  This paper addresses the validation of electric vehicle supply equipment by
means of a real-time capable co-simulation approach. This setup implies both
pure software and real-time simulation tasks with different sampling rates
dependent on the type of the performed experiment. In contrast, controller and
power hardware-in-the-loop simulations are methodologies which ask for
real-time execution of simulation models with well-defined simulation sampling
rates. Software and real-time methods are connected one to each other using an
embedded software interface. It is able to process signals with different time
step sizes and is called "LabLink". Its design implies both common and specific
input and output layers (middle layer), as well as a data bus (core). The
LabLink enables the application of the co-simulation methodology on the
proposed experimental platform targeting the testing of electric vehicle supply
equipment. The test setup architecture and representative examples for the
implemented co-simulation are presented in this paper. As such, a validation of
the usability of this testing platform can be highlighted aiming to support a
higher penetration of electric vehicles.
