Interoperability Challenges and Opportunities in Vehicle-in-the-Loop Testings: Insights from NUVE Lab's Hybrid Setup

EasyChair Preprint 14674

Abstract

Research and innovation in Vehicle-in-the-loop (ViL) testing is garnering more attention than ever. Integrating cyber-physical systems (CPS) into the ViL setups further enhances their functionality and hybridity. Setting up any ViL infrastructure involves substantial investments and thus requires critical analysis of the resources to achieve the intended results. This study focuses on such a ViL testing infrastructure development at NUVE-LAB, aiming to provide state-of-the-art facilities for hybrid automotive testing. The facility includes physical components such as a heavy tractor (Valtra), dynamometers, an APGS system, and battery emulators (BE), complemented by digital twins (DTs) of each physical machine, process, and environment to automate the testing facilities. This research examines various interoperability challenges within the current ViL framework. Three distinct testing scenarios are created to assess the overall functionalities of the hybrid setup: dynamometer-in-the-loop, APGS-in-the-loop, and BE-in-the-loop. Analyzing individual cases highlighted the need for different modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to develop digital twins. Among the tools, SIMULINK is used to build and refine the models of DTs, whereas MATLAB is used to develop control algorithms. The study also explores the adoption of Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) standards to facilitate seamless interoperability among modeling and simulation tools. Additionally, the potential integration of the Eclipse Arrowhead framework (EAF), an IoT middleware, is discussed to enhance efficient data management, service interoperability, and the integration of various cyber-physical system components. In conclusion, this paper outlines the interconnection of the digital and physical platforms to evolve a hybrid ViL test laboratory, envisioning the future trajectory of the NUVE-LAB.

Keyphrases: Arrowhead, Digital Twins, Eclipse, Eclipse Arrowhead Framework, FMI, Interoperability, MATLAB, Simulink, Test Scenarios, Vehicle-in-the-loop(VIL), apgs system, api compatibility model accuracy version compatibility data, arrowhead service exchange process, battery emulator, compatibility model accuracy version compatibility data format, creating individual arrowhead application system, creating individual arrowhead application systems, d creating individual arrowhead application, data exchange protocol mismatch version compatibility latency, digital twin twin setup, digital twins dts, front loader, hardware and software, hybrid vil setup, interoperability challenges, loop vil testing, online accessed, oulu finland, physical world, protocol consistency control system software integration latency, real-time, research council of finland under grant number, sensors and actuators, simulation model, test setup, version compatibility data format and representation, vil setups, vil testing, virtual environment

@booklet{EasyChair:14674,
  author    = {Sarthak Acharya and Aparajita Tripathy and Juho Alatalo and Pekka Seppänen and Aki Lamponen and Jukka Säkkinen and Tero Päivärinta},
  title     = {Interoperability Challenges and Opportunities in Vehicle-in-the-Loop Testings: Insights from NUVE Lab's Hybrid Setup},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 14674},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}