Automotive

EV onboard charger power stages validated before hardware exists

An EV onboard charger converts grid AC into controlled battery DC, and teams can validate its power factor correction and isolated converter stages through real-time testing before hardware is available.

Vehicle-to-grid technology and what it means for utility distribution planning

A practical review of vehicle-to-grid technology for utility planners, covering feeder effects, hosting capacity models, lab testing, customer participation, and capacity limits.

Enhance Automotive Powertrain Confidence Using HIL and SIL

This guide explains how engineers use SIL and HIL simulation to validate automotive powertrains, set test scope, judge model fidelity, and improve EV fault coverage.

What is HIL testing in automotive?

This piece explains what HIL testing in automotive means, where it fits in validation, which systems need it, and how bench quality shapes the result.

EV charging simulation and testing for grid-ready charging infrastructure

This guide explains how EV charging simulation and electric vehicle testing validate charger controls, feeder impact, battery behaviour, and grid compliance before lab signoff.

What is SIL testing in automotive?

This piece explains what software-in-the-loop testing does in automotive programmes, when it fits the validation flow, and how it relates to hardware-in-the-loop testing.

An advanced guide to communication protocols in microcontrollers

A technical guide to choosing and validating microcontroller communication protocols using timing budgets, bus tradeoffs, interrupt limits, and bench testing.

EV battery testing methods that catch failures before production

A practical guide to EV battery testing, electric vehicle testing, simulation, HIL validation, safety abuse methods, and data correlation before production.

Battery Management at the Center of Electrification

How real-time simulators enable hardware-in-the-loop testing for automotive battery systems

This piece explains how real-time simulators support hardware-in-the-loop testing for automotive battery systems and where battery testers and load testers fit in a staged validation flow.