The Sensor Simulation PC is the dSPACE platform for calculating physics-based models of environment sensors, such as radar, lidar, and camera sensors.
High Processing Power
Execution of complex sensor environment models with high-performance graphics processors and multi-core central processing units.
Works out of the Box
Easy combination with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or software-in-the-loop (SIL) and compatibility with the dSPACE tool chain.
Preconfigured
No installation processes needed - Benefit from our preconfigured system for dedicated sensor simulation applications.
Highly Reliable
Highly reliable platform for demanding 24/7 operation.
What is the Sensor Simulation PC?
The Sensor Simulation PC is the dSPACE platform for calculating physics-based models of environment sensors, such as radar, lidar, and camera sensors. It facilitates deterministic real-time sensor simulation with a high degree of realism and a high resolution.
The Sensor Simulation PC is the right choice for simulating environment sensors such as radar, lidar, and camera sensors. It works reliably and under industrial conditions in 24/7 operation.
Application Areas
To efficiently validate the algorithms for autonomous driving (AD) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) at an early stage, you can conduct the tests in virtual driving scenarios.
Raw data, 3-D point clouds, or target lists are generated at the required rate and fed into the ADAS/AD algorithms for deterministic and reliable testing.
You can use multiple Sensor Simulation PCs together to simulate even complex scenarios of integrated ADAS/AD test benches.
Key Benefits at a Glance
The Sensor Simulation PC has extremely high processing power provided by high-performance graphics processing units (GPU) in combination with a multicore central processing unit (CPU). It can therefore execute highly complex sensor environment models realistically and with a high resolution. The Sensor Simulation PC is fully compatible with all other components of the dSPACE ADAS/AD tool chain as it can be seamlessly combined with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or software-in-the-loop (SIL) simulation platforms, such as SCALEXIO or VEOS. The Sensor Simulation PC comes as a preconfigured and performance-optimized system for dedicated sensor simulation applications, intended 24/7 operation.
More Features of the Sensor Simulation PC
- Support for cluster simulation
- Simulation of radar, lidar, and camera sensors
- Output of sensor raw data, 3-D point clouds, and target lists
- Support of high-end professional NVIDIA GPUs
- Continuous performance upgrades based on improvements in processor and GPU technology
- Worldwide dSPACE support and service
Technical Details & Variants
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The Sensor Simulation PC HCP (high-core performance) is equipped with an Intel processor with a high-core performance and is optimized for the simulation of complex sensor models. It supports up to two graphic cards and is optimized for the simulation of multiple complex sensors in ADAS/AD-applications. |
Sensor Simulation PC HPP (high-parallel performance) is equipped with an Intel processor with a large number of CPU cores for performing parallel computing. It supports up to two graphic cards and is optimized for the simulation of a larger number of sensors in ADAS/AD-applications. |
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Optional Products
Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Setup
In a typical hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test setup, your ego vehicle, traffic and the environment are simulated in ASM on a SCALEXIO Simulator.
This information is distributed via Ethernet to all Sensor Simulation PCs, so AURELION is capable of updating the 3D environment and to calculate the configured sensor data.
Output signals are fed into the ADAS / AD ECU via the Environment Sensor Interface Unit.
Depending on the complexity and number of your sensors, you might need multiple Sensor Simulation PCs to distribute the load to meet your real-time requirements. We offer a flexible solution to output data synchronously as well as with different update rates where needed.
Software-in-the-Loop Test Setup
The Sensor Simulation PC is an efficient scaling solution to simulate the entire sensor setup of your vehicle also for Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) applications.
You can use the Sensor Simulation PC to offload the sensor simulation from the developer workstation for performance reasons. In this case, a vehicle, the traffic, and the environment are still simulated on the workstation, but the Sensor Simulation PC simulates the vehicles sensors (radar, lidar, and camera). The simulated low-level sensor data is fed into the virtual sensor ECU that is executed on the workstation.
