SCALEXIO FSX – Modular and Scalable Extension of the dSPACE SCALEXIO Real-Time Platform

Paderborn, May 20, 2025. dSPACE is expanding its SCALEXIO real-time platform for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) applications with the new SCALEXIO FSX product line. SCALEXIO FSX completes the product family of SCALEXIO real-time systems and enables improved electrical fault injection, signal conditioning, and customized extensions. The new product line is therefore the basis for a significantly expanded range of standardized HIL solutions. The modular architecture of SCALEXIO FSX allows the simple construction of scalable test solutions and shortens project-specific adaptations of the HIL system in the field, so that the test system can "grow" over the course of the project. SCALEXIO HIL systems are designed to validate real-time applications in the automotive, aerospace, and industrial sectors.

With SCALEXIO FSX, dSPACE increases the flexibility of its HIL offering and provides test engineers with a number of benefits: Customized test systems for different requirements within a comprehensive test strategy can be efficiently implemented thanks to the modular design. SCALEXIO places particular emphasis on the seamless transition between the systems. This means that not only real-time applications, but also system configurations can be expanded and reused. In addition, the systems are easy to handle – hardware modifications and extensions can be implemented by users themselves.

In addition to the hardware, the software also has a modular structure. The FSX extension is configured using the External Device Editor, and the system and controls are accessed via the ASAM-XIL API standard. The External Device Editor can be used to define pin assignments and the cable harness required for connecting control units and other external devices. 

"With SCALEXIO FSX, we are increasing the flexibility of our market-leading HIL offering and responding to current challenges in the context of highly dynamic development projects," explains Christian Wördehoff, Lead Business Field Manager HIL Testing at dSPACE.