A hipot tester, switch, and automated software can assure vehicle connectors are safe and reliable. Glen Broderick, Vitrek Inc. Loose or mismatched electrical components cause the highest rate of failures in vehicles. Often harnesses and components are inadvertently pinched, miswired or damaged during installation. Also, cable insulation that isn’t secured can wear through and cause […]
Automotive and Aerospace
Radar target generation system cuts down on open-air range tests
The PXI Vector Signal Transceiver (VTS) Radar Target Generation (RTG) system unlocks closed-loop, low-latency, real-time radar test capabilities. The new PXI VST allows engineers to identify and isolate issues before costly open-air range tests, increasing user confidence in radar system performance with accurately calibrated radio frequency (RF) test capability. Today, radar test engineers must test […]
Emulator setup checks out EV charging, grid-edge apps
The SL1200A Series Scienlab Regenerative three-Phase ac Emulator is a comprehensive one-vendor solution consisting of hardware, software, consulting and support services for electric vehicle (EV) and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging applications and grid-edge applications. Energy infrastructures are changing, and in the automotive industry, the electrification of vehicles is expected to create significant charging […]
Automotive radome tester runs accurate non-destructive tests
The R&S QAR is a mmWave imaging system for demanding radome and bumper material testing and validation. Thanks to its outstanding performance, speed, quality and intuitive operation, it is a candidate for applications ranging from development and production to verification of radome material and integration of 76 GHz to 81 GHz radars. The high spatial […]
Cellular-V2X test plan advances AV, connected car development
Certification of a cellular vehicle-to-everything communications (C-V2X) test plan has been realized using Keysight Tehnology’s RF/RRM DVT & Conformance Toolset and the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X Platform, a standalone C-V2X modem chipset with global navigation satellite system (GNSS). Test cases focused on radio frequency (RF) and radio resource management (RRM) performance verification of devices used for […]
Modular test platform helps validate ADAS, autonomous driving functions
A modular test platform is said to accelerate the validation of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and functions for autonomous driving. Keysight, IPG Automotive and Nordsys have established a multi-year collaboration to create the Autonomous Drive Emulation (ADE) platform, a setup which will emulate synchronized connections to all relevant sensors in a car such as the […]
Realistic GNSS simulation for automotive HIL testing
SimHIL is an integrated hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing software API for Spirent GNSS simulators. SimHIL brings high fidelity GNSS signal simulation with low latency to automotive industry HIL testbeds. Spirent’s SimHIL software has been developed to meet the automotive industry’s growing need for realistic positioning, navigation and timing testing for sensor fusion. As customers apply increasing […]
Test gear checks out OPEN Alliance TC9 test spec for 1000BASE-T1
Rohde & Schwarz and connectivity and sensor component manufacturer TE Connectivity have successfully tested a communication link, utilizing Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) cables and TE’s MATEnet data connector system, for compliance with the One-Pair Ethernet (OPEN) Alliance Technical Committee (TC) group 9 test specification for 1000BASE-T1. Automotive Ethernet is becoming the preferred solution for in-vehicle […]
Hardware-in-the-loop systems speed electric vehicle development tasks
New solutions for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) validation of electric vehicle (EV) powertrain components equip engineers with the ability to modify and extend test systems more quickly and efficiently than they can with traditional fixed-function test systems delivered by turnkey vendors. This approach can help accelerate time to market through the flexibility to scale system performance and […]
Open-loop test system checks out V2X vehicle communication gear
The S.E.A. C-V2X Open Loop Test System leverages 5G wireless cellular technology to provide high bandwidth and low latency communication for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communications. NI is collaborating with S.E.A., an NI Alliance Partner, to help maximize the full potential of connected and intelligent mobility by providing a software-defined approach to help automotive […]
