dSPACE provides a comprehensive suite of Sensor Testing and Simulation solutions designed to validate camera, radar, and lidar sensors under realistic conditions—virtual environments, sensor hardware interfaces, and advanced HIL/SIL workflows.
At its core, Sensor Simulation in the dSPACE ecosystem enables simulation of environment sensors—including radar, lidar, and camera—by executing physics-based sensor models in real time. These models generate raw sensor data, 3D point clouds, and target lists which feed directly into perception and ADAS ECUs for testing.
The platform supports deterministic real-time operation with high resolution, ensuring accurate, repeatable testing scenarios—even over 24/7 operation.
The Sensor Simulation PC is dSPACE’s high-performance hardware platform optimized for sensor modeling with GPUs and multicore CPUs. Two variants include:
Key features:
AURELION is a unified software solution for generating sensor-realistic data—including camera visuals (via real-time ray-tracing), lidar point clouds, and radar echoes—with matching ground truth metadata.
It operates across SIL, HIL, and cloud environments, allowing reuse of scenarios and test cases. Ideal for perception algorithm validation, data generation, and perception fusion testing
Simulation Models & Environments: dSPACE provides extensive model libraries for traffic scenarios, materials, road users, and sensors. These can be parameterized for dynamic simulation and realism in both validation and perception testing.
The ESI Unit enables synchronized injection of raw sensor data (camera, radar, lidar) into sensor ECUs via automotive-grade interfaces (e.g. GMSL, FPD-Link, MIPI).
Designed for HIL test benches, it supports up to 16 sensor channels with aggregated bandwidth beyond 50 Gb/s and FPGA-driven precision timing.
Use cases include both simulation-generated and recorded data replay—ideal for perception testing and sensor fusion development.
dSPACE’s Sensor Testing & Simulation solutions—from the Sensor Simulation PC and AURELION to the ESI Unit—offer a unified, scalable, and validation-grade platform for sensor-based ADAS and autonomous driving systems. Whether running SIL, HIL, or cloud simulations, dSPACE enables early-stage, deterministic, and realistic assessment of perception algorithms and sensor hardware.
This ecosystem accelerates development cycles, increases test coverage, and supports seamless transitions from virtual simulation to real-world validation.
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