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NI Demonstrates Autonomous Vehicle Test
Solutions
NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of platform-based systems
that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s
greatest engineering challenges, announced today new
technology demonstrations of test solutions for the rapidly
expanding autonomous vehicles market. These test
solutions include all facets of vehicle design, verification
and production, and will be on display at the Automotive
Testing Expo (ATE) USA 2016 in Novi, Michigan, October
25–27.
Automotive companies today face increased testing
challenges, exacerbated by the emergence of the
connected car and semi- and fully-autonomous vehicles.
Both OEMs and suppliers need flexible test systems that
can quickly adapt to changing technologies and standards
while also delivering a high-level starting point to speed up
system implementation and deployment.
At ATE, NI will showcase the Advanced Driver Assistance
Systems (ADAS) Radar Test Solution for performing RF
measurements and target simulation for radar sensors; the
HIL Simulator based on the new SLSC open architecture
for switches, loads and signal conditioning; and the Direct
Injector Control Module (DCM) for driving and controlling
any type of injector.
The ADAS Radar Test Solution combines NI’s
recently released PXIe-5840 second-generation vector
signal transceiver (VST) with banded, frequency-specific
upconverters and downconverters designed to test the
76–81 GHz radar band with 1 GHz of real-time bandwidth.
Engineers can program the VST’s FPGA with LabVIEW to
use the ADAS Test Solution for radar target emulation, in
the range from 1 m to 250 m with a resolution of 10 cm.
NI’s HIL Simulators are built on open standards
like PXI and SLSC, giving customers complete test
coverage by taking advantage of a massive breadth of
native I/O and signal conditioning that includes cameras
and RF for testing automotive radar.
The DCM is an integrated, turnkey test and
measurement device. Built for injector research, validation
and test, it gives customers the flexibility to control any
engine and drive a large variety of injectors with complex
control solutions and advanced injection profiles.
NI has also extended its platform with an ecosystem
of industry-leading partners in the connected car and
advanced vehicle technology space. Showcased in the
NI booth this year will be Averna for infotainment test,
Bloomy for battery management system test, Danlaw for
V2X communication, IPG for ADAS simulation and test
and Signal.X for in-vehicle noise and vibration analysis.
“From concept to production, NI smarter test solutions can
help customers reduce cost across all stages of vehicle
development and future proof their test systems against
rapidly expanding test requirements,” said Chad Chesney,
vice president of data acquisition and embedded systems at
NI. “Built on the modular platforms of LabVIEW, VeriStand
and PXI, customers gain the cost benefits of commercial
off-the-shelf tools and the breadth of measurement and
control capabilities to help them maximize test coverage.”
To see these demonstrations in person, visit NI’s booth
(#1000) at ATE USA 2016, or visit
http://www.ni.com/en-us/innovations/automotive/ to learn more about NI HIL
systems.
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