Providing Optimal Power Solutions
For Your Autonomous Research
Dataspeed offers top-of-the-line power integrations to meet your unique autonomous research and development project needs. Whether conducting research on the road or in the lab, our robust products offer market-leading flexibility, dedicated support, and utmost safety.
What We Offer
Determining the best power solution for your autonomous vehicle components?
Explore our info guide on important factors to consider.
intelligent Power Distribution System
The intelligent Power Distribution System (iPDS) is a flexible and easy-to-use solution for powering instrumentation, computers, and sensors of a test vehicle. The iPDS features 12 automotive independent DC relay channels, two long-life cooling fans, as well as internal temperature sensors for channel temperature monitoring. The on-board computer controls the power sequencing and continuously monitors each of the 12 channels, reporting its electrical current and health status. The system is designed with commonly used communication interfaces to support drive-by-wire autonomous vehicle research, advanced driver assistance systems experimentation, and any automotive electronics testing.
System Details:
- Programmable startup and shutdown scripts
- Over-current feedback and diagnostics
- CAN, Ethernet, and USB communication
- 12 channels at 12V, 15A each. Can run at 24V, at 10A each. Connect up to four units together for 48 channels.
Touch Screen Details:
- Manually toggle power to independent channels
- View channel amperage and status on the visual display (on/off/fault)
- Trigger startup/shutdown scripts
- Select startup/shutdown mode (auto/manual/locked)
- Convenient cupholder mount included
Shore Power System
The Shore Power System allows all equipment that is being powered from Dataspeed’s iPDS to operate in a lab or garage setting. This solution allows the equipment in the vehicle to stay powered without having the engine running or draining the vehicle battery. Instead of power routing to the iPDS from the vehicle’s alternator, an inverter/charger is used to convert AC power from a wall outlet to 12V DC power for the iPDS.
- Systems can be custom built based on power output requirements.
- A secondary battery is occasionally required to support the seamless transition from vehicle to shore power.
- The secondary battery can also be used to maintain power if there is some time between the vehicle being turned off and the shore power system being plugged in and turned on.
DC Power Conversion System
The DC-DC Power Upgrade kit safely converts high voltage DC power from the hybrid vehicle’s drive battery to 12V DC for sensors, compute units, and supporting electronics.
- Integrated cooling with exhaust to extract heat from inside the vehicle.
- Seamless transitions between shore power and in-vehicle power.
- Provides sufficient power to high-demand devices, such as those with GPUs.
