Clacton-on-Sea, UK – Pickering Interfaces will showcase its range of best-in-class, industry-standard modular signal switching and sensor simulation solutions for automotive electronics test and verification – including HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) simulation for ECU/VCU and BMS (battery management system) test – on booth 2040 at the Automotive Testing Expo India 2025, taking place on April 8th – 10th, in Halls 1, 2 and 3 at Chennai Trade Centre, in Chennai, India.
Hosted annually in India, Michigan, Shanghai, and Stuttgart, the Automotive Testing Expo is the world’s leading international trade show for all aspects of automotive testing, development, and validation, from prototype to production. Over 180 exhibitors will showcase the latest products, services, and technologies in measurement tools, test rigs, simulation packages, durability testing, crash testing, dynamometers, and emission measurement.
Outlining the BMS test rig demo, Stephen Jenkins, Simulation Product Manager at Pickering, explains: “With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), one significant challenge to be tackled is effective testing and validation of battery management systems (BMS). Using modular, PXI-based switch and simulation products offers many advantages for BMS hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test, including flexibility to optimize the test system to meet exact requirements, simple modification to address evolving needs and an open, industry-standard architecture that promotes system longevity and mitigates obsolescence while providing seamless integration of multi-vendor modular instrumentation.”
Pickering has developed modules optimized for automotive electronics test and is focused on making ECU/VCU and BMS testing easier, faster, and more reliable. In addition to its BMS test demo, the company will also highlight the following signal switching and sensor simulation products:
- A range of PXI/PXIe high voltage switching solutions to 9kV.
- Hardware-in-the-Loop modules including: PXI/PXIe fault insertion, programmable resistor, and sensor simulation modules.
- LXI/USB modular chassis – capable of hosting our extensive range of 3U PXI switching and simulation modules in an LXI environment, allowing remote control over a gigabit Ethernet connection.
- Supporting cables and connectors, together with its free online graphical Cable Design Tool.
- eBIRST Switching System Test Tools – designed to simplify fault-finding by quickly testing a switching system and graphically identifying faulty relays.
Pickering Group’s reed relay division, Pickering Electronics, will also be on the stand, highlighting its range of high-voltage (HV) reed relays, including its Series 219 surface-mount reed relay and its single-in-line Series 104 and Series 63 reed relays offering up to 20kV standoff voltage.
Pickering Interfaces stands behind its manufactured products with a standard three-year warranty and guaranteed long-term product support. Pricing, availability and contact information are supplied on its website at: www.pickeringtest.com
