Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) develop control systems for numerous applications. SwRI has developed a controller known as RPECS™ (Rapid Prototyping Electronic Controller System) and also does control system development using industry standard systems such as dSPACE.

Engineers put all the pieces together, including:

Modeling and simulation
Rapid prototyping
System integration
Calibration
Production controller specification
Testing
Full powertrain component and system modeling and simulation capabilities for conventional and hybrid vehicles
Performance and emission development in test cell and vehicle
Automated test cell data acquisition and mapping
Integrated powertrain control
Integrated hybrid vehicle control
In-vehicle networks—CANbus, MODBUS
Component specification and sourcing
Wiring and prototype harness design and assembly
Full-emission certification capability for vehicle- and test cell-based, light- and heavy-duty test cycles

For more information about our control systems development capabilities, or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Glenn Wendel at gwendel@swri.org or 210-522-2622.

hydraulicsystems.swri.org

Contact Information

Glenn Wendel

Hydraulic Systems

(210) 522-2622

gwendel@swri.org

hydraulicsystems.swri.org

Related Terminology

hydraulic systems design

hydraulic systems development

control system development

vehicle control systems

control systems applications

RPECS

rapid prototype

electronic controller

industry standard systems

dSPACE

early clean-sheet simulations

rapid prototyping

system integration

calibration

testing

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Southwest Research Institute^®(SwRI^®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 12 technical divisions.

March 17, 2010