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Test Embedded Controllers with Digital Twins

Test Safely and Efficiently and Automate Testing

 

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing allows you to test and validate embedded control units for aircraft, vehicles, power electronics, and machinery as well as their constituent subsystems such as electric motors or power grids, by using digital twins of the plants.

Follow the HIL workflow to enhance test safety and reduce time and cost. Ensure a broader test coverage over scenarios that would otherwise be dangerous or expensive to do so with actual plants.

Streamline your controller development journey by leveraging HIL testing solutions from Speedgoat and benefit from seamless interoperability with Simulink®.

Requirements-Based Testing of Your Embedded Controllers

Aerospace
Test aircraft controllers and aerospace power grids control units.
Automotive
Test electronic control units (ECU) and power electronics of vehicles.
Energy
Tests controllers of renewables, power grids, power converters, and microgrids.
Industrial Automation
Test programmable logic controllers (PLC) and power electronics.
Research
Test new algorithms for next-generation control system technologies.

Benefits of Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

24/7 Availability
Test around-the-clock with test automation and continuous integration.
Reproducibility
Test repeatedly over identical test conditions for high-quality assurance.
Safety
Test corner/edge cases whilst protecting valuable hardware and equipment.
Cost
Test earlier when bug finding-and-fixing is easier and more economical.
Innovation
Test within a unified development environment to validate novel designs.

Key Capabilities of Speedgoat Test Systems

HIL Test Systems for Your Testing Specifications

Full-size Rack

Full-size rack (42U) for system-level testing:
e.g. testing entire vehicles, aircrafts, grids, or machinery.

Mid-size Rack

Mid-size rack (22U) for component-level testing: e.g. testing battery management systems (BMS).

Performance Test System

Standalone Performance test system for office- and lab-based testing of individual embedded controllers.

 

Speedgoat and MathWorks Services

Speedgoat and MathWorks® support you at all stages: from configuring the test systems and on-site commissioning to ensuring that the test systems remain operational throughout their lifecycle.

Our HIL experts are on hand to assemble modular HIL racks that meet your specific testing needs: Your HIL racks can be equipped with signal conditioning, power sources and loads, and fault insertion units as well as the required I/O connectivity and cabling — a complete plug-and-test solution for your immediate use.

Upon request, we can also accompany you during site- and factory-acceptance testing (FAT/SAT) to verify signals and connectivity.

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Workflow

 

Navigate the slides below to see a step-by-step breakdown of a typical HIL workflow: from requirements definition to controller testing and validation. Learn more about the individual steps in our video: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing - A Workflow Introduction.

Enabling Control Design Innovation with HIL Testing

 

Speedgoat solutions supports you at all stages of model-based design testing: spanning control design development and controller testing — and thus enabling a complete workflow that is rooted in Simulink®.

Simulink

You can easily deploy Simulink® models with a single click onto Speedgoat test systems; this allows you to remain immersed within Simulink® whilst bestowing you the freedom to alternate efficiently between control design prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop testing — respectively repurposing Speedgoat hardware as either the controller prototypes or the simulated/emulated digital twins of the plants.

Leverage the Speedgoat-Simulink® workflow for a lean and agile approach to developing complex controllers at reduced cost, time, and risk. Benefit jointly from the modular and scalable Speedgoat test systems that seamlessly interoperate with the vast ecosystem of Simulink® tools as well as test automation and continuous integration platforms.

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