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Discover articles on real-time simulation, industry trends, and emerging technologies across key engineering sectors.
Simulation
03 / 23 / 2026
Scaling from academic HIL setups to industrial validation platforms
Practical guidance for moving an academic HIL system from an entry level FPGA real time simulator to a modular platform that supports scalable real time simulation, repeatable tests, and traceable industrial validation results.
Simulation
03 / 20 / 2026
Real-time simulation for validating automotive ECUs in modern vehicle programs
It explains how real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing improve automotive ECU validation, covering model-to-HIL workflows, use of the Open Alliance Automotive Ethernet ECU test specification, tool selection, and common setup errors.
Simulation
03 / 18 / 2026
Faster firmware testing workflows for embedded systems
Practical guidance on speeding embedded firmware testing with test pyramids, CI automation, tool integration, and hardware-in-the-loop validation while managing fidelity tradeoffs and common traps.
Simulation
03 / 13 / 2026
Modular architectures for building scalable real-time simulation platforms
Learn how to set requirements, define module contracts, manage deterministic time across nodes, scale execution, standardize interfaces, and monitor latency and numerical stability in distributed real-time simulation platforms.
Simulation
03 / 11 / 2026
9 Common hardware in the loop testing pitfalls in embedded and control validation
Nine common hardware-in-the-loop testing pitfalls in embedded and control validation, with practical fixes for timing, model fidelity, solver stability, I/O integrity, protocol behaviour, automation repeatability, and configuration traceability.
Power Electronics
03 / 09 / 2026
FPGA vs CPU for real time power electronics simulation
You’ll learn how to choose CPU, FPGA, or a split approach for real-time power electronics HIL simulation using time step targets, latency and jitter needs, switching model fidelity, partitioning, and workflow constraints.
Simulation
03 / 04 / 2026
When to add FPGA acceleration to an existing real time simulator
Engineers can use timing symptoms, workload fit, and migration steps to decide when FPGA acceleration will resolve HIL deadline, latency, and jitter limits in an existing real-time simulator.
Simulation
03 / 02 / 2026
Deterministic execution in FPGA-based real-time simulation
Deterministic timing, FPGA execution, and timestamped latency budgets are described as the practical basis for accurate closed-loop HIL simulation.
Simulation
03 / 01 / 2026
Why EV development programs depend on real-time simulators for inverter and motor control testing
Real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing help EV teams validate inverter protection, voltage behaviour, and motor controller timing before dyno and vehicle testing.
02 / 28 / 2026
12 phase PMSM validation checklist for mission critical drives
A practical 12 phase PMSM validation checklist covering acceptance criteria, 12 tests, multiphase HIL fault injection, pass fail evidence, test sequencing from SIL to dyno, and common setup errors.
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