IPG Automotive has improved the computer architecture of their hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test benches, allowing them, the company claims, up to ten times faster.
They have replaced the VMEbus system used in earlier systems with a compactPCI (cPCI) system. One advantage of the new cPCI systems are smaller and more easily used in prototype vehicles. Another change […]

The website HowStuffWorks.Com has posted the article “How Crash Testing Works.” It’s not an article that’s going to help you perform better tests, but it’s a good intro to the subject. You might want to point people who ask you what you do for a living to it.

A&D’s ORION is a tool that enables the creation of optimized calibrations for a powertrain ECU. In conjunction with a model-based calibration environment, ORION enables the user to create an optimization strategy for a specific test cell by leveraging the building blocks pioneered by IAV. ORION can interface with most test cell automation systems (e.g. […]

The PCB Piezotronics Model 482C54 is a compact, benchtop signal conditioner for ICP and charge output piezoelectric sensors. It can be used with accelerometers, microphones, pressure transducers, force, and strain sensors. It will also accept direct voltage input signals, meaning it can also be used with voltage-output sensors.
Features include:

four channels with built-in charge converters;
programmable gain […]

Energy Current reports that an inter-agency project between the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will test hydrogen fueling technologies in cold weather military applications. Officials from the U.S. Army’s Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, along with executives from Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) and Hyundai-Kia […]

GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co., a unit of General Motors Corp., said it has completed a South Korean test center in which it invested 100 billion won ($110 million).
The Cheong-Na Proving Ground in Incheon, west of Seoul, includes a vehicle testing ground, research and development facilities and labs, GM Daewoo said in a statement.
GM […]