1. Designing and Testing Software Defined Cars
Developing Complex Systems Faster and Cheaper with
LabVIEW Graphical System Design
Thorsten Mayer, Marketing Director (Eastern Europe)
Stephan Ahrends, Manager Embedded Systems (Europe)
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2. Bose® Suspension Front Module
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3. Corporate Background
Revenue (Millions)
• Leaders in Computer-based
Measurement and Automation
• Long-term Track Record of
Growth and Profitability
• R&D Investment:
>18% of Annual Income in 2009
• More than 5,100 employees;
operations in 40+ countries
• Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For:
11 Consecutive Years
• More than 600 Alliance Partners
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4. NI Automotive Customers…to name a few more
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5. Top 10 Emerging Source Countries for Automotive Parts
( % of world market)
Slovakia
Top Suppliers inin Central Eastern Europe
Top Suppliers Central Eastern Europe
Romania BOSCH
BOSCH
Delphi
Delphi
Taiwan Continental
Continental
Valeo
Valeo
Brazil
Faurecia
Faurecia
Czech Republic
Visteon
Visteon
TRW
TRW
South Korea Lear
Lear
Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls
Poland Magneti Marelli
Magneti Marelli
Hungary
China
Mexico
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Source: www.global-production.com
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6. “90% of innovations in the car are related
to electrics and electronics, within this,
80% is software…”
Ricky Hudi
Head of Electrics/Electronics Development at Audi
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7. …Computer on Wheels
Mechanics and hydraulics Electromechanics
3 ECUs 15 to 80 ECUs
AM/FM radio Infotainment , Communications
Relay-control units Power-control units
CAN CAN, FlexRay, MOST, IDB ...
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8. …Software Defines The Functionality
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9. …Software Defines The Functionality
Great benefits but also a few challenges…
• Extremely short innovation cycle
(24 months as opposed to 60 months several years ago)
while meeting quality standards
• Inhomogeneous tool chains for design, product validation,
component test, and manufacturing.
• Ability to integrate rapidly new technologies and industry
standards into design and test platform
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10. Automotive Development Cycle – The V Diagram
Requirements Complete
Gathering System Test
Integration
Design
Test
Rapid Product
Prototyping Validation
Deployment
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11. Automotive Design – Closed Loop Control
Requirements Complete
Gathering System Test
Kc Kp Integration
Design
Test
Hardware-in-
Rapid the-Loop
Kc Kp Prototyping Kc Kp
Validation
Deployment
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12. Common Components
Hardware APIs Analysis Libraries Custom User Interfaces
Deployment Targets Technology Abstractions Programming Approaches
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13. Time for Integration?
Hardware APIs Analysis Libraries Custom User Interfaces
Deployment Targets Technology Abstractions Programming Approaches
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14. Need for Graphical System Representation
Hardware APIs Analysis Libraries Custom User Interfaces
Technology Abstractions Programming Approaches
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15. Compatible Elements …
Hardware APIs Analysis Libraries Custom User Interfaces
Technology Abstractions Programming Approaches
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16. … with efficient connection
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18. Benefits of LabVIEW Graphical System Design
Simulation Hardware I/O
Graphical Dataflow
State Diagram Math Script
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19. Control and Test Platforms
Reconfigurable I/O, Programmable Hardware
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20. Accelerating Platform - Control: CompactRIO
Point-to-Point C Series
FPGA FPGA Data Links Parallel I/O
LabVIEW
Real-Time
Thread-Safe
Libraries
Multithreaded
RT OS
LabVIEW FPGA
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21. Designing and Implementing a Real-Time Embedded
Control System for an Automotive Fuel Cell System
"Ford has a long history with NI, and we have used LabVIEW to develop various aspects of
every fuel cell electric vehicle that we produce and to successfully design and implement a
real-time embedded control system for an automotive FCS."
– Kurt D. Osborne - Ford Motor Company
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22. Automotive Development Cycle – The V Diagram
Requirements Production
Gathering Test
Integration
Design
Test
Hardware-in-
Rapid Product
the-Loop
Prototyping Validation
Validation
Deployment
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23. Accelerating Platform - Test: PXI
PXIe-8133 PXI Express R Series PXI DAQ Modular
Intel Quad Core Bus 5M Gate FPGA Instruments
Windows or
RT OS or both
LabVIEW
Sound & Vibration
Toolkit, Vision
Module …
NI-DAQmx,
NI-DMM,
NI-Scope…
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24. Real-Time Testing
HIL Test Cells
Embedded Software Model-based test cells, Mechanical Testing
Validation HIL with mechanical (Durability, Dyno,
(HIL, MIL, SIL, RCP) components Environmental …)
Real-Time Testing and Simulation Software
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25. NI VeriStand Helps You…
• Reduce development time without reducing flexibility
Architecture design, implementation, debugging,
documentation of real-time application, host interface,
and communication between them
• Reduce maintenance costs
OS and I/O hardware support, feature and performance
innovation, continuous quality improvement
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26. Body Control Unit Testing
“The real-time stimulus profile tools work the way
that a test engineer thinks and does not
require knowledge of additional programming
languages to utilize them. With this capability, our
engineers are able to focus on their jobs –
identifying potential module failures – which
ultimately results in more issues identified and
resolved.”
– Jason Bauman,
Lear Corp.
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27. Automotive Development Cycle – The V Diagram
Requirements Production
Gathering Test
Integration
Design
Test
Integration Test
Rapid Product • Engine Test Cells
Prototyping Validation
• In-Vehicle Data Logging
• Safety Tests
Deployment
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28. Crash Test Analysis, VOLVO Cars
 VOLVO’s state of the art
vehicle safety center
utilizes NI DIAdem
 Complete evaluation
system tailored to VOLVO‘s
requirements based upon
NI DIAdem
 Data processing for
currently 350-400 full
scale crash tests per year
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29. Automotive Development Cycle – The V Diagram
Requirements Production
Gathering Test
Production Test
Design
Integration • End-Of-Line Test
Test
• Functional Tests
• In-Circuit Test
Rapid Product
Prototyping Validation
Deployment
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30. Testing Automotive Electronics Components
Function
Generator
Programmable Switch
Automotive
Communications Analyzer Oscilloscope
Telematics
Pattern Generator
Logic Analyzer
Power Supply LCR Meter DMM
Spectrum Analyzer
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31. Testing Automotive Electronics Components
Function
• Flexibility Generator
Programmable Switch
 Automotive
User-defined system deployable to a wide variety of applications
Communications Analyzer Oscilloscope
Telematics
• Performance
 Measurement quality, high test throughput
• Lower cost
Pattern Generator
 Initial system, maintenance, reuse/flexibility
• Reduced size
Logic Analyzer
 Small form factor, fewer instruments for same measurements
• Longevity and upgradability
Power Supply  Industry standard that enables use of technology upgrades
LCR Meter DMM
Spectrum Analyzer
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32. PXI –Platform for Virtual Instruments
GSM Tester
BT Tester
Spectrum
Radiotester
Power Meter Multi-Protocol
DUT
GPS Tester
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33. End-Of-Line Test – Automotive ECUs
• Providing an innovative and cost-effective
functional engine control unit (ECU) and
electronic control module (ECM) test
solution for high-volume manufacturing.
• Development based on open standards NI
PXI and TestStand with comprehensive test
functionality and short cycle times.
• High-Precision DAQ, High-Speed Digital I/O,
PXI/CompactPCI
• NI LabVIEW, TestStand
"With TestStand and the HFT3000-ECU, test engineers can get a test system up and running quickly, or
modify an existing test sequence with minimal effort."
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34. Automotive Communication Test Platform
• Cost-effective, complex, portable system
that captures live RF for later playback in
the laboratory in order to reproduce the
real-life environment
• NI PXI platform and NI RF instruments to
develop a reliable system that meets the
requirements of a record and playback
system for recording RF signals such as
radio, video, GPS, wireless, and others.
• RF Measurements, Modular Instruments,
PXI/CompactPCI,
• NI LabVIEW
""When you’re dealing with the most prestigious automakers in the world, quality is of the utmost concern. The
high-throughput RF streaming capabilities of NI PXI technology has made it efficient for us to record and play
back all common analog and broadcast signals in use today, including AM/FM, GPS and HD Radio"
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35. End-Of-Line Test – Headlights
• Building a stand-alone production test
machine for automatic adjustment of car
headlamps to achieve accurate color
rendition on the upper edge of the light
cone.
• Using NI LabVIEW and NI-IMAQ vision to
create fully automated image analysis
software that provides adjustment data
• Image Acquisition and Machine Vision
Bundle for NI Developer Suite, NI LabVIEW
"The software application developed with LabVIEW and NI-IMAQ vision performs the mathematical
evaluation of the picture projected on the focusing screen.“ - Michal Harhaj - ELCOM, a.s.
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36. New Products Fueling Automotive Test Development
LabVIEW 2010 NI VeriStand 2010 DIAdem 2010
•Code Executes 20% Faster •Multitarget Configurations •GPS and Sound
•Numerous New Features from •Support for CompactRIO Synchronization
LabVIEW Idea Exchange •Easier Integration of LabVIEW •Maps View
Compact RIO USB X Series Ethernet cDAQ
•Ethernet and MXI Options •STC3 for Timing •Modular Measurements
•20.000+ Channels •Simultaneous Sampling •System All Over the World
•Measurements All Over The World
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37. Universal Network Platform
NI-X NET
PXI/PCI Interfaces LabVIEW API Database Editor
C/CVI API Bus monitor
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38. Accelerating Automotive Development
“To do for embedded what the PC did for the desktop.”
Graphical System Design
Virtual Instrumentation Embedded Systems
Instrumentation Real-Time Industrial Control
RF Measurements RT/FPGA Systems
Digital Embedded Monitoring Electronic Devices
Distributed Hardware-in-the-Loop C Code Generation
DESIGN PROTOTYPE DEPLOY
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40. Thank you for your attention!
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Bridging Design and Test with Graphical System Design
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