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A Powerful Real-Time Controller

Integrating real-time control into measurement and automation applications improves the quality of test results and performance. In an automotive test application, real-time control is required to accurately simulate road conditions. Often companies wanting real-time performance must hire specialists to program and build expensive real-time systems. While using standard software and hardware reduces reliance on contractors, traditionally, creating real-time systems exceeded the capabilities of PCs, required advanced programming techniques, and demanded in-depth knowledge of the real-time kernel.

Now, you can easily create powerful and flexible real-time systems with TESTCell™.

TESTCell™ is a complete test platform for real-time dynamometer control, hydraulic motion control and test system automation. TESTCell incorporates modular software utilities, modular hardware components, and an open architecture philosophy to provide users with a universal platform for all of their testing requirements. The open architecture and non-proprietary hardware approach allows users to adapt TESTCell to their ever changing test environment while securing low long-term equipment maintenance and training costs.

TESTCell is a LabVIEW™ Real-Time based application that allows users to extensively define their test architecture:

	Sensor Inputs
	Control Channels
	Test Profiling & Block Cycling
	Alarm Conditions
	Complete Communication Protocol Support

	Calculated channels
	Digital Inputs & Outputs
	Test Limits
	User Interface Screens

The TESTCell Advantage

	True Real-Time system operating independent of Windows NT and the operator interface
	Control Loop execution rates can be faster than 5khz
	Flexible open architecture
	Based on industry standard hardware and software for data acquisition and test
	Software is limitless in its expandability and flexibility
	Hardware is inter-changeable and expandable to accommodate future requirements
	High Speed and accuracy up to 16bit up to 10Ms/s
	Single cable (TCP/IP) from the cell to the operator interface
	Unlimited channel counts
	Customizable user interfaces with no maximum limit to the number
	ECU communications capability
	Complete turnkey capability
	Based on the next generation state-of-the-art hardware platform Compact PCI/PXI
	Expandable to allow integrated instruments i.e. o-scope, dynamic signal analyzer (NVH), etc
	Same manufacturer for control hardware, signal conditioning, data acquisition and programming language ensuring component compatibility and support
	Local & worldwide system and component support
	TESTBuilder software enables remote development of test profiles. Provides intranet download to cell controller

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