Testing Real Silicon: Automated RISC-V Hardware in the Loop

Testing Real Silicon: Automated RISC-V Hardware in the Loop

Author: Ariel D’Alessandro, Collabora Abstract: With the rise of RISC-V, the demand for stable and scalable hardware testing infrastructure is becoming increasingly important. To fill this gap in the ecosystem, the RISE project and Collabora have integrated two RISC-V development boards (Banana Pi BPI-F3 and SiFive HiFive P550) into Collabora’s public LAVA testing lab. Utilizing … Read more

MCU Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) Simulation Testing Solutions

MCU Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) Simulation Testing Solutions

Background Introduction As a key technology direction prioritized by the state, China has made rapid advancements in the field of new energy vehicles, with the market scale continuously expanding. New energy vehicles replace traditional engines with electric motors as the core of vehicle power output, while the Motor Control Unit (MCU), as one of the … Read more

Fault Injection Testing Method in Simulink

Fault Injection Testing Method in Simulink

In safety-critical fields such as automotive, aerospace, and medical devices, system robustness directly determines whether products can maintain safe operation under abnormal conditions. Fault Injection Testing actively creates abnormal scenarios to verify the system’s fault tolerance capabilities. This article focuses on the technical points and implementation process of fault injection testing within the Simulink environment. … Read more

Breaking Through Technology: How to Become a ‘Quality Gatekeeper’ in Automotive Embedded Software Testing?

Breaking Through Technology: How to Become a 'Quality Gatekeeper' in Automotive Embedded Software Testing?

In the wave of automotive electronics transforming into “software-defined vehicles”, embedded software testing is upgrading from the traditional “verification phase” to a core competitive advantage that determines vehicle functional safety and user experience. When the code volume of a smart car exceeds 100 million lines, how can we build a reliable testing system within a … Read more

Bus Lecture 17: Real Vehicle Automation Testing System Based on LabVIEW

Bus Lecture 17: Real Vehicle Automation Testing System Based on LabVIEW

This system focuses on communication-related functions for real vehicles, conducting a rapid functionality survey. For IO operations, such as switching sensors, reminders are provided through a “popup + voice prompt” method, achieving semi-automation. Before the ECU is installed in the vehicle, we need to find ways to conduct HIL testing, such as basic functional logic … Read more

Advancing Towards Automotive Zero Prototyping: Integrating Offline and Driver-in-the-Loop HiL Testing in Real-Time Simulation Environments

Advancing Towards Automotive Zero Prototyping: Integrating Offline and Driver-in-the-Loop HiL Testing in Real-Time Simulation Environments

Today’s vehicle manufacturing has become extremely complex due to the diversity of electronic devices, software, and sensors. Additionally, many subsystems are not developed by the vehicle manufacturers themselves. Therefore, OEMs and suppliers face challenges in collaborative development. In this free webinar, Guanglei Zhou from VI-grade will showcase how Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) testing can assist OEMs in … Read more

An Overview of BMS Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

In the automotive electronics development industry, the software development V-model derived from ISO26262 is increasingly accepted by developers. A crucial part of the V-model is HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) testing. Depending on the specific product form, the specifics of the V-model may vary, but it generally follows the overall process of requirements, design, and verification. For the … Read more

Testing Technologies for Deep-Sea Aquaculture Equipment

Testing Technologies for Deep-Sea Aquaculture Equipment

In recent years, China’s marine fisheries have achieved significant progress. With the continuous development of marine engineering equipment technology and the enhancement of digital capabilities in the marine engineering field, large-scale, digital, and intelligent solutions have become important development directions for deep-sea aquaculture facilities. Hardware-in-the-loop simulation testing technology is an efficient simulation testing technique used … Read more

How Fault Injection Boards Simulate ECU Failures

How Fault Injection Boards Simulate ECU Failures

In HIL testing, fault injection is a commonly used testing method, typically implemented using fault injection modules to simulate electrical faults, such as short circuits, open circuits, etc. The principle of fault injection is to introduce signal faults between the tested ECU and other parts of the system, such as voltage fluctuations, ground short circuits, … Read more