CAMeL-View TestRig

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CAMeL-View TestRig

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developer iXtronics GmbH
Current  version 7.0.11
(January 24, 2018)
operating system Windows
category Mechatronics , modeling , simulation , CAE , integrated development environment
License proprietary
German speaking Yes
www.ixtronics.de

CAMeLView TestRig is a software manufacturer's iXtronics for model-based design of mechatronic systems ( MKS , block diagrams , hydraulic systems , simulation , Nonlinear analysis , hardware in the loop ).

CAMeL-View TestRig enables the object-oriented modeling of mechatronic systems with the help of graphic blocks. Basic elements from multi-body system dynamics, control technology, pneumatics, hydraulics and hardware connection are available for modeling. Your own C code can also be integrated into the models. This allows the use of CAMeL-View TestRig in all phases of the model-based design (model phase, test bench phase and prototype phase), especially of mechatronic systems.

The model structure is described and displayed with the help of directed and undirected connecting lines. Both physical couplings (e.g. mechanical or hydraulic couplings) and input / output couplings ("signal flow") are available. In particular, the input of equations is done symbolically z. B. the input of state differential equations in vector and matrix form. Based on the model structure, the descriptive equations are generated in the form of a non-linear state space representation and converted into executable C code.

A configurable experiment environment (simulator and instrumentation components) is available for the simulation in CAMeL-View TestRig, with the help of which the simulation models on the supported targets (MPC5200, TriCore, x86, ...) without additional software tools for hardware-in-the-loop applications can be used. Furthermore, the generation of so-called S functions for use in Simulink and the generation of ANSI C code for use in standalone simulators are supported.

A key feature of CAMeL-View TestRig is the way in which the descriptive equations for multi-body system models are generated. All MBS formalisms used to generate the code generate the equations in the form of ordinary explicit differential equations (ODE). This is particularly important in hardware in the loop applications, since there it must be ensured that the calculation of the simulation results can be guaranteed within a fixed time slice. This is the only way to use complex MBS models in hardware in the loop applications under tough real-time conditions. This cannot be guaranteed with the help of DAE-based procedures.

There are other so-called toolboxes for linear analysis (eigenvalues, zeros, frequency response, etc.) and VRML-based animation.

CAMeL-View TestRig was developed at the Mechatronik Laboratorium Paderborn (J. Lückel) from 1991 and is based on predecessors that have been developed since 1986. The name stands for C omputer A ided Me chatronic L aboratory - Vi rtual E ngineering W orkbench and describes the basic intention of a laboratory in the computer tailored to the requirements of development engineers. Since 1999, CAMeL-View TestRig has been sold and further developed as a commercial product by iXtronics, a spin-off from the Mechatronic Laboratory Paderborn.

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