The Keithley Instruments Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter and Plug-in Card Family offers both high-throughput switching and integrated digital multimeter (DMM). It offers instrument grade switching for a wide variety of applications, including high channel count applications, with its ability to control up to 576 multiplexer channels in a six-slot, 2U form factor. A high-performance integrated […]

Opal-RT’s TestDrive OP6000 Engine ECU Testing System enables test and control engineers to exercise ECU design in a complete virtual environment, including extreme conditions, by replicating loading and sensory feedback of an actual vehicle lowering prototyping costs while reducing time to market.
Based upon the company’s RT-LAB, TestDrive OP6000 uses real-time open- or closed-loop simulation to […]

TNI Software and Ayrton Technology, two software development companies in the automotive industry have merged to form Geensys. Geensys will offer a range of embedded development products and services for the transportation industries, including model-driven development and requirements-centric system engineering tools.
The most recent product is AUTOSAR Builder, an Eclipse-based software development platform that provides a […]

SupplyChainReview.Com reports:
Holden’s Lang Lang proving ground, south east of Melbourne, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week.
The 877-hectare site was Australia’s first automotive testing and development complex and has been the testing ground for every Holden from the FC to the recently released VE ute.

The Holden website has this interesting bit about the proving ground:
The […]

This press release was very skimpy, but presumably, you can get more information about aXBench by contacting ISST directly…….Dan
The Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST) in Berlin has joined the international development initiative AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) on behalf of the BMW Group. The goal of AUTOSAR is to standardize the functionality […]

This is taken almost directly from a PXI Systems Alliance press release, so that’s why it sounds a little “fluffy.”……Dan
The PXI, aka PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation, specification, the PC-based modular I/O platform for test, measurement and control systems has just turned ten. The PXI standard was introduced in 1997 as a modular instrumentation platform for […]

The HybriDyne Series of hybrid vehicle driveline test systems from SAKOR Technologies combines components of the DynoLAB PT Engine Test Cell Supervisory System with elements of the DynoLAB EM Electric Motor Test System. Coupled with one or more AccuDyne AC Motoring Dynamometers, the HybriDyne can test individual mechanical and/or electrical components, integrated sub-assemblies and […]

The Pickering 40-566 Switch Matrix is a 2 Amp 2 pole switch matrix based on the company’s BRIC architecture. The new module is available in a variety of 2 pole matrix configurations ranging from 55×4 to 385×4. Each version supports 2 A hot switching and voltages up to 250 VAC.
The BRIC4 form factor occupies 4 […]

RF DesignLine has published an article on why maximum EMC test frequencies are getting higher all the time. The article, “Testing beyond the specs: Why test higher in frequency and field strength?,” includes the following list:

IEC 1000-4-3:1995Original release coverage of 80 MHz to 1 GHz
IEC 61000-4-3:2001Released with frequency coverage 80 MHz to 2.5 GHz
IEC 61000-4-3:2006Released […]

International Truck and Engine Corporation is questioning competitor Freightliner’s recent claim that its new Cascadia is more aerodynamic than other Class 8 commercial vehicles.
“No truck that we have tested has outperformed our new ProStar™ in testing to Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standards, which include the whole trailer as well as the tractor in […]