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Discover articles on real-time simulation, industry trends, and emerging technologies across key engineering sectors.

Industry applications
03 / 28 / 2026
Control algorithm validation using real-time HIL
A practical look at how real-time HIL testing validates embedded control algorithms through closed-loop simulation, fault reproduction, digital plant models, and disciplined integration.

Simulation
03 / 27 / 2026
Real-time simulation for validating autonomous and ADAS systems
Explains why autonomous and ADAS validation relies on deterministic real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop, what scenarios matter, how to assess simulator stacks, and where simulation programs commonly fail.

Simulation
03 / 25 / 2026
Integration testing between firmware and physical interfaces
Covers how to plan and run firmware integration testing for physical interfaces using staged loops, HIL protocol simulation, tool selection, and trace-based debugging for CAN and similar buses.

Industry applications, Simulation
03 / 25 / 2026
Real-time simulation of multilevel converters and cascaded topologies
A practical guide to multilevel converter simulation that explains how cascaded H bridge models are partitioned across CPU and FPGA resources for accurate real-time EMT and hardware in the loop testing.

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.

Industry applications, Power Systems
03 / 22 / 2026
AI workload variability and its impact on data center power stability
This piece explains how AI workload patterns affect data centre power stability and how engineers model and test those effects with converter-aware, real-time methods.

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.

Industry applications, Simulation
03 / 19 / 2026
When to use CPU or FPGA for real-time simulation
A practical guide to choosing CPU, FPGA, or hybrid real-time simulation architecture based on switching behaviour, model partitioning, timing limits, and HIL test constraints.

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.

Industry applications
03 / 17 / 2026
Testing UPS and battery systems as the backbone of data center reliability
This piece explains how engineers validate UPS and battery systems in data centres through disturbance testing, closed-loop control checks, battery analysis, and real-time simulation.
