Kenji Hagiwara (Honda R&D),
Satoshi Terayama (Honda R&D),
Ko Yoda (Honda R&D),
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Honda R&D, Japan |
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| dSPACE NEWS 2002/3, Nov 2002 |
Honda has developed a direct control 5-speed automatic transmission system for front engine, front-wheel drive vehicle applications, which can be regarded as a new generation of automatic transmission for passenger cars. In addition to conventional simulation technology, Honda utilized a dSPACE Simulator to develop the transmission’s electronic control unit (ECU). Using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) technology dramatically reduced the overall development time