Using Simcenter to design, test and experience physical-virtual systems in real time

In today’s fast-paced marketplace, businesses face significant challenges such as rapidly evolving customer demands, increasing product complexity and rising development costs. Traditional physical prototyping is no longer sufficient to keep up, especially as the number of product variants grows, making physical testing impractical or impossible. Simultaneously, demands for higher

performance, quality, reliability, safety and compliance continue to drive complexity. Compounding these issues, companies must manage integration risks and responsibilities when collaborating with multiple suppliers.

To address these challenges, many businesses are adopting innovative solutions that combine physical and virtual (physical-virtual) systems to test and validate designs in real time, ensuring seamless interaction between the two domains. A key enabler of physical-virtual system testing is the anything-in-the-loop, or X-in-the-loop (XiL) framework, which integrates virtual models with physical components for comprehensive system testing. This process is part of a broader methodology known as model-based

system testing (MBST), where real-time technology plays a pivotal role in building test benches and simulators for physical-virtual systems.

Simcenter for XiL testing

One advanced solution is an industrial real-time system, Simcenter™ Testlab™ RT software. Leveraging Simcenter
Testlab RT ensures engineers execute computations realiably within microseconds (μs), enabling them to create XiL test environments with precision and efficiency. Using Simcenter Testlab RT, engineers can quickly define and activate test configurations and monitor test execution in real time while minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity. Read this solution guide to learn more how using Simcenter can help you design, test and experience
physical-virtual systems in real-time.