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Rohde & Schwarz and IPG Automotive collaborate on hardware-in-the-loop automotive radar test solution
Technology company Rohde & Schwarz and software company IPG Automotive have introduced a complete hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) automotive radar test solution.
The solution combines IPG Automotive’s CarMaker simulation software with Rohde & Schwarz’s AREG800A radar object simulator and QAT100 advanced antenna array, enabling vehicle manufacturers to simulate ADAS/AD scenarios.
This partnership aims to bring autonomous driving (AD) testing “from the proving ground to the development lab”, the companies says, thereby reducing costs.
FEATURE: Navigating regulation to verify and validate AI in safety critical systems
Lucas Garcia, product manager at MathWorks, shares how verification and validation processes for AI-enabled systems can ensure safety in AI applications and how engineers are refining these processes in various industries, including aviation and automotive.
As AI regulation evolves, these efforts contribute to the responsible and transparent deployment of AI technologies in safety-critical systems.
Policymakers worldwide are making concerted moves towards establishing AI regulation and distinct frameworks for its deployment across industries.
Valens and Sony complete EMC Testing of interoperable A-PHY link
Valens Semiconductor has collaborated with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) to complete electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing of a multi-vendor A-PHY link, to advance the development of a mature Sony A-PHY-integrated image sensor compatible with Valens’s VA7000 deserializer chip.
The integration of high-speed connectivity into the Sony solution is expected to lead to a “less expensive, smaller form factor, lower power consumption camera for enhanced advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) applications”, the companies say.
MIPI A-PHY, introduced in 2020, is the automotive industry’s first standard for in-vehicle high-speed connectivity, optimized specifically for sensor integration.
Hydrogen Vehicle Systems starts attribute prototype build at Silverstone facility
HVS (Hydrogen Vehicle Systems) has announced that it has begun prototype manufacturing at a specialized facility in Silverstone in Northamptonshire, UK, marking a significant milestone for the commercial vehicle manufacturer.
The company is constructing several attribute prototype (AP) test vehicles as part of its vehicle development program, moving closer to series production of its hydrogen fuel cell HGV.
HVS has partnered with Fablink, a UK based Tier 1 supplier specializing in the manufacture of metal pressings, operator cab assemblies, fuel and hydraulic tanks and complex structures as well as ‘clean build’ of vehicle assemblies.
VI-grade and MdynamiX collaborate on HiL solutions
VI-grade, a provider of human-centric simulation-driven vehicle development solutions, and MdynamiX, provider of ADAS, vehicle dynamics, NVH methods and test benches, have entered a partnership to strengthen their presence in the hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) sector.
This collaboration expands the companies’ solutions portfolios to provide more human-centric solutions for vehicle development with VI-grade becoming an official reseller of MdynamiX’s HiL solutions, which are compatible with VI-grade driving simulators and AutoHawk HiL platforms.
Customers will have access to MdynamiX’s HiL rigs in VI-grade’s SimCenters for testing and firsthand experience.
Emotors uses Siemens NVH testing solutions for e-drive development
Independent e-drive manufacturer Emotors has leveraged Siemens’ Simcenter solutions in the development of its next-generation electric drive (e-drive) units for hybrids, plug-ins and full-electric vehicles (EVs).
The e-drives range from 25kW to 250kW and were developed over five years. They were designed to be easily adapted to differing OEM requirements.
Headquartered in Carrières-sous-Poissy, France, Emotors was established in 2018 as a joint venture between Stellantis and Nidec Leroy-Somer. It has successfully created e-drives for Stellantis brands such as Peugeot, Opel, DS Automobile and Jeep.
Micron launches quad-port SSD for software-defined vehicles
The Micron 4150AT is a quad-port SSD designed to simplify data management in advanced automotive systems and was showcased at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany.
The platform is capable of interfacing with up to four systems on chips (SoCs) to centralize storage for software-defined intelligent vehicles.
The automotive-grade SSD integrates features such as single-root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) and a PCIe Generation 4 interface, to deliver enterprise-class speeds to consumer vehicles.
With random read and write speeds exceeding 600,000 and 100,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) respectively, the 4150AT SSD aims to handle data streams from multiple SoCs.
Euro NCAP approves AB Dynamics’ LaunchPad Spin for official testing
AB Dynamics’ ADAS target platform LaunchPad Spin has received approval from Euro NCAP. The platform is the latest addition to AB Dynamics’ range of officially listed test equipment, which provides approved target and propulsion solutions for a variety of test scenarios involving cars, motorcycles and pedestrians.
The LaunchPad Spin is designed to carry a variety of vulnerable road user (VRU) targets, including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooters and animals. It is also compatible with the Soft Pedestrian 360, a fully approved pedestrian target and propulsion testing solution.