Konrad Technologies partnered with NI and Seagate to create the ADAS Record system that captures raw sensor data, object data, other automotive network traffic, and relevant metadata to disk with hardware-timed synchronization. These data can then be uploaded to an on-prem or hosted cloud for subsequent analysis, and/or used as test scenarios in the lab for data replay via direct injection into an ADAS ECU in an XiL system.
This ADAS Record System combines NI PXIe instrumentation, Seagate storage, and the NI/Konrad Data Record AD software. Konrad Technologies’ Pre-Label Tool allows the user to collect and label the metadata during a drive test for a post event analysis. The user can pick from a library of more than 150 event labels or create custom labels and fields to locate specific data quickly.
Configurations and drive scenarios can be stored and reused.
Konrad Technologies’ Sensor Fusion approach combines ADAS sensors with Hardware in-the-Loop testing. The customer’s preferred virtual environment simulator can be integrated with the systems developed by Konrad Technologies to present sensor data to the ECU through over-the-air (OTA) or direct injection technologies using the NI PXI platform. Alternatively, data from a Konrad ADAS Record System may be injected into the ECU.
The Konrad Technologies Radar Production Test Systems are customizable, modular, standalone and safety compliant test systems designed to meet the complex test requirements for both production and radar sensor design verification. These solutions are built on the flexible and modular NI Vehicle Radar Test System platform and provide obstacle simulation and RF measurement capabilities. Users can define and configure a wide variety of test plans, including moving or stationary objects, as well as multi angle/object scenarios. These scenario based tests can simultaneously be combined with antenna pattern measurements for sensor calibration and performance verification.
The automotive manufacturers can leverage the wide array of customization choices, enabling optimization of radar sensor verification and production procedures and resulting in reduced development time and manufacturing costs.
Konrad Technologies provides advanced solutions in automotive testing, with a strong focus on cell battery, ECU, EV, camera assembly, and HiL test. Our capabilities encompass a wide range of functional and performance tests to verify reliability, safety, and performance of automotive components and systems.
Konrad Technologies designed and developed a Battery Cell Monitoring System for long-term monitoring of 950 battery cell voltages distributed across ten thermal chambers (incubators). The system performs one ten-second measurement on each cell daily, with a sampling rate of 1 Hz. It logs the values and compares them against defined limits, generating an alarm for each cell failure. A multiplexer switch is used to sequentially make these measurements, ensuring that there’s no electrical connection to the cells except during the actual measurement intervals. The centralized architecture allowed the solution to be delivered at a fraction of the cost of deploying a dedicated measurement system at each incubator.
Whether your team is working on a new product or testing components of existing systems, your goal is to complete your testing cycles quickly while ensuring high degree of accuracy. Traditional testing methods often require manual work, waste valuable time, and increase your time to market, making your department the bottleneck of the development process.
That’s why Konrad Technologies has partnered with WKS Informatik to bring the first fully automated electrical fault testing system to the Americas. RTStand automates test execution, data logging, and reporting by eliminating manual tasks. Any electrical component in a vehicle can be tested on one common platform.
When it comes to testing consumer electronics, we excel at developing automated solutions that optimize efficiency and reduce costs. Our engineers design and implement systems that integrate into our customers’ manufacturing processes, enabling high-volume testing with minimal downtime. Konrad Technologies is recognized as the NI Wireless and RF Specialty Partner.
Konrad Technologies designed and built a solution that tests the trigger buttons, push buttons, and cable connections of both wired and wireless Xbox game controllers. This production test system monitors signals at the chip level to analyze the electrical signals for parameters such as rise/fall times, minimum/maximum voltage levels, and current draw. Device communication test and data packets are also monitored at the bit level to verify that all controller-functional messages are within specification. The system supports more than 100 tests, implements Ethernet communication, and incorporates a data storage interface to the Microsoft SQL Server database.
Konrad Technologies has a deep understanding of regulatory requirements and industry standards in medical device testing. We develop and build automated test systems as a part of the medical device production process. Our team is deeply involved in verification, validation, and qualification of these test systems with documentation that covers installation, operational, and performance qualification.
Konrad Technologies designed and built a Pacemaker Automated Test System that allows functional testing of low-power and high-power hybrids (PCBs). The system is developed specifically for medical device manufactures seeking a custom solution for high test reliability and reduced time to market. It supports a scalable testing of 1-16 hybrids per pallet and parallel testing of up to four hybrids. The system provides cost efficient automated testing solution that ensures high reliability and short time to market.
Konrad Technologies designed and developed a PXI-based data acquisition and control system for performing electrical tests on button cell batteries. This 100-up parallel battery tester applies constant current load levels for fixed time intervals while recording battery output voltage and current. The system applies predefined sequences of loads and measurements to all batteries in parallel, but it can turn off each cell individually after it reaches a configurable limit. After the system was delivered, Konrad continued to work with the client and provided multiple upgrades and improvements such as updated software functionality to allow removal of individual loads after specified conditions are met.
Our competencies in LabVIEW and TestStand are unmatched, allowing us to deliver robust and reliable testing solutions for complex hardware and software systems. These applications span the full spectrum of complexity from simple functional testing to multi-stage automated testing processes.
In this presentation Chris Roebuck, a LabVIEW champion, explores the features of VI Analyzer and shows how you can easily incorporate it into your daily workflow. He also goes over how to implement our own tests using the in-built templates.
