The early testing environment, essential for the development of electric vehicle and industrial motor control technologies, is being further strengthened.

Vector Korea (Country Manager Jang Ji-hwan), a company specializing in automotive network and embedded system development solutions, announced on the 27th that it has introduced a new 'Model Option Electric Motor' feature to version 19 of its test platform, CANoe.

This feature is characterized by its design to verify the performance of the Motor Control Unit (MCU) even before the actual hardware is ready.

The newly added model option provides pre-configured physical simulation models for electric motors, enabling early testing from the early stages of development.

CANoe 19 has already supported both Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, and with this update, its usability in the field of electric motor control has been greatly expanded.

Model option electric motors include PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor), BLDC (Brushless DC Motor), induction motor, conventional DC motor, etc.It provides various types of motor models for immediate use.

These models fully configure the control loop to deliver consistent and realistic input signals to the control unit under test.

In particular, since it uses a signal level-based interface, there is no need to configure a high-voltage and high-current environment, and it is executed directly on the Vector VT5838 FPGA module based on high-frequency PWM signals.

Through this, it is possible to verify normal operating conditions as well as perform fault injection tests in the CANoe environment.

Setup convenience has also been enhanced.

A pre-configured simulation model is loaded into the FPGA with a single click, and parameters can then be easily adjusted within CANoe to match actual motor characteristics.

In addition, open models including the Simulink library are provided, enabling custom modeling that includes additional electrical components such as sensors or inverters.

Vector expects this feature to be widely utilized by developers of control units for actuators and drive motors, as well as test engineers.

In particular, when verification at the full vehicle level is required, an integrated test environment can be established by linking with Vector’s virtual driving simulation environment, DYNA4.

This is expected to enhance control strategy optimization and verification efficiency, and contribute to improving the quality of the development process for electric motors and related components.