Hi Paul,

The kind of hardware I would personally be looking for is a device that
loads software generated by Matlab-Simulink-Stateflow.

I can suggest you to have a look at the website of FAAR Industry :

http://www.faar-industry.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=56â?©=en

The Matlab tools enable to rapidly develop control software and embed
it. I did that a few years ago with a 6-speed automatic transmission
control system. I learnt to use Matlab, ordered the DSpace hardware and
developed a signal conditioning unit to match sensors and solenoid
valves with in and outputs of the DSpace Autobox all within two months
and a half before giving my first press presentation with it at the
Frankfurt motor show.
Matlab is really easy to learn and you will be able to find many
students that know how to work with it. If you work with a university
student, the software may come along through a university licence. And
because it is a kind of world standard you can imagine working in open
source with several developers. The software is built up in blocks.

For engine control I would today use standard ECU's like those proposed
by FAAR Industry.

http://www.faar-industry.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=60

Best regards

Randolph in Paris

You would not happen to be at Aero this year would you Randolph?

Paul Lamar

My appologies, that is what this gentleman (Randolph in Paris) is pointing
to I believe. I'm looking at this site no. It looks interesting.

Bruce


Ralph,

I did something very similiar, but used ADI (Ann Arbor, MI) for the "Hardware in a Loop" for the early MPC555 ECU presented at Convergence in Detroit about 10 years ago.  I wish I still had that hardware box!

Matlab would host some open exchange round tables at the times. It was great as we had Ford, GM, and Chrysler engineers to exchange ideas for future tools. All three companies were very different on how they transitioned development from design to production. All three approaches
where very different! Between working with their engineers and time in dyno rooms, it was lots of fun.

Between building/coding an engine controller or buying something off the shelf, well I can either build my plane or the engine controller.  Never enough time in the day.

Tom W