Pathway Technologies Inc.

HIL simulator based on standardized COTS x86 Processor and PC104 I/O Boards

Compact PC104 form factor (rack mounted units available)
Open Architecture
Expandable with additional COTS PC104 form factor I/O boards
Remote as well as on-board data logging
Real-time monitoring

Pathway’s Pelican104 simulator can be used as a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator for testing of automotive, off-road or commercial, medical electronics, etc ECUs. Pelican 104 simulator has a compact, rugged, aluminum chassis and can operate in normal environment from -40 degC to 55 deg C.

Pelican104 simulator fully supports the MATLAB/Simulink® modeling environment. The plant models development in Simulink can run on the Pelican104 simulator using the xPC Target real-time kernel from the MathWorks®.

The I/O of Pelican104 simulator can be completely customized. The simulator has space for seven PC104 form factor I/O cards. Additional I/O and custom signal conditioning, if required, can be added.

SOFTWARE SUPPORT

Pathway provides software tools for configuration and control of the simulator hardware. If using the xPC Target real-time kernel from the MathWorks, TCP/IP connectivity is available between the host PC and the simulator for exercising the plant model, real-time monitoring and data logging.

SYSTEM INTEGRATION

In addition to the COTS components, it is possible to integrate hardware which is specific to your project into the HIL simulator. Pathway provides engineering services for the design and fabrication of custom electronics components and/or for system integration. The custom hardware components we develop include

Custom signal conditioning boards
Custom interface boxes for adding loads
Failure insertion units
Break-out boxes
...

APPLICATIONS

Powertrain, vehicle dynamics and body electronics HIL
Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, Medical Electronics, etc
Automated testing

Download product brief:Simulator Overview.pdf

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