Accelerating Embedded Systems Development with Model-Based Design in Practice – Eindhoven-Best

Overview

Engineers today face the challenge of developing increasingly complex systems under tight time constrains – while simultaneously meeting growing requirements for quality, safety and traceability. To address these challenges efficiently, many teams are adopting a model‑based development approach using MATLAB and Simulink.

In this seminar, using an electric drive example, you will see how to go from physical modeling to the design of a control strategy, to automatic code generation and deployment, while continuously testing design artifacts throughout the development process.

The seminar is complemented by a dedicated presentation from Speedgoat, demonstrating how real‑time prototyping and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing extend model‑based workflows to real hardware, enabling early validation, automated testing, and risk reduction.

You will hear practical examples and lessons learned from industry experts who have applied these approaches in real projects, highlighting tangible benefits in development speed, quality, and confidence.

Highlights

Improve accuracy and fidelity of your physical models
Verify control strategies early using system-level simulation
Automate production-quality code generation, validation and testing
Detect errors early through real-time hardware in the loop validation

Who Should Attend

Professionals aiming to optimize development of embedded systems through validation, testing and certification:

Technical Managers and Team Leaders
Control Systems Engineers
Embedded Designers and Developers

About the Presenters

Dennis van den Driesche, a System Engineer at V.S.E., is jointly responsible for concept and pre-series development of hydro-electric steering systems and hydropneumatic suspension systems. Within this role he works together with multiple disciplines, from development and testing to purchasing and production, to improve current designs and generate new ideas for future products. To achieve this, MATLAB Simulink is used to speed up concept validation and implement control algorithms.

Erwin Frederiksen is leading a team of System Engineers within V.S.E developing steering and suspension systems for light commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, trailers and special vehicles. He started using MATLAB in 1994 modelling non-linear systems using neural networks, used Simulink for multi-axial test systems and is now working with the team on next level automotive systems for different ECU platforms using model-based design with MathWorks software and Speedgoat HIL.

Jarne Claeys is a Development Engineer at CTRL Engineering, a Bruges-based system integrator that builds tailor-made machines, advanced test rigs, and new products across automotive, food processing, and industrial machinery. In this role he contributes to the concept and development of mechatronic systems through model-based design. System simulation is currently his main focus, driven by a firm belief that bringing simulation in at the earliest design stages is the most effective way to surface and resolve issues while changes are still cheap and easy to make, rather than late in development when they are costly to undo. He holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from KU Leuven.

Sonja Krzok is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks, working in the Verification & Validation team with a focus on real-time simulation and testing. She holds a B.Eng. Degree in Electrical Engineering and a M.Eng. Degree in Cybersecurity. Before joining MathWorks in 2019, she worked at in-tech GmbH as a Product Manager, where she was responsible for a modular Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) system. In this role, she also led hardware and software development projects as both a team and project manager. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Development Engineer in the automotive industry, gaining hands-on experience in modeling, simulation, and implementation of real-time systems.

Tadele Shiferaw is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks Benelux responsible for leading technical engagements with both commercial and academic organizations on design automation topics such as physical modeling, control design, systems engineering and hardware-in-the loop testing. In this customer-facing role, he supports successful adoption of model-based design by leveraging his academic and industry experience in control design, mechatronics, robotics and embedded software development.

Agenda

Time	Title
9:00 - 9:30	*Registration & Welcome Coffee*
9:30 - 9:45	Welcome and Introduction
9:45 - 10:45	Model-Based Development using the example of an Electric Drive, Tadele Shiferaw, MathWorks Developing a competent physical model with the right level of accuracy Verification of a control strategy using system simulations Automatic code generation and deployment Continuous testing during the development process
10:45 - 11:00	*Coffee Break & Networking*
11:00 - 12:00	Guest Presentation: Simulation and Testing with Speedgoat Real-Time Target Machines, Caroline Dick, Speedgoat, and Sonja Krzok, MathWorks From desktop to real-time simulation in one workflow Validate controllers with closed-loop real-time testing Scale testing with FPGA and multi-core execution
12:00 – 13:00	*Lunch Break & Networking*
13:00 – 14:00	Guest Presentation: Developing Steering and Suspension Systems using Model-Based Design, Erwin Frederiksen and Dennis van den Driesche, V.S.E. Vehicle Systems Engineering B.V.
14:00 – 14:30	Guest Presentation: Simulation at Work: from Concept to Real-Time Integration, Jarne Claeys CTRL engineering
14:30 – 14:35	Summary and Next Steps
14:35 - 15:00	*Coffee & Networking*

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