ID: TS3433
Abstract: When building the new XV Crosstrek Hybrid, the engineers at Subaru, a division of Fuji Heavy Industries, realized that their new generation of motor electronic control unit (ECU) required a new generation of test. The complexity of the control algorithms needed to manage power in the hybrid gasoline-electric drivetrain, combined with high-speed requirements for power electronics hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test, meant that they could not use a traditional processor-based HIL system to test their ECU. Subaru test engineers worked with NI systems engineers to develop an FPGA-based simulation running on NI FlexRIO hardware. This HIL platform became the precursor to the NI Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit and helped Subaru complete better test coverage in 118 hours instead of their estimated 2300 hours of dynamometer test. With this HIL system, Subaru produced a safer car faster than was possible before.
Track/Summit: Transportation Summit
Speaker: Ben Black, Market Development Manager, National Instruments
