dSPACE Offline Simulator Now Available

By DE Editors

dSPACE now offers a solution with its new dSPACE Offline Simulator which can simulate virtual electronic control units (ECUs) on a PC for automotive applications. The Offline Simulator interacts closely with dSPACE products for ECU development and testing: ControlDesk Next Generation and AutomationDesk, giving users a complete tool chain.

According to the company, architects can reduce risk by creating virtual ECUs using special basic software to integrate and compile the ECU's application software, and then implement the virtual ECUs on a PC with the help of the dSPACE Offline Simulator. As a result, software architects are now able to simulate ECU software on a PC. They can perform consistency tests, check the plausibility of interfaces, and verify task scheduling very early on.

The vehicle and component models, which are usually created with Simulink and used as environment models during offline simulation, can be reused in later development phases. The same applies to the interactive experiment layouts created with ControlDesk Next Generation and to the software verification tests. Tests can be designed on a PC and then validated and optimized by offline simulation to save valuable testing time on a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator.

For more information, visit dSPACE.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.