Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

Real-Time Simulation

Implement your plant simulation with graphical programming through LabVIEW control design tools and the LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit, which you can use to import models developed in The MathWorks, Inc. Simulink® software environment into LabVIEW. Then use the LabVIEW Real-Time Module to run these models on real-time targets such as NI CompactRIO and PXI.

Diverse I/O

Use National Instruments I/O hardware to acquire analog and digital input signals from common sensors; generate analog stimulus signals; and send digital signals to drive relays, switches, and LEDs. In addition, interface with standard communication buses such as CAN and MIL-STD-1553. Also use the LabVIEW FPGA Module and NI R Series hardware to simulate sensors that require the high performance of an FPGA.

Customer Successes

• Lockheed Martin Uses NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit and PXI for Flight Simulation Model Development
• MicroNova Uses LabVIEW FPGA for Exact and Comprehensive Engine Simulation
• Siemens Develops a Dynamic Turbine Simulator for Steam Turbine Controller Examination
• Woodward Governor Creates Flexible Engine Simulators with LabVIEW FPGA

Key Products

• NI LabVIEW Real-Time
• NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit
• NI LabVIEW FPGA
• LabVIEW Simulation Module
• NI PXI Platform
• NI M Series Data Acquisition
• NI CAN Hardware
• NI CompactRIO

Online Demonstrations

• Webcast - Developing Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Test Systems with LabVIEW
• Demo - Using LabVIEW to Create Powerful User Interfaces for Models Developed in the Simulink Environment
• Demo - Deploying Models Developed in the Simulink Environment to Real-Time Hardware with LabVIEW

Application Notes and Additional Resources

• Read a White Paper - Using LabVIEW for Rapid Control Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
• Read an Application Note - Using LabVIEW FPGA for Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Applications
• Read an Application Note - HIL Testing of Vehicle Components with LabVIEW Real-Time and CarSim/TruckSim
• Register for a Seminar
• Request an On-Site Visit

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