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LRU Hardware-in-the-Loop Test System

Engineers have less time for system validation because requirements are constantly evolving as designs are finalized. As line-replaceable units (LRUs) become more complex, engineers must develop test systems with limited resources, time, and budget. It’s time for a better approach to validating software—one that embraces requirement changes and empowers teams to create agile, modular HIL test systems that can be leveraged across the product’s life cycle and scale to system integration labs.
 

  • Maximize reuse of existing model IP with COTS test system software and hardware
  • Replace point-to-point wiring with standard cables and connectivity scheme
  • Complete test coverage through signal conditioning, avionics bus communication, real/simulated signal switching, model-based simulation, and fault insertion
  • Adaptable approach for custom signals and unique sensors

LRU Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Test System

  • Capture measurements, data, and messages from communications buses with PXI
  • Reuse modular signal conditioning, fault insertion, I/O simulation, and standard cabling between test systems with NI Switch Load Signal Conditioning (SLSC) hardware
  • Integrate models from the environment of your choice, including MathWorks Simulink® software, with VeriStand on NI Linux Real-Time
  • Account for custom capabilities with PXI FPGA and LabVIEW-programmable FPGA
  • Build, deploy, and automate your real-time validation test system with TestStand test management software

Solution Advantages

  • Use NI’s curated ecosystem to take advantage of the latest advances in COTS hardware and software products designed to address the needs of complex LRU validation.

  • Minimize schedule and test coverage risk with a flexible test solution designed to be extended and customized to meet your changing requirements.

  • Add new test capability or augment existing test assets with a range of HIL solutions built on a NI-supported reference architecture.

  • Choose from multiple service and system options delivered by highly focused NI Partners: Bloomy, SET, and Tech180.

“We chose an NI HIL test system because it is built on open, standard platforms that allowed us to reduce the overall cost of test and the long-term maintenance and ownership of our hardware. It also allowed us to customize the system to our exact needs, increasing the speed at which we could find and fix embedded software defects while integration testing LRUs for our Gripen fighter.”

–Anders Tunströmer, Technical Manager, Saab Aeronautics

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