Our approach is to use the appropriate CAE tools that meet the needs of our customer’s project. At the systems level, we employ a lumped parameter modeling tool suite to perform modeling, trade-off analysis and design studies. Executable specification models containing data flow and control flow are used to develop and implement control systems. To test controller behavior using rapid-prototyping and HIL system simulations, we leverage various real-time hardware platforms from different vendors. We also develop custom software and utilities on an as-needed basis.

Engineering Services

• Complete life cycle solutions for control systems development
• Controller design, rapid-prototyping, implementation, testing and calibration
• System-level and component-level plant modeling for simulation and analysis
• Enterprise-wide collaborative modeling process and related infrastructure
• Model-In-the-Loop (MIL), Software-In-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) test platforms and methods for system validation and verification
• Reverse engineering of embedded software into executable specifications including validation and verification.
• Custom analysis and optimization procedures for requirements cascading, component sizing and design trade-offs

Products

• Controller Communication Toolbox – a MATLAB® interface to calibration tools
• FCStack – a design-oriented fuel cell stack model for control development
• Integrated Modeling Environment (IME) – a tool-neutral environment for managing large scale systems and architecture development
• Model-based Vehicle Engineering (MoVE) – pre-packaged powertrain models for desktop and real-time simulations using MATLAB®/Simulink®
• Model Test Manager (mTm) – a toolbox for instrumenting, actuating and calibrating MATLAB®/Simulink® models
• Map Video Data (MVD) Player – a MATLAB® tool for synchronized visualization of electronic map, video and multiple time series data sets