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Developments for innovative systems in engines, hybrid and electrical vehicles are strongly affected by a high pressure on costs, short development cycles and high quality requirements. Therefore within the business unit Powertrain Systems of Bosch Engineering GmbH (BEG) test environments for SW functions in engine control units (ECU) are selected according to cost and efficiency aspects as well as availability. Prototype vehicles are very expensive and cannot always be provided in time by vehicle manufacturers. Closed-loop test systems like hardware-in-the-loop systems (HIL) are alternatives to perform system tests of ECUs in a vehicle simulation. We propose to consider the usage of low-cost solutions with reduced costs in many cases. At the same time due to these saving effects the number of test systems in an organization can be increased significantly. This enhances the availability of testing equipment for engineers.