RT-LAB, InfiniBand, PCI Express and FPGA Reconfigurable I/O bring Automotive HIL Systems to a New Age
At SAE World Congress in Detroit this month Opal-RT introduced the new support for InfiniBand, a switched fabric based computer interconnection positioned to become the next generation inter-computer communication systems. This extremely high-speed and flexible communication system takes advantage of PCI-X and the new PCI Express technologies to minimize the communication latency between the main processor memory and the communication fabric. Read More

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RT-LAB Pentium M-Based Real-Time Simulator for Embedded Systems Development
While exhibiting at the RTS Embedded show in Paris, France with B2i (Opal-RT France distributor) at the beginning of this month, Opal-RT announced a new range of small but powerful Pentium-M-based RT-LAB real-time simulators for rapid control prototyping and Hardware-in-the-loop capable of simulating the IGBT switches of motor drives systems with PWM carrier frequency of up to 10 kHz. The new instruction set of the Pentium-M processor and its large on-chip cache memory make it ideal for the simulation of fast dynamic systems, while maintaining a power draw of less than 20 watts. Read More

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Portable RT-LAB Pentium-M Based Hybrid-Vehicle Motor Drive Controller Tester
Opal-RT launches a new range of small but powerful Pentium-M based RT-LAB hybrid electrical power train real-time simulators at the EVS-21 in Monaco. These compact simulators can simulate power electronic motor drives, fuel cells and conventional combustion engines to test electronic control units with sub-microsecond precision. The simulator is fully integrated with MATLAB, Simulink and Real Time Workshop and can execute several third-party models in real-time. Read More

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Opal-RT Signs a New Distributor in France
Opal-RT strengthens its global reach by appointing a new distributor in France. B2i is an engineering corporation in advanced technologies, of which the benefits cover the entirety of the development cycle of the products of its customers. B2i's focus is on engineering of embarked systems, test and simulation, telecommunications simulation and numerical modeling.
To see contact information for B2i and a list of Opal-RT Technologies Inc. distributors Click Here

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Opal-RT On Board the ARJ21
Opal-RT is proud to announce the sale of an RT-LAB HIL Simulator to the Shanghai Aeronautical Institute (SARI). SARI is a lead institute on China's indigenous regional jet program, the ARJ21. SARI will use the RT-LAB system in the ARJ21 Iron Bird. Read More

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RT-LAB 7.2 Now Available
Enhanced Connectivity
The latest release of RT-LAB features many connectivity enhancements between your real-time simulations and many on-line applications for visualization, analysis and test automation. This extends the range of third-party applications and systems that can be integrated into your RT-LAB simulation. Read More

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Turbine Engine Simulator
The recent addition to the RT-LAB Engineering Simulator product family is the Turbine Engine Simulator, which is a tightly integrated package of off-the-shelf PC components, ideal for the model-based design of a FADEC, turbine controller, or turbine engine simulation.
The RT-LAB Turbine Engine Simulator can take your turbine engine projects from concept to prototype, rapidly and reliably. Read More

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Opal-RT would like to say thank you to everyone who visited our booth or attended our presentations this month at EVS21 in Monaco, SAE 2005 in Detroit, Michigan, IPEC in Japan and Electrimacs in Tunisia.

When you are in the area please stop by and visit us at the following events:

EVENTS

May 2005

MIADC 2005
Mathworks International Aerospace and Defense Conference
May 24-25, 2005
Manhattan Beach, California

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IPST
International Conference on Power Systems Transient
June 19-23, 2005
Montreal, Quebec

Paper Title: Real-Time Simulation of a 48-pulse GTO STATCOM Compensated Power System on a Dual-Xeon PC Using RT-LAB
Authors: Jean Belanger and Christian Dufour
Presentation Date: Thursday, June 23rd 8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. Paper Session25 Real-Time Simulation Systems

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MIAC 2005
Mathworks International Automotive Conference
June 21-22, 2005
Dearborn, Michigan

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Technical Paper Presented at EVS-21 April 2-6,2005 Monaco

• Advances in Real-Time Simulation of Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  Christian Dufour, Jean Belanger - Opal-RT Technologies Inc. & Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Kousuke Uemura - Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota MACS Inc.
  This paper describes the model fidelity comparison made by Toyota Motor Corp. of the RT-LAB Electrical Drive Simulator versus an actual fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle. Read More

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Technical Papers Presented at IPEC April 4-8, 2005 Nigata, Japan

• Real-Time and Hardware-in-Loop Simulation of Electric Drives and Power Electronics: Process, Problems and Solutions
  Simon Abourida, Christian Dufour, Jean Belanger
  This paper discusses Real-Time and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation used for the designing and testing of electric drives and power electronics systems Read More



• Real-Time Simulation of a Complete PMSM Drive at 10 us Time Step
  Masaya Harakawa, Hisanori Yamasaki, Tetsuaki Nagano - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation & Simon Abourida, Christian Dufour, Jean Belanger - Opal-RT Technologies Inc.
  This paper presents a description and results of the fastest-ever-reported, PC based real-time (RT) simulator of an AC drive. Read More

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