Express Computer, billed as “India’s Only IT Business Weekly,” is running an article on the use of simulation in automotive design and testing in India. Titled “Simulation and auto R&D,” the article focuses on the IT aspects, but has some interesting information for engineers as well.

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 […]

Concurrent Computer’s SIMulation Workbench provides a complete framework to develop and execute real-time hardware-in-the-loop and man-in-the-loop simulations. Features include:

a real-time database for fast access to all model parameters and signals,
flexible support for MATLAB/Simulink models,
support for existing and new hand-written Fortran, C/C++ or Ada code based models,
support for many COTS I/O boards,
GUIs to configure, […]

ESI Group has just released Version 2.0 of BioRID-II (Biofidelic Rear Impact Dummy, model) for PAM-CRASH/PAM-SAFE 2G. This first industrial version of the newest BioRID-II dummy has an articulated thoracic/lumbar spine similar to the human one (having 24 vertebrae). The neck is maintained under pre-tension load via a muscle substitute consisting of a single damper […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pickering Interfaces 40-190, 40-195, and 40-196 PXI modules are designed for low-density, fault simulation applications.
The 40-190 is primarily designed for automotive applications that test the response of safety critical controllers under fault conditions. The 40-190 permits 64 controller connections to be connected to up to 8 different fault conditions, including wiring connections being open […]

The latest issue of Automotive Design Line, a CMP publication, features a couple of articles of interest to automotive test engineers:

Generate efficient vehicle dynamic models - right down to the tires
Tech Tutorial: High-speed CMOS image sensors

MathWorks Simulink Design Verifier generates tests and proves design properties for Simulink and Stateflow models. Model-Based Design is becoming widely used for embedded system development, moving from R&D and proof-of-concept projects into production programs
Engineers can generate test inputs that satisfy standard coverage objectives as well as user-defined test objectives and requirements. These […]

Automotive Design Line has just published an article on hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation. It’s rather basic, but a good article for engineers just learning about the topic.