{"id":4386,"date":"2017-11-22T07:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T07:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:17:21","slug":"automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www\/uk.tdl-lambda.com\/zplus\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\" alt=\"Z+\" width=\"500\" height=\"125\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdklambdablog.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tdklambdablog.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HiL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulators are used early on in the development process for a number of automotive products, including powertrain systems and electronic control modules.  As time to market is affected by the length of the product development, fast yet thorough and accurate testing is needed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A leading manufacturer of turnkey test systems is using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TDK-Lambda\u2019s Z+ programmable power supplie<\/a>s in a new set of HiL simulators.  A combination of 200W and 600W products are mounted in the 2U high 19\u201d rack system to provide variable 20V and 60V.  The use of programmable outputs allows the system to be configured quickly to test a number of different products. Knowledgeable on-site support provided by TDK-Lambda was appreciated by the customer.<\/p>\n<p>TDK-Lambda offers a wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/products\/programmable-power-supplies\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Programmable Power Supplies for industrial<\/a>, test and measurement applications, click for more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.emea.lambda.tdk.com\/uk\/zplus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HiL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulators are used early on in the development process for a number of automotive products, including powertrain systems and electronic control modules. As time to market is affected by the length of the product development, fast yet thorough and accurate testing is needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,4,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-application-solutions","category-automotive","category-test-measurement","category-z-plus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HiL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulators are used early on in the development process for a number of automotive products, including powertrain systems and electronic control modules. As time to market is affected by the length of the product development, fast yet thorough and accurate testing is needed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TDK-Lambda UK Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-22T07:12:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dulcie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dulcie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dulcie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb\"},\"headline\":\"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-22T07:12:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Application Solutions\",\"Automotive\",\"Test &amp; Measurement\",\"Z+\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/\",\"name\":\"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-22T07:12:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg\",\"width\":\"500\",\"height\":\"125\",\"caption\":\"Z+\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/22\\\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"TDK-Lambda UK Blog\",\"description\":\"TDK-Lambda EMEA Power Supply News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb\",\"name\":\"Dulcie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dulcie\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\\\/uk\\\/author\\\/dulcie\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog","og_description":"HiL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulators are used early on in the development process for a number of automotive products, including powertrain systems and electronic control modules. As time to market is affected by the length of the product development, fast yet thorough and accurate testing is needed.","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/","og_site_name":"TDK-Lambda UK Blog","article_published_time":"2017-11-22T07:12:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Dulcie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dulcie","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/"},"author":{"name":"Dulcie","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb"},"headline":"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies","datePublished":"2017-11-22T07:12:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/"},"wordCount":154,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","articleSection":["Application Solutions","Automotive","Test &amp; Measurement","Z+"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/","name":"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies &#171; TDK-Lambda UK Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","datePublished":"2017-11-22T07:12:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/files\/2015\/02\/Z-plus-500-125.jpg","width":"500","height":"125","caption":"Z+"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/2017\/11\/22\/automotive-hardware-in-the-loop-simulators-utilise-programmable-power-supplies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Automotive Hardware in the Loop simulators utilise programmable power supplies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/","name":"TDK-Lambda UK Blog","description":"TDK-Lambda EMEA Power Supply News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eecfbb93bfb5281b703bd45b29d4eb","name":"Dulcie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d49e58ebc4eae40264d7743a765c3e9cefedecc1f831cd9b207933081b116ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dulcie"},"url":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/author\/dulcie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uk.tdk-lambda.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}