Electrification and autonomous operation drive engineers to deal with drastically increased system complexity

A Conundrum of Complexity

January 16, 2019 | Test Engineering

Jonathan Newell visits National Instruments to discover how Veristand can help automotive developers unravel complex system architectures for test and... read more
Wind tunnel testing at the Mercedes Sindelfingen test facility

Drag race winner

December 20, 2018 | Test Engineering

Slippery Mercedes A-Class surpasses previous records for low drag coefficients by combining CAE and wind tunnel validation. Jonathan Newell takes a cl... read more
Test Lab collaboration encourages global harmonisation of standards

Test Invest Down Under

October 29, 2018 | Test Engineering

Jonathan Newell finds out about the Australian Government investment in “Crashlab”, a test facility for assessing vehicle safety performance and a... read more
The GST can be assembled into a collapsible aluminium frame with foam and fabric coverings

Soft target takes tough blows for ADAS

October 29, 2018 | Test Engineering

Jonathan Newell finds out how test houses and proving grounds for autonomous vehicles and advanced safety systems now have access to a Guided Soft Tar... read more
Software Defined Radio can test interoperability between base stations and IoT devices

5G to fuel the IoT boom

September 11, 2018 | Test Engineering

Jonathan Newell talks to National Instruments about 5G developments and how these will affect a new technology boom in the IoT and V2x communications.... read more