Virtual Hardware-in-the-Loop (vHIL) for Accelerating xEV Application Software Development

See a practical case study showing that a virtual software development environment and testing methodology, free from the constraints of hardware lab setups, can accelerate development time.

The key in this environment is the need to “shift-left” development activities. This shift becomes important as performance and efficiency are challenging the OEMs, pushing the need to make decisions early in the design cycle. Learn about the need for a virtual hardware-based Software Development Kit that can allow early algorithm studies of the control system from concept through to binary optimized control software implementation.

Where the automotive ‘V’-cycle traditionally uses simulation at the early stages of product definition with MIL and moving to SIL, the HIL stage has many dependencies and access issues. It is necessary to have a more complete software development kit on a virtual target early in the design cycle to accelerate development and ensure quality before reaching the board. Through a practical EV motor control case study, discover the concept of a virtual hardware-in-the-loop (vHIL) SDK environment, which allows a Synopsys^® virtual prototype of the Infineon^® TC4xx MCU to be coupled with other simulators (in this case Simulink^®) to form a fully virtual, high visibility closed loop simulation with plant models. It also allows a highly efficient environment with which to develop, test, and verify binary target software that is ‘board-ready.’