Pickering Interfaces simulation solutions at Cenex Expo 2024

Hosted at UTAC Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedford, UK, one of Europe’s largest vehicle testing centres, Cenex Expo sets an agenda where low-carbon vehicle and connected automated mobility innovations combine to shape the future of mobility and drive the transition to net zero transportation systems. Supported by government agencies and bringing together almost 5000 industry professionals, over 200 exhibitors, more than 150 expert speakers, and around 80 industry press, the event provides a platform to meet key decision makers and industry experts, as well as showcase your business, industry and technology. The leading event for the innovation community that will deliver the net zero and connected automated mobility future, the event offers a wide range of exhibitors, an extensive seminar programme and many networking opportunities – plus the opportunity to ride and drive the latest R&D vehicles in the outdoor exhibition.

Outlining the EV BMS test rig demo, Paul Bovingdon, Simulation Product Manager at Pickering, explains: “With increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), one significant challenge to be tackled is effective testing and validation of battery management systems (BMS). Using modular, PXI-based switch and simulation products offers many advantages for BMS hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test, including flexibility to optimise the test system to meet exact requirements, simple modification to address evolving needs and an open, industry-standard architecture that promotes system longevity and mitigates obsolescence while providing seamless integration of multi-vendor modular instrumentation.”

Pickering has developed modules optimised for automotive electronics and is focused on ways to make ECU/VCU and BMS testing easier, faster, and more reliable. In addition to its BMS test demo, the company will also highlight the following switching and HIL sensor simulation products on stand C4-603 at Cenex Expo 2024:

• 7-slot LXI/USB modular chassis (60-102D-001), fully compliant with LXI standard 1.4, which allows 3U PXI switching & simulation modules to be controlled via USB or in an Ethernet LXI environment, containing a range of PXI modules –
• PXI high voltage multiplexer (40-320-101), capable of switching up to 750V
• PXI high density, high current power relay module (40-166-001), capable of switching heavy AC or DC loads up to 30 amps
• PXI fault insertion switch (40-199-002), designed for the simulation of fault conditions in automotive/EV or avionic applications, including reliability testing of safety critical electronic controllers
• PXI battery simulator module (41-750-001), used to simulate the power supplies of battery-powered devices
• PXI strain gauge simulator module (40-265-106), ideal for testing industrial control systems
• PXI LVDT/RVDT resolver simulator module (41-670-001), for simulation of variable differential transformers, both linear (LVDT) and rotary (RVDT), as well as resolvers