Aerospace Industry Solutions Realize your Innovation - The need to increase reliability while reducing risk in Aerospace requires new, yet well-proven solutions for prototyping and testing. Industry Use Cases Rapid Control Prototyping Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Effectively Test Controls with Real-Time Digital Twins and Automated Testing. Workflow Introductions Hardware-in-the-Loop Industry Use Cases
Rapid Control Prototyping Accelerate Control Design Innovation With Model-Based Design Ready Solutions for a Worry-Free Test and Simulation Experience. Workflow Introductions Rapid Control Prototyping Industry Use Cases
Certification Process for a Hybrid Electric Aircraft The scientific aviation association (FVA) is developing the FVA 30, a hybrid electric motor glider, to research alternative propulsion systems. This article focuses on the certification process of the FVA 30 power train, using a Speedgoat target computer. 16 Feb 2022 Hardware-in-the-Loop Published Papers
Battery Management System Integration into an Electronic Control Module for a Hybrid Electric Aircraft This article focuses on BMS integration into the electronic control module (ECM) of the FVA 30 hybrid electric motor glider using a Speedgoat real-time target machine. The challenge is to design an ECM for reliable data processing, allowing pilots to monitor and control the drivetrain. 16 Feb 2022 Published Papers Rapid Control Prototyping
Computer Vision Rapidly build, run, and test video acquisition and control applications with a Speedgoat real-time target machine. There is a wide range of applications from the design of phone cameras to autonomous vehicle systems. Rapid Control Prototyping Hardware-in-the-Loop Industry Use Cases
Audio Highly controlled manipulations are required e.g. for hearing aids, noise cancelling headphones, or car acoustics. Speedgoat real-time systems provide high performance, high-resolution analog and digital I/O, together with MATLAB & Simulink. Rapid Control Prototyping Hardware-in-the-Loop Industry Use Cases
Structural Test Use the Speedgoat system for fast acquisition and monitoring of signal data and for closed control loops. For example, for active anti-damping systems for bridges and buildings, for simulating environmental scenarios such as earthquakes, or for vibration platforms in the automotive and aerospace industries. Rapid Control Prototyping Hardware-in-the-Loop Industry Use Cases
Embedded Leverage real-time target machines for use as embedded controllers. Rapid Control Prototyping Industry Use Cases
Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Speedgoat provides a wide range of real-time P-HIL solutions to test and verify power electronics and power system components. Utilize complex physical models designed with MathWorks tools on multi-core CPUs and FPGAs with the highest level of performance. Hardware-in-the-Loop Industry Use Cases
UAV Modeling and Testing Create a real-time virtual testing environment to safely test new designs early in the development and avoid expensive reruns of flight campaigns and reduce downtime in the field. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop Rapid Control Prototyping
Vorticity Dynamics of Leading-Edge Vortex Formation on a Revolving Wing A leading-edge vortex (LEV) forms and remains stably attached on high angle-of-attack (AoA), low aspect ratio (AR) wings undergoing revolving or flapping motion at an insect’s wing. Here, the LEV formation on a revolving wing is investigated. The 'Shake-the-box' (STB) Lagrangian particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) system and a volumetric patching process helped reconstruct the entire time-resolved flow field. Publication on springer.com 19 Aug 2021 Published Papers
HIL of Battery Management Systems Verify, validate, and test battery management system (BMS) controllers and hardware components using hardware-in-the-loop testing (HIL) and battery cell emulators. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop
Flight Controller and Autoflight Systems Develop and test your flight controller or complete auto-flight system with the MathWorks Aerospace Toolbox and Speedgoat systems to simulate conditions for every flight scenario. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop Rapid Control Prototyping
Power Management / More Electric Aircraft Develop and validate power management and control systems for your more electric aircraft using real-time simulation and testing. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop Rapid Control Prototyping
Hybrid Aircraft Simulate and test your electric hybrid hydrogen fuel-cell, and battery propelled aircraft using rapid control prototyping. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop Rapid Control Prototyping
FADEC / Engine Controller Reduce time to market with the MathWorks-Speedgoat workflow for your Engine Control Unit (ECU) or your Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop Rapid Control Prototyping
Bypassing Deploy and test software updates and new hardware builds by implementing a bypassing process in your flight computer. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop Rapid Control Prototyping
Sensor Fusion of Vision, Radar and Laser Develop, improve, and test spectrum monitoring and signal intelligence using solutions from Speedgoat. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop Rapid Control Prototyping
RCP for Motor Control Drives Design, test, and validate novel motor control algorithms for electric motors using Simulink® and Speedgoat hardware. Use a wide range of functionality like PWM, encoders, and many more. Industry Use Cases Rapid Control Prototyping
Power Hardware-in-the-Loop HIL testing of power components like battery chargers using AC or DC power interfaces. Speedgoat supports power amplifiers from EGSTON Power, Cinergia, and Puissance Plus. Industry Use Cases Hardware-in-the-Loop
Leading-Edge Vortex and Transient Lift on a Revolving Wing at Low Reynolds Numbers The transient formation and the stable attachment of the leading-edge vortex (LEV) contribute to the high lift generation of an insect wing when it revolves at high angles of attack. This study examined the leading-edge vortex (LEV) formation and the transient lift generation on a revolving wing, using combined computational and experimental methods. Publication on sciencedirect.com 01 Feb 2020 Published Papers
Real-Time Learning of Efficient Lift Generation on a Dynamically Scaled Flapping Wing This work presents a successful application of a policy search algorithm to a real-time robotic learning problem, where the goal is to maximize the efficiency of lift generation on a dynamically scaled flapping robotic wing. Learning is performed for different prescribed stroke amplitudes to find the optimal wing pitching amplitude and the stroke-pitch phase difference that maximize lift generation's power loading (PL), a measure of aerodynamic efficiency. Publication on ieeexplore.ieee.org 13 Sep 2018 Published Papers
Visual Motion Tracking and Sensor Fusion for Kite Power Systems Line-based estimation of the kite state, including position and heading, limits the achievable cycle efficiency of such airborne wind energy systems. Experimental results of a visual motion tracking estimation and an inertial sensor fusion on a ground-based kite power system in pumping operation are presented and compared to an existing estimation scheme based on line. Publication on springer.com 01 Apr 2018 Published Papers
Transient Engine Emulation within a Laboratory Testbed for Aircraft Power Systems This paper presents an engine emulation system utilized within a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test environment for aircraft power systems. It focuses on the software and hardware interfaces that enable the coupling of the rotor dynamics model that provides the critical link between the modeled dynamics of the engine and the measured dynamics of the generator. Publication on dx.doi.org 16 Sep 2014 Published Papers Hardware-in-the-Loop