Test Capabilities
- Battery Test
- ECU Test
- Camera assembly test
- HiL Test
- EV Testing
- Sensor Validation Test
- Sensor Production Test
- Object Simulation
- ADAS XiL
- ADAS Record & Replay
Battery Cell Quality Monitoring
Over the years Konrad Technologies has helped some of the largest automotive suppliers and OEMs to address their electric and hybrid battery testing needs. Our team provides expertise in testing battery packs components such as battery cells, safety elements, and sensors. We support our clients through the entire development cycle: from the requirements development to the production test.
Modern focus on electric and hybrid vehicle development brings new challenges to the design, validation, and production of automotive battery cells. Konrad Technologies is an ideal solutions partner for cell-level battery test, as our years of experience in developing battery cell testers across multiple industries have resulted in domain expertise in optimizing fixturing and wiring designs for measurement accuracy, overall test throughput, and safety considerations.
Konrad Technologies has been providing solutions for the automotive industry for over 30 years. We support our clients through the entire development cycle: from requirements development to production test. Our test systems are built on best-in-class COTS instrumentation and switching products from Emerson Test & Measurement (NI), Keysight, and Pickering.
Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) Monitoring Systems
Konrad Technologies collaborated closely with one of the largest US automotive OEMs to design and construct multiple battery cell open circuit voltage (OCV) monitoring systems. These cutting-edge systems enable long-term monitoring of over 1000 prismatic and pouch cells distributed across fourteen environmental chambers.
Our OCV monitoring system performs a ten-second measurement on each cell daily, capturing data at a sampling rate of 1 Hz. The recorded measurement values are automatically logged and compared against predefined limits. A customized graphical user interface (GUI) highlights any cells that fall outside the specified limits, alerting staff to take any necessary actions.
To minimize discharge, the system intelligently disconnects the cells from the PXI DMM in between measurements. Additionally, the temperature within each incubator is carefully monitored, tiggering alarms if preset limits are exceeded. This ensures optimal testing conditions and provides immediate visibility into any deviations.
Battery Cell Quality Fixtures
Battery Management System Test
The Konrad Technologies Battery Management Test System (KT-BMS) allows customers to validate and test their BMS ECU. KT-BMS enables electronic control units (ECUs) testing & validation by reproducing the environment in the vehicle to bring the ECU into operation mode. Leveraging the KT-BMS Tester, test engineers can effectively validate their Battery Management systems. The solution supports connectivity to Battery Cell Simulators to simulate the battery for the ECU as well as SOFT ECU integration if required.
Camera Interfacing
GPU/FPGA-enabled Automotive Camera Testing
Konrad Technologies, along with its partners RADX and ADS, developed a new R&D, validation/verification, and production test system designed specifically for automotive test applications.
For high-resolution, write-intensive SERDES camera production testing, Konrad Technologies uses its FPD-Link GMSL Camera Interface Test System, equipped with RADX’s new extreme-endurance Trifecta PXIe-SSD-1U.2 modules. These modules support up to 326 (formatted) PBW (Petabytes Written) – 30 times the endurance of standard PXIe SSDs. This endurance allows Konrad’s test systems to perform continuous, 24/7 circular buffer recording of eight 4k, 30-FPS, uncompressed SERDES cameras for over three years, significantly lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) by reducing the frequency of SSD replacements.
For ADAS/AD data collection or R&D applications that require rapid data transfer between systems, Konrad uses its FPD-Link GMSL Camera Interface Test System with RADX’s new Catalyst-USB-SSD RAID Subsystems. These subsystems feature hot-swap RAID storage for PCs and PXIe systems, offering up to 32 TB of storage per subsystem and sustained sequential read/write speeds of up to 7 GB/sec.
KT-CAMULATOR Camera Direct Injection Solution
KT-CAMULATOR serves as a data bridge from virtual simulators to an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) while emulating the authentic behavior of a camera. Using the KT-CAMULATOR, test engineers can effectively validate a wide range of camera-based ADAS/AD systems. The solution supports up to 16 HDMI inputs with simultaneous emulation of multiple camera data streams, where users can easily configure and synchronize multiple cameras.
ECU Test
Electrical Fault Test
Whether your team is working on a new product or testing components of existing systems, your goal is to complete your testing cycles quickly while ensuring high degree of accuracy. Traditional testing methods often require manual work, waste valuable time, and increase your time to market, making your department the bottleneck of the development process.
That’s why Konrad Technologies has partnered with WKS Informatik to bring the first fully automated electrical fault testing system to the Americas. RTStand automates test execution, data logging, and reporting by eliminating manual tasks. Any electrical component in a vehicle can be tested on one common platform.
KT-RAPTER
The Konrad Technologies Radar Production Test System (KT-RAPTER) is a versatile, stand-alone radar test system that complies with safety regulations and offers customizable instrumentation and mechatronic controls. It is specifically designed to address the evolving requirements of autonomous driving regulations, catering to the complex testing needs for both radar sensor production and design verification. The KT-RAPTER is production-ready and adheres to more than 12 manufacturing safety standards, allowing manufacturers to tailor radar sensor test plans to their needs, ultimately enhancing test yield and quality.
MdynamiX Solutions for Steering HiL
Konrad Technologies is the exclusive US partner for MdynamiX, delivering steering test solutions for manual, assisted, and automated driving applications.
MXsteerHiL mini test bench allows a fully comprehensive test setup of rack assist EPS system with no compromise to performance. With a force of max. 16 kN and a velocity of 300 mm/s, the bench covers nearly all common steering tests while having small footprint of just 1200 x 800 mm.
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Key Features:
- suitable for all types of steering racks
- actuation via electric linear spindle and a rotational motor (27 Nm) at the spindle
- HiL compatibility via MXsteerCon with any real-time system
- model-based control strategy for real-time applications
- deterministic real-time connection with EtherCAT
MXsteerWheel RTpro is a high performance force feedback unit for engineers of steering systems and ADAS/AD development with the focus on the steering feel. It provides a realistic and comprehensive simulation of a steering wheel’s behavior with real-time feedback and results before accessing any physical hardware.
Key Features:
- achieve realistic haptic results through simulation
- smooth and stable running of complex steering model
- perfect tool for development of steering feel and additional steering functions
- implementation of parameter sets from real measured steering systems
- deterministic real-time-connection with EtherCAT
