Beyond the Lab Mobile FPGA Prototyping Transforms Automotive Testing
“We spend months validating Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features in the lab, only to discover new issues during road testing,” confides a lead engineer at a major autonomous vehicle manufacturer. This gap between lab-based verification and real-world performance represents one of the automotive industry’s most persistent challenges.
Design teams developing ADAS face a critical challenge: how to verify complex algorithms under actual driving conditions. Traditional lab-based testing, while sophisticated, often misses critical real-world scenarios like sensor interference from unexpected weather conditions or complex multi-object detection scenarios.
Siemens transformed this challenge with the Veloce proFPGA QUAD system by enabling:
- Host-less Operation: Unique embedded runtime enables autonomous system operation without requiring a connected host computer, crucial for in-vehicle testing
- Robust Mechanical Design: Purpose-built for in-vehicle deployment with construction that ensures reliable operation in automotive environments
- Accelerated Development: Enables ADAS software development and verification in real vehicle environments
- Real-time Processing: Handles complex multi-sensor inputs from cameras, radar, and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) under actual driving conditions
A leading autonomous car manufacturer’s implementation delivered significant results:
- Real-time verification under actual driving conditions
- Immediate feedback from road testing
- Enhanced safety validation capabilities
- Reliable operation in challenging vehicle environments
- Simplified deployment through automated setup
The host-less operation and robust mechanical design accelerated ADAS development by finding critical issues early through actual road testing, surpassing both lab simulations and static sensor testing. This transformed months of lab testing into real-world validation.
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