Application of embedded control for automation of Hardware-In-Loop test benches

Abstract

The setup of automated hardware-in-the-loop test bench is proposed in this paper.The proposed embedded system performed very important role in COVID-19 situation. Following social distancing rules and work from home scenarios becomes very easy due to development of this system.For in-house development of this embedded solution, Arduino UNO is the main hardware used to automate the manual test benches.Furthermore to operate the required functions such as power on/off, battery on/off and key switch on/off, MATLAB GUI (Graphical User Interface) is developed and application is created for it to make it user friendly. The main drawbacks of the manual-Test-Bench setups are they are time-consuming, complex, not user friendly and there are chances of manual errors also. Automated test bench setups have advantages of reduced testing time, no manual efforts in comparison to manual test bench setups. Results are provided to show the successful implementation and merits of the proposed automated hardware-in-the-loop test bench setup.