High-speed Trains: Riding the Rails at 200 mph
High-speed train travel has been in the news recently due to the unfortunate accidents in France, Spain and Switzerland. Much has been discussed about the systems used in trains and how they work or...
View ArticleIt’s a Mobile World ― Isn’t There an HMI App for That?
Today, mobile, tactile and multi-touch human–machine interfaces (HMIs) are making their way into embedded displays in automotive, aerospace and defense, energy and other industrial domains. The code...
View ArticleAmazon Drones to Deliver Goods We Order Online
I knew it was just a matter of time before the technology took off. This week, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced that his online store is developing a drone-based delivery service.” The...
View ArticleDeveloping Drone Brain
You’ve probably heard about drones. And this blog will give you a deeper insight of what it takes to develop the brain that controls the drone! First, some background. Piaggio Aero develops aircraft...
View ArticleThe Convergence of Drones and 3D Printing
Drones have been in the news a lot recently. The near miss between a commercial flight and an unidentified drone in Florida has been broadcast around the world and has opened lots of questions about...
View ArticleEmbedded Systems and Highly-Skilled Engineers
Take five minutes and think about what you did today and you’ll see that embedded systems are everywhere. Let me show you what I mean. You woke up, turned on your coffee machine, and got ready for...
View ArticleExpanding System Simulation with Modelica
System Simulation. It is an activity that can be defined broadly, and for many organizations it represents an aspiration for a type of engineering analysis that spans departments and disciplines and...
View ArticleCapturing Wind Energy Safely
Capturing wind energy is full of technical challenges but it also requires a high level of safety. The turbines must operate under harsh conditions, they must be highly reliable, and they must be safe....
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DO-178C – Aeronautics Industry Moves To New International Software Safety...
Embedded software in today’s aircraft is becoming continually larger and more complex. For example, the volume of embedded software in the A300 was a few thousand lines and it is in the order of 100...
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Bringing Systems Engineering to Universities
With the increase of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) in the skies, the rapid rise of robotics, and the development of embedded technologies and autonomous smart systems for the Internet of...
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Enabling Virtual System Prototyping with ANSYS Simplorer
The objective of simulation software is to inform design choices and provide validation results that include systems-level qualities, properties, characteristics, functions, behavior and performance...
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Ensuring Safety on the Rails
The tragic derailing of an Amtrak train near Philadelphia points out just one of the challenges facing the modern railroad industry — safety. The industry also must contend with rising energy costs,...
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Avionics System Engineering: A Complex Problem Demands an Advanced Solution
As one of today’s avionics system engineers, you have a difficult task — integrating a diverse range of functionally complex components, provided by multiple suppliers, into a system that is reliable...
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Keys to Safety Critical Embedded Software Development Success
The Internet of Things and the abundance of smart applications have significantly increased the need for the safety critical embedded software that controls these devices. You’ve probably heard some of...
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From Drones to Connected Cars – Code Generation for Safety-Critical Embedded...
Developing an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled product is a complicated task, whether it’s an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle user interface like a car infotainment system, or a connected factory....
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New Capabilities for Testing Embedded Software Announced
A number of new and exciting workflow enhancements were included in ANSYS SCADE 17.2 for those who are validating and testing embedded software. In this blog, I’ll cover the top 3 enhancements. Virtual...
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Driving Toward the Future with AUTOSAR Compliant Software
Today’s automotive systems are more complex, smarter and more autonomous than ever before, featuring functionality that no one could have imagined 10 years ago. Advanced sensors and electronics control...
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Leading the Electric Vehicle Charge
For every product powered by batteries — cellphones, hybrid and electric vehicles, implantable medical devices, drones, industrial equipment — there is an end user who is concerned about a battery’s...
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Closing the Loop on Medical Device Systems Simulation: An Insulin Delivery...
Great products are composed of great individual components that are increasingly assessed from every possible physical perspective. But as you probably know, optimally designed components do not...
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Simulation Innovations: From Systems Simulation to Autonomous Vehicles to...
The role of 3-D physics, systems simulation and embedded software is expanding rapidly into new industries and disciplines. A few years ago, 3-D physics simulation was limited to specific departments...
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