ACME HIL: The Computing Platform

ACME’s FPGA-based hardware brings real-time, laboratory-grade testing to your desk. It fits on any office desk, works without additional equipment, and requires no specialist infrastructure. No dynos. No dedicated labs. No six-figure investment.

  • Less than 100 ps PWM time measurement accuracy
  • Less than 20 ns cycle time
  • Current, voltage, temperature, position, and generic signal emulation, both analogue and digital
  • Compatible with common development boards: Infineon, TI, ST, NXP, immediately available

Proprietary models, built for your system.

Our library of proprietary mathematical models allows us to rapidly configure and deploy a simulation that precisely matches your power system. A purpose-built model for your application can be ready within days, whether you’re in the pre-development phase or running regression tests in production.

No internal modelling effort. No specialist simulation knowledge required. ACME handles the model and your team focuses on control software.

Model types

  • Generic, parametrisable models: for pre-development and idea phases, available immediately for common topologies.
  • Specific, purpose-built models: tailored precisely to your power converter or battery system for development and validation phases.

Purpose-built interface for your target hardware.

The Interface Module connects ACME’s HIL hardware to your Device Under Test. Built specifically for your target hardware, it ensures signal compatibility across current, voltage, temperature, position, and other interfaces, both digital and analogue.

For production and validation phases, the Interface Module integrates directly with automated test solutions, enabling continuous regression testing without physical test benches.

Ready at every stage of your project.

Pre-Development
Idea Phase

Start validating concepts immediately, without waiting for hardware. Generic, parametrisable models are available from day one. Supports Infineon, TI, ST, and NXP development boards out of the box. Ideal for early-stage software development and theoretical experimentation.

Development
Industrialisation

Decouple software validation from hardware availability. Purpose-built models and interface boards specific to your target hardware allow your team to validate and iterate in parallel with hardware design. Run failure simulation and parameter variance experiments effortlessly.

Validation
Maintenance

Keep validating after launch. Integration with automated test solutions enables regression testing without physical test benches. Purpose-built models and interface boards specific to your production hardware.

Start small. Scale fast.

ACME operates on a Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) model. No six-figure upfront costs, no internal maintenance team, no learning curve. Deployment takes fewer than five days.

Ready to see it in action?

Tell us about your application and we’ll show you exactly how ACME fits in.