Hardware-in-the-loop test drives development

MathWorks offers the xPC Target tool, which enables the user to execute Simulink and Stateflow models on a target computer for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation, rapid prototyping, and other real-time testing applications. The users want to be able to apply a stimulus profile while being able to run simulation models and perform data logging. VeriStand is another solution, which provides a configurable environment and framework and architecture that let them do that. dSPACE has also announced that its Automotive Simulation Models (ASM) support the simulation of virtual test benches for vehicle dynamics analysis through HIL test. The new ASM Kinematics and Compliance (ASM KnC) capability provides functions for designing and simulating wheel suspensions on a virtual test bench. Users can run virtual tests for numerous vehicle variants and driving maneuvers to optimize vehicle suspensions and make them available for HIL applications.