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News

• RT-LAB 8 released
• RT-LAB makes model-based calibration of ECUs a reality

Events

• Free IMAGINE/Opal-RT seminar
• Free MathWorks/B2i/Opal-RT seminar
• EVS 22 symposium and exposition
• SAE 2006 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition
• IEEE IECON'06 conference

News

RT-LAB 8 released

Version 8 of RT-LAB software from Opal-RT Technologies is now available. RT-LAB software now has even more features to improve how you work with model-based design. New features include:

• Support for RedHawk Linux 4.1
• A macro recorder to record user commands and create Python scripts automatically
• Support for Simulink buses between RT-LAB subsystems
• Support for Simulink models without RT-LAB subsystem creation (In this case, the model is compiled as a single computation node with one acquisition group in the console.)
• XHP mode setting in the "Assign node" dialog box – the model no longer needs to be compiled to change this setting.
• Call to external Python scripts during compilation, load, and reset of a model. Script can be called on command station and target(s).
• API improvements, including:
  • The use of Simulink names for "Set" and "Get" functions
  • Support for the aliasing of those Simulink names
  • A new function to read the latest value of any signal
  • A new API help file

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RT-LAB makes model-based calibration of ECUs a reality

Current developments in engine and transmission technologies are being shaped by stringent emissions standards, and the customer's demand for improved fuel economy and vehicle comfort. This has led to the constantly increasing complexity of vehicle control systems.

Optimal consumption, emission, and comfort can be best achieved when the entire drive train – including the engine, clutch, transmission, and vehicle dynamics – are calibrated together with engine control systems.

The IAV GmbH Berlin in cooperation with the Department of Electronic Measurement and Diagnostic Technology at the Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin Technical University) carries out project and research work focused on testing the entire drive train on a highly dynamic engine test-bench. The test-bench consists of equipment for controlling the combustion engine, a dynamic electric dynamometer, and measuring devices for exhaust-gas emissions and fuel consumption. An RT-LAB™ hardware in-the-loop (HIL) simulator from Opal-RT Technologies simulates the transmission and the rest of the vehicle.

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Events

	Real-time, multi-domain models for controller design and testing FREE seminar hosted by Imagine Software Inc. and Opal-RT Spring Hill Suites Burr Ridge (Chicago), Illinois, USA 2006.09.27, 12:30–4:30 p.m. More information >>
	Électronique de puissance, solutions innovantes pour l'optimisation des développements FREE seminar hosted by The MathWorks France, B2i, and Opal-RT 20, rue Troyon Sèvres, France 2006.09.28, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. More information (in French) >>
	EVS 22 The 22nd International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition Yokohama, Japan Booth # A-58 (in partnership with NEAT) 2006.10.23 – 2006.10.28
	SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois, USA Booth # 113 2006.10.31 – 2006.11.02
	IEEE IECON'06 The 32nd annual conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conservatoire national des arts et métiers Paris, France 2006.11.07 – 2006.11.10

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