Virtual Engineering

Musik als Zahlen: Ein von Spotify inspirierter Ansatz zur Simulation komplexer Systeme

Nutzerinnen und Nutzer der beliebten Musik-Streaming-Plattform »Spotify« kennen den persönlichen »Mix der Woche« oder die täglichen Empfehlungen. Doch was wäre, wenn wir die Logik hinter diesen passgenauen Empfehlungen nutzen könnten, um die Konzepte hinter komplexen Systemen abzusichern? Wie lässt sich…

Virtualizing the NXP GoldBox: High-Speed Xen Hypervisor Validation for SDVs

Hardware bottlenecks are the invisible anchors dragging down modern automotive development. As Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) grow in complexity, development teams often find themselves stalled, waiting for access to physical test rigs like the NXP GoldBox. At Fraunhofer IESE, we…

Verwaltungsschale: Interoperabilität für Industrie 4.0 mit der Asset Administration Shell

Verwaltungsschalen ermöglichen Interoperabilität: So transformieren Asset Administration Shells (AAS) Ihre Komponenten für Industrie 4.0

Immer mehr Unternehmen in der Prozessindustrie und in der diskreten Fertigung fordern für Automatisierungskomponenten aktuell Verwaltungsschalen (englisch: Asset Administration Shell, kurz: AAS). Dieser Trend zeigt, dass sich die Industrie 4.0 von der Theorie in die Praxis bewegt. Verwaltungsschalen sind die…

Engineering Physical AI: How Digital Twins and Simulation are redefining Embedded Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is no longer confined to the digital realm. Beyond generating text, images and code, AI is increasingly operating in the physical world – perceiving, reasoning, acting and adapting in real time. This new frontier is known as Physical…

FERAL testbed: Implementation of an infotainment system for validation and testing

The evolution of vehicle infotainment systems has dramatically enhanced the driving experience. This is achieved by incorporating advanced functionalities such as navigation, multimedia, and connectivity options. Therefore, meticulous testing is crucial to ensure the reliability and functionality of these sophisticated…

Advancing Automotive Development & Testing with the FERAL Driving Simulator

Development and testing of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving technologies are of paramount importance in the rapidly evolving automotive industry [1]. Therefore, in collaboration with our industrial partners aSR and CADFEM, we built a driving simulator that…

Der FMI-Standard und seine Bedeutung für die Industrie

This article is also available in English: The FMI standard and its significance in industry FMI als Mittel zur Beschleunigung der Produktentwicklung Der Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI, auf Deutsch: Schnittstelle für Funktionsmodelle) Standard ist ein offener Standard, der erstmals 2010…

The FMI Standard and Its Significance in Industry

Dieser Artikel ist auch in Deutsch verfügbar: Der FMI-Standard und seine Bedeutung für die Industrie FMI as a means to accelerate product development The Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) standard is an open standard first released in 2010 as a solution…

Simplifying Simulation Scenario Design and Execution: A Guide to Creating and Configuring FERAL Simulation Scenarios with YAML

Introduction Creating and configuring simulation scenarios is effort-intensive and time-consuming, mainly because each scenario requires a unique set of configurations, parameters, and settings, making the procedure time-consuming and error-prone. This complexity not only reduces productivity but also increases the learning…

Integrating Systems of Record (SOR) into the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) Dataspace: Bridging the Gap by Leveraging Submodel-based Interface Descriptions (Part 1)

A core technology in realizing Industry 4.0 is the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) as an implementation of the Digital Twin. The AAS enables interoperable data-sharing in a company as well as within a network of companies, creating an AAS dataspace….