dSPACE NEWS Nissan: RapidPro for Engine Control The Nissan Motor Corporation, Japan, used the new signal conditioning and power stage hardware RapidPro in a pilot project, as part of a fullpass rapid control prototyping (RCP) application for control of Nissan’s well-known VQ engine. The control functions were tested on a Nissan Maxima. The pilot project was completely based on the dSPACE hardware and software tool chain. Nissan continues to use the RapidPro units under real conditions in its projects. Nissan’s VQ Engine To evaluate the RapidPro System with its signal condi- tioning and power stage features (presented in dSPACE NEWS 3/2004) under real conditions, Nissan chose the Maxima as the test vehicle in the pilot project. The Maxima was powered by the latest 3.5L VQ engine.

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