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Press Release
Opal-RT Technologies Inc. Demonstrates Real-Time Simulation of Multi-UAV and Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles at the MathWorks Aerospace and Defense Conference
RESTON, VIRGINIA, June 14, 2006 – Opal-RT Technologies Inc. (www.opal-rt.com), the world technology leader in supplying high-performance and distributed real-time simulation on PC-based platforms, will present its latest real-time multi-UAV and Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle simulators at the MathWorks Aerospace and Defense Conference in Reston, Virginia June 14-15, 2006.
At the MathWorks Aerospace and Defense Conference Opal-RT will demonstrate the latest advances in real-time simulation and new ways through which hardware in-the-loop simulation can enhance an engineering process and improve product quality.
Real-Time Simulation of Multi-UAV
This demonstration highlights a multi-UAV co-simulation as a sample application that takes advantage of RT-LAB’s Orchestra’s connectivity features. Because autonomous UAVs may be required to fly in formation, distributed architectures are well suited to studying their interactions. At the same time, simulating fleets of UAVs in real-time covers a wide range of engineering and design activities from analytical studies, to controller software in-the-loop and hardware in-the-loop testing.
Real-Time Simulation of Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle
The fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle (FCHV) demo illustrates the capability as well as the benefits of performing hardware-in-the-loop testing with detailed electrical system models. The virtual FCHV propulsion system is composed of a battery, a fuel cell stack, a DC-DC converter operating at 10 kHz switching frequency and a permanent magnet synchronous motor drive. The use of Opal-RT's time stamping bridge (TSB) method for the IGBT switch models is essential to obtaining a highly accurate simulation of the power converter and inverter in real-time.
About Opal-RT Technologies Inc.
Opal-RT is the world’s leading supplier of very-high-performance PC-Based real-time simulators, with the aim of enabling real-time parallel processing through flexible, scalable and affordable technologies. Opal-RT’s customers include AISIN, Daimler Chrysler, DENSO, Ford, GM, Toyota, and other companies and universities leading the development of hybrid power train and industrial power electronic systems such as Mitsubishi and Hitachi.
The company offers a full range of engineering simulation products - from enabling technologies to turnkey engineering simulators - and professional consulting services that include systems integration, software and model development and training. Opal-RT's core expertise is in distributed hard-real-time simulation, with experienced engineers designing real-time simulators for automotive, electrical power, aerospace, defense, robotics, and industrial applications where fidelity and fault tolerance requirements push rapid prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop testing to their limits. Opal-RT's unique approach integrates parallel, distributed computing with commercial-off-the-shelf technologies. The resulting RT-LAB product range enables customers to develop products using simulation quickly, easily, affordably, and competitively. For more information about Opal-RT's range of Engineering Simulators and distributed processing tools, see www.opal-rt.com.
About RT-LAB
RT-LAB is the real-time technology that revolutionizes the way model-based design is performed within the engineering organization. Through its openness, RT-LAB has the flexibility to be applied to any simulation and control problem, with scalability providing a low-risk entry point for any application, allowing the developer to add computational power where and when needed-whether to dramatically speed up simulations or for real-time hardware-in-the-loop applications.
Contact
Kirsty Whitefield
Tel: 1-877-935-2323, x235
Email: kirsty.whitefield@opal-rt.com
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