dSPACE NEWS dSPACE NEWS 1/2003 5 CUSTOMERS TRW: Heading for the Future with Steer-by-Wire As the world’s leading supplier of steering systems for passenger vehicles, TRW Automotive is already working on developing steer-by-wire concepts for future generations of production vehicles. Using dSPACE Prototyper meant that only a short time was required to develop all the essential functions of a steer-by-wire prototype system on a component-in-the-loop test bench and map them in a test vehicle. Unlike the hydraulic or electric servo steering systems in use today, steer-by-wire systems use an electronically controlled actuator to convert movement of the steering wheel into front wheel movements. So that the driver has the ‘feel’ of steering, feedback on the lateral forces is provided

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