Ward’s Auto World has an article on Aisin’s new proving ground near Fowlerville, MI. Although construction is still in progress, a long straightaway is now in place as well as a 24,000-sq.-ft. (2,230-sq.-m) validation center. The center includes a garage for prepping and testing multiple customer vehicles. The proving ground is Aisin’s first in […]

LabVIEW 8 is a major upgrade to the venerable LabVIEW graphical development platform. This upgrade introduces distributed intelligence – new capabilities enabling engineers and scientists to more easily design, distribute and synchronize intelligent devices and systems. LabVIEW 8 also features a new project-based environment for developing and managing large-scale applications as well as the latest […]

Mentor Graphics is moving to consolidate its set of tools and package them for the automotive industry. It recently acquired Volcano Communications Technologies, a vendor of automotive networking software and introduced SystemVision, a new modeling and simulation tool for automotive mechatronics sub-systems. Mentor also announced that the company is now a premium member of Autosar, […]

Last week, I met with the marketing folks of a large CAD software company. In the course of our discussion, they mentioned that their new software is going to support OSEK and Autosar. OSEK bills itself as “an industry standard for an open-ended architecture for distributed control units in vehicles.” Autosar is a partnership that […]

The AnybodyCAD plug-in for AutoCAD streamlines ergonomic analysis and accommodation early in the product development and manufacturing processes. With this software, users can manipulate three-dimensional human models in AutoCAD using posture prediction algorithms. After posturing the digital human, the user can easily apply reach envelopes or eye cones to the model to assess workplace accommodation. […]

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The Model 01184 Digital FM Steering Effort Sensor is now available with a portable data acquisition system. The Model 90362 system package includes a low-mass steering effort sensor, optical encoder, and laptop computer with data-acquisition software. Sensors are available with 200, 500, and 1,000 in.-lbs. full-scale torque capabilities.
For more information, call Sensor Developments at 248-391-3000 […]