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The ASAM XIL Standard in dSPACE’s Tool
Chain
XIL API is a standard for communication between test automation tools and test benches. Since 2015, dSPACE
ControlDesk
®
has offered model access via the XIL API Model Access Port (MAPort) and access to electrical error
simulation via the XIL API Electrical Error Simulation Port (EESPort), thus replacing proprietary accesses.
Support for XIL API MAPort
As client tools, ControlDesk and
AutomationDesk provide an ASAM-
XIL-compliant MAPort access for
accessing simulation model vari-
ables. AutomationDesk includes
intuitive libraries for XIL-API-based
reading, writing, measuring and
stimulating. AutomationDesk fur-
ther lets you use XIL framework
mapping to access variables via an
alias. This separates the test imple-
mentation from the test hardware
and software, making it easy for you
to reuse tests. Signal-based testing
in AutomationDesk and stimulation
in ControlDesk’s Signal Editor are
also based on the XIL API MAPort,
which makes them platform- and
model-independent as well.
ControlDesk can access ASAM-XIL-
compliant MAPort servers via the XIL
API MAPort platform. This lets you
access third-party hardware that
support the standard from within
ControlDesk.
Support for XIL API EESPort
AutomationDesk and ControlDesk
support the EESPort. You can there-
fore use error configurations to simu-
late electrical errors such as short
circuits or broken wires via Failure
Insertion Units (FIUs). The new dSPACE
Failure Simulation Package contains
an XIL API EESPort server implemen-
tation and the XIL API EESPort GUI
component for ControlDesk. The XIL
API EESPort GUI lets you configure
error scenarios for all dSPACE FIUs
in the same way. This shows that
dSPACE is open to including third-
party hardware in the entire tool
chain.
Third-Party
XIL API Client
XIL API
dSPACE XIL API
EESPort Server
Third-Party XIL API
EESPort Server
C#
Python
dSPACE XIL API
MAPort Server
Third-Party XIL API
MAPort Server
dSPACE Simulation
Platform
Third-Party
Simulation Platform
dSPACE Failure
Insertion Unit
Third-Party Failure
Insertion Unit
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