dSPACE Shows Automotive Systems Innovations at SAE Congress

    DETROIT--March 4, 2002--Innovations in electronics technology for engineering development processes are being demonstrated at the 2002 SAE World Congress and Exposition, March 4-7 by dSPACE, a German-based high-technology company with North American headquarters in Novi, Michigan.
    A market leader and innovator in solutions and systems for development of embedded electronic controllers, dSPACE provides hardware, software and engineering support services for controller testing, prototyping control algorithms, and automatic production code generation. In its SAE exhibit at booth #2601, the company will have six demonstrations on the dSPACE product line in various applications:

    1. Virtual Vehicle Dynamics Simulator is a new system test
    simulator that combines standard, off-the-shelf
    hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulators to enable simultaneous
    testing of engine, transmission, and vehicle stability
    systems' electronic controllers and their interactions. The
    new simulator features dSPACE's just-released real-time 3D
    animation software tool, MotionDesk.

    2. dSPACE's Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) uses the company's
    DS1103 single board solution to control an AC induction motor.

    3. TargetLink is an automatic and highly efficient production
    code generation software tool that reduces the overall
    software development cycle for Electronic Control Units
    (ECUs).

    4. MicroAutoBox is a real-time in-vehicle hardware concept that
    performs fast, functional prototyping of control software with
    bypass technology illustrating new development in conjunction
    with an existing ECU.

    5. Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for testing ECUs: A turn-key
    dSPACE HIL simulator to validate an engine ECU.

    6. ControlDesk streamlines software development processes
    interfaces not only with dSPACE's hardware platforms but also
    simulations in MATLAB. By using a common user interface,
    dSPACE's ControlDesk helps reduce the effort in translating
    between development stages.

    "dSPACE provides an optimal mix of standard solutions and customer-specific engineering," said Kevin Kott, president of dSPACE Inc. "We can revolutionize development processes with real-time systems for controller prototyping, automatic production code generation, and virtual system tests."
    dSPACE is a market innovator and leading producer of engineering tools for embedded controller development and testing. It provides integrated hardware and software for prototyping control algorithms, automatic generation of production code, controller testing, and engineering support services. dSPACE systems enable manufacturers of controllers and ECUs to dramatically reduce their development times and costs to noticeably increase product quality.
    Founded in 1988, dSPACE has its headquarters in Paderborn, Germany, and engineering project centers in Munich and Stuttgart, Germany. In addition to its Novi, Michigan subsidiary, the company also has locations in Europe, Australia, Japan, India, Israel, Korea and Taiwan. Today, more than 7,000 dSPACE systems are in use worldwide, serving customers in the automotive, aerospace, agricultural, educational, engineering, robotics and noise & vibration industries. More information is available on the Internet at www.dspaceinc.com.

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    SAE Booth #2601
    March 4-7, 2002