Infineon Applied sciences AG introduced a collaboration with Hurricane HIL, a number one supplier of {Hardware}-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation options, to supply automotive engineering groups with a fully-integrated, real-time growth and check atmosphere for key components of xEV powertrain techniques. Prospects working with Infineon’s AURIX TC3x/TC4x automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) can now use a whole HIL simulation and check resolution utilizing Hurricane’s HIL simulator for ultra-high-fidelity motor drive, on-board charger, BMS, and energy electronics emulation, which offers a plug-and-play interface through the Infineon TriBoard Interface Card.
“Builders of xEV elements together with motor drives, battery administration techniques, on-board chargers, and DC-DC converters more and more depend on Controller {Hardware}-in-the-Loop (C-HIL), on high of Software program-in-the-Loop (SIL) and simulation-based approaches, to shortly obtain outcomes and extra quickly iterate in each prototyping and check cycles,” stated Christopher Thibeault, Director of Companion & Ecosystem Administration Automotive Americas, Infineon Applied sciences. “With Hurricane’s confirmed real-time HIL platform, our AURIX prospects can entry a design and check atmosphere that can assist deliver their automotive options primarily based on reliable electronics to market sooner.”
The answer supplied by Infineon and Hurricane HIL contains any of a number of Hurricane HIL Simulators for real-time digital testing, a set of testbed {hardware} and software program instruments, and the Infineon TriBoard Interface Card, which helps Infineon AURIX TC3xx and TC4xx analysis boards and plugs immediately right into a single row of DIN41612 connectors on the entrance panel of the HIL Simulator. The answer streamlines validation workflows, expedites design and testing processes, and reduces growth prices and complexity for patrons. Hurricane HIL additionally affords an “Automotive Communication Extender” product for its HIL Simulator resolution primarily based on an AURIX TC3xx processor, which is able to present an enhanced communication interface that permits prospects to hook up with a bigger variety of heterogenous ECUs below check through CAN, CAN FD, LIN, and SPI protocols.
“We’re excited to associate with a pacesetter within the automotive built-in circuits market, to supply MCU builders with a platform for growth and testing of AURIX-based controllers earlier than {hardware} design is accomplished,” stated Petar Gartner, Director of HIL Options, Hurricane HIL. “Our joint prospects acquire a aggressive edge by accelerating their design and check operations whereas decreasing prices, which in the end interprets to market benefit. We look ahead to this ongoing collaboration with Infineon.”
