Munich 09-Sep-2024

Ryme Worldwide and Rohde & Schwarz at Automechanika 2024: An innovative way to test radar sensors during PTI

The future of mobility will be shaped by automated and autonomous vehicles. With a steadily increasing number of driver assistance systems, a key question remains: How can we guarantee the continuous functionality of these ADAS/AD systems, thereby ensuring road safety throughout a vehicle's lifetime? Ryme Worldwide and Rohde & Schwarz are answering this by introducing a new solution. It seamlessly integrates radar target simulation into existing workshop environments, enabling comprehensive ADAS and AD testing during periodic technical inspections (PTI).

Maintaining the functionality of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) features is crucial for long-term vehicle safety and performance. Hence, autonomous vehicle manufacturers must secure approval from transport authorities. Furthermore, preserving ADAS/AD functionality over time demands extra precautions.

Radar target simulators are usually used in the development and production phases of a radar sensor, under controlled laboratory conditions. These simulators are often highly complex, expensive, and designed to operate in a radio frequency controlled laboratory environment. However, Rohde & Schwarz's innovative approach allows for the first time, cost-effective, high-quality testing of radar sensors in a workshop setting.

A further benefit for PTI testing is that the RadEst can be integrated with the new generation analogue and digital headlight testers from Ryme Worldwide, the R-HLT20/R-HLT30. The column of the headlight tester carries both test systems and can be easily moved with the chassis on rollers. The system can be provided as analogue or digital headlight tester and the customer has the benefit to save the test results and transfer them using the integrated ASA interface. The headlight tester is fully adjustable to cover various headlight technologies, e.g. H7, Xenon, LED and Matrix. The digital headlight tester has an excellent user interface and supports the daily testing routines. One more benefit is to save space as the same occupied testing area can be used for the combined R&S and Ryme solution.

The R&S RadEsT radar target simulator, developed by Rohde & Schwarz, boasts exceptional resilience to external factors, ensuring reliable performance in workshop environments. Its capability to provide precise and repeatable measurements makes it a invaluable tool for accurate real-world assessments. Moreover, with its internal analysis capabilities, R&S RadEsT can directly measure essential radar sensor quality indicators such as EIRP (Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power) and occupied bandwidth. Its compact and lightweight design allows for easy, flexible integration, all while maintaining a cost-effective price point.

Working in collaboration with Ryme Worldwide and utilizing the R&S RadEsT radar target simulator from Rohde & Schwarz, a foundation has been established to incorporate radar sensor checks in future PTI. This will help ensure the proper functioning of vehicles' autonomous driving capabilities throughout their lifetime.

Visitors can find the solution during Automechanika in Frankfurt from September 10 to 14, at the Ryme Worldwide booth in hall 8, booth E97. For more information about ADAS-PTI solutions from Rohde & Schwarz, go to: https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/_257204.html

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Rohde & Schwarz is striving for a safer and connected world with its Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity Divisions. For 90 years, the global technology group has pushed technical boundaries with developments in cutting-edge technologies. The company's leading-edge products and solutions empower industrial, regulatory and government customers to attain technological and digital sovereignty. The privately owned, Munich based company can act independently, long-term and sustainably. Rohde & Schwarz generated net revenue of EUR 2.78 billion in the 2022/2023 fiscal year (July to June). On June 30, 2023, Rohde & Schwarz had around 13,800 employees worldwide.

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Automotive test solutions – Test it. Trust it.

As a leading worldwide provider of test and measurement software, instruments and systems, Rohde & Schwarz employs its technical expertise to develop innovative solutions for the entire automotive lifecycle from predevelopment to production. OEMs, tier 1s, chip suppliers and engineering service providers around the world rely on the company's proven test solutions for automotive radar, connectivity, infotainment, high-performance computing and EMC compliance. With innovative solutions for radar tests in development, integration production, Rohde & Schwarz supports its customers as a reliable partner for the launch of next-generation ADAS and AD systems. The company's many years of experience and expertise in wireless communications ensure robust connectivity conforming to all standards from 5G and C-V2X to UWB, Wi-Fi and GNSS. Rohde & Schwarz instruments enable the development and debugging of in-vehicle networks with leading-edge bus speeds as well as ECUs such as high-performance domain controllers, and help to eliminate EMC issues. Rohde & Schwarz also offers T&M equipment and custom turnkey test systems for carrying out EMI and EMS measurements on vehicles and vehicle components in line with all major CISPR, ISO and manufacturer-specific EMC standards. These systems and equipment support full vehicle antenna testing and wireless coexistence testing with the user's own systems and instruments. The company also offers outstanding solutions at the component and board level tests during ECU production. Partners and customers around the world use these test solutions to ensure automotive components and systems function correctly, interact flawlessly and smoothly and communicate faultlessly with the outside world.

Ryme Worldwide and Worldwide Group

Founded in 1982, Ryme is a company dedicated to the design, development, manufacture, installation and maintenance of technology for the technical and safety inspection of vehicles. Ryme's manufacturing headquarters of 15,000 m2, is located in Burgos, Spain. The company's goal is to develop new products and to continuously improve the products currently on the vehicle inspection market. Since 1984, Worldwide Environmental Products (WEP) a high-growth technology company, has been designing, implementing, operating and servicing various types of vehicle inspection programs from its headquarters at California. From inspection equipment design and maintenance, software development, database management, quality control and quality assurance, to staff training, Worldwide provides turnkey solutions for the successful management of vehicle inspection programs.

Together, they create a perfect synergy, as a group, we are able to offer a complete vehicle inspection solution.

Worldwide Group brand was launched to the world in 2022, the same year when Ryme Worldwide landed in Germany with the company “Ryme Worldwide GmbH”, the deal that the group has for the heart of the global PTI. Since then, the group has been providing state-of-the-art emissions devices for diesel vehicles (Particle Counters) and working of the approval of 6 different brake testing solutions. Find Ryme Worldwide GmbH at Gewerbestraße 8, 87787 Wolfertschwenden or at info@ryme-worldwide.de.