protocols. You can also program custom onboard decision making that executes with hardware-timed speed and reliability. Each line offers software-selectable logic levels. The PCIe‑7820 is well-suited for a wide variety of applications, such as high-speed waveform generation, sensor simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test, bit error rate test, and other applications that require precise timing and control.
-
Product
PCI-7811, 1M Gate Virtex-II FPGA, Digital Reconfigurable I/O Device
779363-01
Digital I/O
The PCI‑7811 is a reconfigurable I/O (RIO) device that features a user-programmable FPGA for onboard processing and flexible I/O operation. With LabVIEW FPGA, you can individually configure the digital lines as inputs, outputs, counter/timers, PWM, encoder inputs, or specialized communication protocols. You can also program custom onboard decision making that executes with hardware-timed speed and reliability. The PCI‑7811 is well-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 test, and other applications that require precise timing and control.
-
Product
HIL and RCP DFIG Laboratory
-
This laboratory combines the best of both OPAL-RT and Festo solutions to deliver academic researchers and teachers with the ideal Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) simulation system to conduct experiments and teach in the fields of electrical machinery, power converters and wind energy generation.
-
Product
PXI-2722,16-Bit, 5-Channel PXI Programmable Resistor Module
781985-22
Programmable Resistor Modules
16-Bit, 5-Channel PXI Programmable Resistor Module—The PXI‑2722 is a test module that replicates the behavior of resistance-based inputs and outputs such as potentiometers, resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), voltage dividers, and bridge elements. The PXI‑2722 programmatically controls a series of relays to vary the resistance across each channel of an I/O connector. This function is well suited for simulating environmental conditions in hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) validation. The software provides a simple user interface that accepts inputs in units of temperature or resistance and configures the resistance across each channel.
-
Product
ECU Simulator
PT-LabCar
-
PT-LABCAR is an open and scalable Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) system. It is designed for open- and closed-loop testing of ECUs specifically in the powertrain application domain. The system can be used to run automated regression tests for the release of software variants as well as for the validation of control and diagnostic functions in early phases of ECU development.
-
Product
PXIe-7820, Kintex 7 160T FPGA, 128 DIO, PXI Digital Reconfigurable I/O Module
783484-01
Digital I/O
Kintex 7 160T FPGA, 128 DIO, PXI Digital Reconfigurable I/O Module—The PXIe‑7820 is a reconfigurable I/O (RIO) device that features a user-programmable FPGA for onboard processing and flexible I/O operation. With LabVIEW FPGA, you can individually configure the digital lines as inputs, outputs, counter/timers, PWM, encoder inputs, or specialized communication protocols. You can also program custom onboard decision making that executes with hardware-timed speed and reliability. Each line offers software-selectable logic levels. The PXIe‑7820 supports peer‑to‑peer streaming for direct data transfer between PXI Express modules. The PXIe‑7820 is well-suited for a wide variety of applications, such as high-speed waveform generation, sensor simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) test, bit error rate test, and other applications that require precise timing and control.
-
Product
Embedded Software Test Environment
Mx-Suite
-
Using intuitive graphics, Mx-Suite streamlines your engineering development efforts by automating tests, clarifying testable requirements, improving traceability and diagnosing possible root failure causes. Mx-Suite provides the connectivity to your MIL, SIL, or HIL test environments, allowing you to complete testing earlier in your development cycle to achieve superior product quality levels.
-
Product
PXI FlexRay Interface Module
FlexRay Interface
PXI FlexRay Interface Modules provide two fully functional FlexRay interfaces, allowing an individual electronic control unit (ECU) to be connected to the interface when other cold-start nodes are not available. You also can use the interfaces individually to connect two separate FlexRay networks while maintaining full performance on each interface. PXI FlexRay Interface Modules work well in applications such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, and automation control.
-
Product
PXIe-1486, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO FPD-Link™ Interface Module
787453-01
Interface
The PXIe-1486 combines the Texas Instruments Flat Panel Display Link™ (FPD-Link™) 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-1486 makes use of a combination of FPD-Link™ serializers and deserializers with a Xilinx FPGA to provide a high-throughput and customizable FPD-Link™ interface on PXI. The included FlexRIO driver, with LabVIEW FPGA examples, provides access and control for power-over-coax, I²C back-channel communication, and general-purpose input/output (GPIO) communication on the FPD-Link™ channels. The PXIe-1486 is ideal for applications such as in-vehicle data logging, lab-based playback, or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL). FPD-Link is a trademark of Texas Instruments.
-
Product
Test System
BMS HIL
Test System
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.
-
Product
PCIe-7822, Kintex 7 325T FPGA, Digital Reconfigurable I/O Device
785360-01
Digital I/O
The PCIe‑7822 is a reconfigurable I/O (RIO) device that features a user-programmable FPGA for onboard processing and flexible I/O operation. With LabVIEW FPGA, you can individually configure the digital lines as inputs, outputs, counter/timers, PWM, encoder inputs, or specialized communication protocols. You can also program custom onboard decision making that executes with hardware-timed speed and reliability. Each line offers software-selectable logic levels. The PCIe‑7822 is well-suited for a wide variety of applications, such as high-speed waveform generation, sensor simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) test, bit error rate test, and other applications that require precise timing and control.
-
Product
Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Device
Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O
Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Devices feature a dedicated A/D 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 DAQ hardware. You can customize these devices 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.
-
Product
PXI-2510, 68-Channel, 2 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module
778572-10
Fault Insertion Unit
68-Channel, 2 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module—The PXI‑2510 fault insertion unit (FIU) is designed for hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) applications and electronic reliability tests. Each module has a set of feedthrough channels that you can open or short to one or more fault buses. You can use this architecture to simulate open or interrupted connections as well as shorts between pins, shorts to battery voltages, and shorts to ground on a per-channel basis. When controlled with the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, the PXI‑2510 is ideal for validating the integrity of control systems including engine control units (ECUs) and full authority digital engine controls
-
Product
Systems Modeling
-
Altair model-based development (MBD) tools drive fast development for smarter connected systems. Altair customers simulate complex products as systems-of-systems throughout your entire development cycle from early concept design to detailed design to hardware-in-the-loop testing (HIL). Explore more by combining mechanical models with electrical models (in 0D, 1D, and/or 3D) to enable multi-disciplinary simulation and leverage automatic code-generation for your next generation embedded systems.
-
Product
PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module
Switch Module
PXI Signal Insertion Switch Modules, also known as fault insertion units (FIUs), provide a set of feedthrough channels, which make the switch transparent to the system when closed. You can open or short these channels to one of two fault buses, allowing you to simulate open or interrupted connections as well as shorts between pins, shorts to battery voltages, and shorts to ground on a per-channel basis. When controlled with the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, the PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module can validate the integrity of control systems including engine control units (ECUs) and full authority digital engine controls (FADECs). You can also use the FIU models for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) applications and electronic reliability tests.
-
Product
PXIe-1487, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO GMSL™ Interface Module
787458-01
Interface
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-throughput and customizable GMSL™ interface on PXI. The included FlexRIO driver, with LabVIEW FPGA examples, provides access and control for power-over-coax, I²C back-channel communication, and general-purpose input/output (GPIO) communication on the GMSL™ channels. The PXIe-1487 is ideal for applications such as in-vehicle data logging, lab-based playback, or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL). GMSL is a trademark of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
-
Product
PXI-2514, 7-Channel, 40 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module
778572-14
Signal Module
7-Channel, 40 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module—The PXI‑2514 fault insertion unit (FIU) is designed for hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) applications and electronic reliability tests. Each module has a set of feedthrough channels that you can open or short to one or more fault buses. You can use this architecture to simulate open or interrupted connections as well as shorts between pins, shorts to battery voltages, and shorts to ground on a per-channel basis. When controlled with the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, the PXI‑2514 is ideal for validating the integrity of control systems including engine control units (ECUs) and full authority digital engine controls
