Opal-RT customers perform ECU testing, as well as rapid-prototyping, Real-Time Simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing of a variety of systems found in today’s hybrid-electric and all-electric powertrain vehicles including electric drives, power electronics and power distribution networks.

All Opal-RT simulator products, including eDRIVEsim Real-Time Simulator and the TestDrive ECU Testing Platform are fully integrated with MATLAB/Simulink and are built using easily upgradeable Commercial-off-the-Shelf PC and FPGA technologies.

The eDRIVEsim Real-Time Simulator combines Opal-RT's RT-LAB Real-Time Simulation software platform with affordable, high performance multi-core X86 processors and FPGA-based electrical motor models and fast I/O products, making it the ideal Real-Time platform for designing advanced control systems and performing HIL testing of controllers used in high-speed electric motors, power converters, and hybrid drives. eDRIVEsim also includes support for RTLAB.JMAG™, which combines Opal-RT's RT-LAB real-time simulation technology with JMAG-RT®, part of JRI Solutions' Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tool suite. This means that all tests can be performed in Real-Time, using high precision finite element electrical models.

TestDrive is a powerful system for improving Electronic Control Unit (ECU) quality throughout the entire production process with real-time open- or closed-loop simulation. TestDrive`s modular design enables test and control engineers to conduct the ECU design process in a complete virtual environment by replicating all the loading and sensory feedback of an actual vehicle under realistic conditions.

TestDrive can also be integrated with Opal-RT's eDRIVEsim Real-Time Simulator to conduct extensive Real-Time testing and simulation of hybrid vehicle propulsion systems.

Opal-RT simulators are used by leading automakers and Tier-1 suppliers worldwide including AISIN, BMW, Chrysler, Delphi, DENSO, Ford, GM, Renault, Peugeot, Tata Motors and Toyota. For more information, please visit www.Opal-RT.com.