dSPACE Shows Automotive Systems Innovations at SAE Congress, SAE Booth #1601, March 3-6, 2003

DETROIT, March 3 -- Innovations in electronics technology for engineering development processes are being demonstrated at the 2003 SAE World Congress and Exposition, March 3-6 by dSPACE, a German-based high-technology company with its North American head office 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 #1601, the company will have five demonstrations on the dSPACE product line in various applications:

1. Virtual Vehicle Dynamics Simulator - 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 real-time 3D animation software tool, MotionDesk.

2. AutomationDesk - This new software product is being shown for the first time. It provides a convenient way of describing tests using a highly efficient graphical sequence builder. It includes a Project Manager that makes it easy to organize the handling of large test projects as well as a library containing a wide range of automation functions.

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 - a real-time in-vehicle hardware platform that performs fast, functional prototyping of control software. The demonstration showcases bypass technology that enables new software to be developed in parallel with an existing ECU.

5. The dSPACE Calibration System - a product line being developed to address a new market area for dSPACE. It is a solution for the optimization of ECU parameters for both in-vehicle and test bed calibration. New software called "CalDesk" offers the ability to measure and analyze ECU internal variables simultaneously with external electrical signals, while providing a means to adjust ECU calibration parameters on-demand. CalDesk was specifically designed to seamlessly integrate into the dSPACE tool chain yet be flexible enough to easily integrate into an OEM's existing process.

"dSPACE provides an optimal mix of standard solutions and customer- specific engineering," said Kevin Kott, president of dSPACE, Inc. "We can help mechatronic system manufacturers shorten software development time while improving system reliability with real-time systems for controller prototyping, automatic production code generation, virtual system tests, and soon -- calibration."

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, MI, subsidiary, the company has subsidiaries in France and the United Kingdom, and representatives worldwide. Today, more than 9,000 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 .