NI Automotive Days

Fiat Research Center

Dave Wilson
Director, International Marketing
National Instruments Corporation
May 26, 2010
 Outline
Demands and Responses
Electronics, Computation & Software
Integrating Modeling, Simulation & Verification
Modern Applications
 Progression
Market-Driven Eras ofofVirtual
Our Vision
Instrumentation

Graphical
System
Design
Traditional PC-Based PXI Systems RIO Architecture
Instrument Data Acquisition & RF Systems
Control Real-Time
Technology

RF , MEMS, RF Design
Medical, Audio Medical
Laboratories Measurement Automated and Video Test Industrial
& Research Automation Test Industrial Big Physics
Measurement Embedded
and Control DSP Design
Robotics

1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

 Engineering Grand Challenges

Advance health informatics Engineer the tools of Reverse-engineer the brain Provide energy from fusion
scientific discovery

Engineer better medicines Provide access to clean water Enhance virtual reality Restore and improve
urban infrastructure

Develop carbon sequestration Advance personalized learning Make solar energy economical Prevent nuclear terror
methods

Secure cyberspace Manage the nitrogen cycle

 Todays Automotive Developments
Fuel Efficiency and Emissions
Alternative Fuel
Nano Tech: Coolant, Batteries
Hybrids
Lighter weight materials
Aerodynamics
Reduced emissions
Downsizing: 2 cylinder engines
Gasoline direct injection
Stratified charge direct injection
Stop-start
Homogenous charge
Infinitely variable value timing
Dual clutch
Piezo injectors
Low rolling resistance tires
Design
Simulation, modeling
Validation and verification
Testing during model development
Electronics, Communications
CAN/FlexRay/MOST
Parallel processing
FPGAs
Multi Star bus configurations
Safety
Electronic stability, adaptive cruise
Sensor Fusion
Neural networks, Kalman filters, fuzzy
logic
Car-to-car communication
Predictive Pedestrian Protection systems
 An Observation
“90% of innovations in the car are related to electrics and
electronics, within this , 80% is software. We are
building this up because otherwise you can’t manage
the systems. There are a lot of functions where you can
no longer buy parts because… manufacturers do it with
their own software. The architecture in physical form
may be common, but the software is the
differentiator”

Ricky Hudi
Head of Electrics/Electronics Development at Audi
Time for Integration?

Analysis Libraries

Programming Approaches
 Time for Integration?

Hardware APIs Analysis Libraries Custom User Interfaces

Deployment Targets Technology Abstractions Programming Approaches

 Compatible Elements

Hardware APIs Analysis Libraries Custom User Interfaces

Technology Abstractions Programming Approaches

Efficient Connection
Benefits of LabVIEW Graphical System Design
Simulation Hardware I/O

Graphical Dataflow

State Diagram Math Script

Measurements in the Model

I/O signals
 High-Performance Computing for Real Time
Supervisory Node
Visualization
(User Interface)

Computing Nodes
FPGA Multicore CPU
Sensors Sensors
Actuators Actuators

FPGA Multicore CPU

Sensors Sensors
Actuators Actuators

GPGPU GPGPU

Sensors Sensors
Actuators Actuators
 The microprocessor of 2018…?
How will computing scale over next 9-12 years?

If number of cores doubles every 18 months,

today at ‘4’ cores, implies 256 to 1024 cores
per die!
 LabVIEW Execution Fundamentals
Matrix – Vector Multiply
Run
… Queue

Execution
Run Threads
Time
Compilation

Multiple
Cores
Rapid Embedded Hardware

Reconfigurable I/O, Programmable Hardware

 FPGA-Based I/O Applications

Built-in IP
Processing Blocks
PWM
Clocks

Counters

Custom Counters Multiple Scan Rates

Custom Analog
Triggering

Custom Analog I/O Custom Timing and Synchronization

Seeking Control for Fuel Cells

Yiyao Andy Chang, National Instruments

Scott J. Moura, University of Michigan
 Fuel Cell Innovation
• Development of a real-time embedded control
system for an automotive fuel cell system
• Verification of the control system with a
hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) system
• Compact RIO, PXI, SCXI
• LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module,
LabVIEW Real-Time, Execution Trace Toolkit

"Ford has a long history with NI, and we have used LabVIEW to develop various aspects of every fuel cell electric
vehicle that we produce and to successfully design and implement a real-time embedded control system for an
automotive FCS.“ – Kurt D. Osborne, Ford Motor Company
HIL Test of Passenger Compartment ECU
Application
• Simulating body of the car through
loads, signals, and communication
lines
• Customizing and generating test
sequences on-the-fly
• Logging all events in time-based
format

Reduced overall system cost by 25% and increased test

coverage without extending development time
 Optical Coherence Tomography Research
Early Cancer Detection with LabVIEW & PXI

K. Ohbayashi
Kitasato University,
Center for Fundamental Sciences

2D FFT

~ 1.5 M FFTs / sec for Real-Time Performance

ESO - ELT – Primary Mirror (M1) Control
M1 984 MIRRORS
3,000 ACTUATORS
6,000 SENSORS
3k x 6k MATRIX
1 MILLISECOND
 A Flexible Prototyping Platform For All Ages

Challenge I/O I/O

42,000 High School Students
6 week build I/O I/O

Real-Time
Controller
Solution
Graphical System Design with the NI I/O I/O
CompactRIO Flexible Prototyping Platform
I/O I/O
 The National Instruments Vision Evolved…
Graphical System Design

Virtual Instrumentation Industrial Embedded

Instrumentation Real-time Industrial Control (PAC)
RF Measurements Machine Control
Digital Embedded Monitoring Electronic Devices
Distributed Hardware-in-the-loop Code Generation

“To do for test and measurement “To do for embedded what the
what the spreadsheet did PC did for the desktop.”
for financial analysis.”