Hardware-in-the-loop simulation testing and its integration into a CACSD toolset

Hardware-in-the-loop simulation allows ECUs to be tested in a simulated environment in closed-loop. Engines, vehicles, and other components the ECU normally controls are replaced by high-fidelity models executed on a real-time computer system. It is shown that it is now possible to use the same tools for hardware-in-the-loop simulation that have been used in the control development, with the benefit of easy use and reuse of models