Application Areas

The dSPACE Bus Manager is a powerful tool for configuring bus communication for simulation purposes, e.g., restbus simulation, and rapid control prototyping. It can be used with dSPACE SCALEXIO and the MicroAutoBox III for realtime applications, or with the PC-based simulation platform dSPACE VEOS for virtual validation projects. The Bus Manager supports different bus systems, such as LIN, CAN, and CAN FD. The Bus Manager is an add-on for dSPACE ConfigurationDesk and covers all use cases. If you only use VEOS, you can use the Bus Manager (stand-alone).

The Bus Manager offers a convenient and straight-forward workflow for implementing bus simulations. In general, the same workflow applies to virtual scenarios with VEOS and real-time systems with SCALEXIO and the MicroAutoBox III:

• Import one or more bus communication matrices. All relevant information is extracted automatically for the subsequent bus configuration.
• Create a bus configuration
• Define and configure the parts to be simulated
• Configure manipulation and inspection if required
• Specify the real-time hardware access (this step only ap­plies to RCP and HIL scenarios).
• If required, you can configure different parameters and properties of the simulated elements. For example, you can enable the access to signal values during run time via experiment software such as ControlDesk. If the simu­lation requires signals whose values must change dynami­cally during run time, you can use behavior models, e.g., MATLAB®/Simulink® behavior models or Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) to use behavior models designed in another modeling tool.
• Finally, start the build process, and download (applies to RCP and HIL scenarios) and execute the real-time
  application.