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
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HiL Simulators
NovaCarts Battery
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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.
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System on Demand (SoD): HiL Test System
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System on Demand (SoD) is a unique, agile and standardized principle to design HiL test systems. SoD shifts the focus away from technical-only solutions to a proven automated design process – targeting our customer‘s real issues: time, budget and flexibility.
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NI HIL and Real-Time Test Software Suite
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Suites combine LabVIEW Professional Development System with NI's most popular application softwareIncludes LabVIEW Professional, VeriStand, and the LabVIEW Real-Time and LabVIEW FPGA modulesEach new suite includes a one-year NI Training and Certification membershipSoftware is shipped on USB 3.0 media with NI device drivers included to speed up your installationConfigure real-time test applications quickly and easily; add custom functionality
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Embedded Software Test Environment
Mx-Suite
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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.
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PXIe-1486, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO FPD-Link™ Interface Module
787455-01
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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.
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PXIe-2512, 7-Channel, 10 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module
780587-12
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PXIe, 7-Channel, 10 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module—The PXIe‑2512 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 PXIe‑2512 is ideal for validating the integrity of control systems including engine control units (ECUs) and full authority digital engine controls (FADECs).
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FADEC/EEC Test Platform
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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.
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Systems Modeling
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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.
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Signal Generator Adapter Module For FlexRIO
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Signal Generator Adapter Modules for FlexRIO feature either high or low‐speed analog output and can be paired with a PXI FPGA Module for FlexRIO or the Controller for FlexRIO for custom signal generation. Whether you need to dynamically generate waveforms on the FPGA or stream them across the PXI backplane, these adapter modules are well suited for applications in communications, hardware‐in‐the‐loop (HIL) test, and scientific instrumentation.
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PCI-7811, 1M Gate Virtex-II FPGA, Digital Reconfigurable I/O Device
779363-01
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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.
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Flight Control System Test Platform
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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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PXI Fault Insertion (Fault Injection) Modules
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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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PXIe-7822, PXI Express Digital RIO with Kintex-7 325T FPGA
783486-01
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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.
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PXIe-7820, Kintex 7 160T FPGA, 128 DIO, PXI Digital Reconfigurable I/O Module
783484-01
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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.
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HIL/V&V Solutions
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SPHEREA designs test systems derived from our modular platform for V&V applications, for the whole development chain, from design to qualification
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PXI Multifunction Reconfigurable I/O Module
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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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NI Software Suites
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NI software suites aggregate the most popular LabVIEW add-ons and other application software typically combined with LabVIEW and other development environments to help you build test, design, and control applications. Each suite, excluding the Multi-IDE Bundle and the Software Platform Bundle, also includes one year of unlimited access to professional training and certification.The suites come with related NI device drivers and are shipped on USB 3.0 media to speed up your installation.The NI Automated Test Software Suite combines LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio with the TestStand ready-to-run, customizable test executive and the Switch Executive intelligent switch management and routing application to help you build manufacturing or production test systems.The NI Embedded Control and Monitoring Software Suite features LabVIEW and the recommended add-ons specifically for building embedded control and monitoring systems on NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware. The LabVIEW FPGA Module extends the LabVIEW graphical development platform to target FPGAs on NI RIO hardware, and the LabVIEW Real-Time Module builds on LabVIEW to deliver a programming environment for creating reliable, deterministic, and stand-alone embedded systems.The NI HIL and Real-Time Test Software Suite combines LabVIEW with VeriStand, a configuration-based software environment for efficiently creating real-time test applications. It also includes the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation, LabVIEW Real-Time, and LabVIEW FPGA modules.To learn more about each suite, use the navigation options on the left side of the page.The mark LabWindows is used under a license from Microsoft Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.
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Real-Time Target Machines
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Speedgoat offers a range of high performance multi-core, multi CPU target computers (target machines) with i3 and i7 CPUs up to 4.2 GHz, and up to 20 cores. Each is optimized for a different application area, from mobile controller prototyping (RCP) to multi-target rack systems for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL).
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sbRIO-9866, Non-Enclosed, 1-Port C Series LIN Interface Module
785965-01
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Non-Enclosed, 1-Port C Series LIN Interface Module—The sbRIO‑9866 is a Local Interconnect Network (LIN) interface for developing applications with the NI‑XNET driver. The sbRIO‑9866 excels in applications requiring real-time, high-speed manipulation of hundreds of LIN frames and signals such as hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) simulation, rapid control prototyping, bus monitoring, automation control, and more. You can perform this manipulation while taking other DAQ measurements in the same CompactDAQ hardware platform or while performing low-level FPGA control and embedded monitoring in the same CompactRIO Chassis. Non-enclosed modules are designed for OEM applications.
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PXI-2512, 7-Channel, 10 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module
778572-12
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7-Channel, 10 A PXI Signal Insertion Switch Module—The PXI‑2512 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‑2512 is ideal for validating the integrity of control systems including engine control units (ECUs) and full authority digital engine controls
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ECU Simulator
PT-LabCar
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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.
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Simulation Systems
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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.
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PXIe-1487, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO GMSL™ Interface Module
787456-01
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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.
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PXIe-1487, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO GMSL™ Interface Module
787457-01
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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.
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PXIe-1486, 8 Input, 8 Output, or 4 Input/4 Output PXI FlexRIO FPD-Link™ Interface Module
787453-01
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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.
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Vehicle Multiprotocol Interface Module
C Series
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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.
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Bloomy Simulation Reference System
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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.
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PXI FlexRay Interface Module
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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.
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PXI MultiComputing Remote Control Module
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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-2720, 8-Bit, 10-Channel PXI Programmable Resistor Module
781985-20
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8-Bit, 10-Channel PXI Programmable Resistor Module—The PXI‑2720 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‑2720 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.
