High performance HIL real time for the Airbus A380 electrical backup hydraulic actuators

Any wing of the Airbus A380 is provided with 8 spoiler panels which are controlled by 5 servo-control actuators and 3 electrical backup hydraulic actuators (EBHA). A flight control computer controls the hydraulically driven spoiler actuators. A real-time simulator with electric I/O for simulating the EBHA is created to test Motor Control Electronic (MCE) operation and failure modes. The HIL and prototyping concept are developed by Syscon links simulation environments such as Matlab Simulink by a Development Kit (ProSys-RT DevKit). Simulation model upload, model control and measurement data processing are performed by the ProSys-RT tools. The ProSys-RT Runtime Software provides the real-time functions for simulation, I/O hardware, communication for visualisation/control as well as bus connections to remote targets.