Renault Invests £7m in EMC

From the May issue of the Automotive EMC newsletter:

Renault now has a new EMC test facility in Aubevoye that was designed and built at a cost of £7m. The three-chamber unit is dedicated to the study of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) in vehicles, and contains all the facilities required to test electronic equipment in vehicles. It will . . . → Read More: Renault Invests £7m in EMC

MATT Integrates, Tests, and Validates Advanced Vehicle Components

From the Fall/Winter 2005-2006 Vehicle Systems Newsletter of the Argonne National Laboratory

The versatile Mobile Automotive Technology Testbed (MATT) serves as a unique hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) platform for advanced powertrain technology evaluation in an emulated vehicle environment.  Developed by Argonne’s CTR, the flexible chassis testbed allows researchers to easily replace advanced components or change the architecture of the . . . → Read More: MATT Integrates, Tests, and Validates Advanced Vehicle Components

Flying Probes Not Dead Yet

Apparently, flying probe testers are alive and well, even in this era of extremely fine lead pitches.

Vierling Production, Ebermannstadt, Germany, is investing a six-digit sum into a new automated quality assurance system. The newly acquired flying probe system from Digitaltest will help the electronics manufacturer to quickly and reliably check the quality of printed circuit . . . → Read More: Flying Probes Not Dead Yet

CHS Adds Transient Simulation Capability

Mentor Graphics’ CHS electrical design software suite can now simulate electrical transients. This features uses industry-standard VHDL-AMS component models to simulate time domain effects such as wire melt and fuse blow. This enables harness cost and weight optimizations to be made in the design of electrical distribution systems in the transportation industry.

Named Capital SimTransient, this feature . . . → Read More: CHS Adds Transient Simulation Capability

Device connects USB 2.0 port to auto networks

The USB 3080 supports multiple bus protocols such as CAN, LIN or K-line simultaneously, connecting them to a PC with a USB 2.0 port. This makes it ideal for applications such as the test of gateway functions of ECUs requiring CAN, LIN, K-line and diagnostics. With this setup, the user can perform complex test tasks, including . . . → Read More: Device connects USB 2.0 port to auto networks