Electric Drive Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL): Skip the Beta Phase!

We used hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) to “skip the beta phase”—saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in time, materials, and rework by creating a system to test software and control cards for multimillion-dollar plant in real time, without the plant.

HIL technology ensures that our electric drive will perform the way we expect in the customer environment for a fraction of the cost of an actual motor, additional testing infrastructure, and reduced risk exposure for equipment and personnel. We can test day or night, with or without hardware. The innovation uses FPGA technology to simulate the electrical plant.