ConfigurationDesk is an intuitive, graphical configuration and implementation tool, ideal for handling applications from small Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) developments to large hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) tests based on dSPACE real-time hardware, such as SCALEXIO or MicroAutoBox III, including the implementation of behavior models and I/O function code.
ConfigurationDesk provides a clearly structured overview of the external devices (e.g., ECUs), configured real-time hardware, and the connected behavior models.
ConfigurationDesk supports you with precompiling containers for Simulink® models and Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs). This means you can pass on models without the source files, thus protecting your intellectual property and simplifying model exchange. In addition, you can save build time, because once a precompiled container is generated, it can be reused in different projects or variants, without having to generate and compile the C code again.
Motor simulation with MicroAutoBox III
ConfigurationDesk supports the open Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) standard. This enables the users to use different modeling approaches (e.g., based on physical modeling with Modelica) by using Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs). In HIL projects, FMUs can be integrated together with Simulink® models.
To quickly and safely create model integration versions, for example, for testing new powertrains, HIL simulator farms can be equipped with workflow automation that is based on the dSPACE data management software SYNECT.
Product demonstration of how to integrate Functional Mock-up Units into an existing model by using ConfigurationDesk.
In this webinar recording dSPACE demonstrates how to easily connect your SCALEXIO Hardware to your models using ConfigurationDesk.
With ConfigurationDesk, you can easily implement powerful real-time applications for HIL or RCP scenarios. It allows for connecting Simulink® models, Functional Mock-Up Units (FMU/FMI), or virtual ECU behavior models to I/O functions or bus simulation containers (BSCs), configure the SCALEXIO hardware or MicroAutoBox III, and control the entire process for the generation of real-time code. You can optionally define and document external devices, such as ECUs, electrical devices, and loads, including their signal properties (descriptions, electrical properties, failure simulation settings, and the capacity of electric loads). With this input, ConfigurationDesk generates real-time applications that will be executed on the real-time systems.
Working with ConfigurationDesk offers a wide range of benefits when developing and testing controllers or ECUs:
To make exchanging simulation models easy, dSPACE offers a Model Interface Package for Simulink® (MIPS) for generating Simulink implementation container (SIC) files.
With the free-of-charge MIPS, modeling experts can generate the (C code) SIC file with Simulink Coder, without needing a VEOS or ConfigurationDesk license. Out of their Simulink models and together with dSPACE Run-Time Target, they can generate code and create ZIP files that contain all the necessary code and artifacts for executing the models on different simulation platforms, such as VEOS and SCALEXIO.
Model integrators using SIC files do not have to generate code again for building the simulation. Using SICs therefore significantly reduces the amount of time needed for reusing the SICs in different projects.
| Functionality | Description |
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| General | Graphical configuration of real-time applications Decoupling of I/O configuration and behavior model Integration of models from various tools Enhanced graphical user guidance through the workflow of the configuration |
| Interactive Simulink support | Generation of ConfigurationDesk projects directly from the Simulink model Switch from Simulink to ConfigurationDesk and vice versa in only one click The interface of Simulink models can be changed/adapted on both sides, in Simulink and in ConfigurationDesk. The changes can be propagated to the opposite side Start the overall build process from the Simulink model |
| Support of various model container formats | Simulink implementation container (SIC)
Bus simulation container (BSC): Virtual electronic control unit implementation container (V-ECU implementation container) |
| Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) support | Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) for different modeling approaches (e.g., based on physical modeling with Modelica) |
| TargetLink support | Simulation of TargetLink-generated code as V-ECUs, FMUs, or SIC files |
| AUTOSAR support | Simulation of V-ECUs generated by SystemDesk or TargetLink |
| I/O configuration and documentation | For the graphical definition of the complete signal chain, the models have to be mapped to the I/O of the real-time hardware. ConfigurationDesk offers the following configuration features:
For documentation purposes, these features allow for handling an external device:
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| Bus simulation | Support of configuring and implementing CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and FlexRay protocols in combination with the following dSPACE products:
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| Real-time code generation | Complete and automatic build process for all components of your real-time application |