Case Study: LG Electronics cuts headlamp development time with MathWorks Model-Based Design

LG Electronics Develops Smart Headlamp with a Rapid Prototyping Workflow

LG Electronics used MathWorks tools to develop a next-generation smart headlamp that could rapidly adapt vehicle lighting to objects detected on the road. Faced with a six-month OEM deadline and the need to implement custom video processing and control functions for FPGA-based prototyping, the team needed a faster alternative to its manual HDL coding workflow. MathWorks products used included MATLAB, Simulink, and HDL Coder.

MathWorks helped LG Electronics build a model-based prototyping workflow for modeling, simulating, and deploying the smart headlamp’s video processing algorithms on FPGA hardware. Using Simulink, HDL Coder, and related toolbox/support packages, the team verified designs at frame and pixel levels, generated consistent HDL code, and enabled real-time tuning on an Arm processor. LG Electronics reported coding time reduced by 80%, verification time reduced by 30%, and overall prototyping time cut by about 50%, while also improving code consistency and reuse.

LG Electronics

Jiyoung Jeong

LG Electronics