Audi chooses AUTOSAR Software from Vector and TTTech Automotive

Audi has awarded Vector Informatik and its strategic partner, TTTech Automotive, an international supply contract for AUTOSAR Basic Software (BSW). The call for bids covered modules for communication over CAN, LIN and FlexRay, including RTE and end-to-end protection for safety-related ECUs.  Read more...

AUTOSAR – a worldwide standard is on the road

By Dr. Stefan Bunzel, AUTOSAR spokesman

The AUTOSAR roadmap is a logical continuation of the results achieved in Phase II, which ended successfully with the launch of Release 4.0 at the end of 2009. The development partnership has signed a development agreement for Phase III of the partnership which will last from 2010 to 2012.  Read more...

Top-down design of distributed embedded systems in light of timing considerations

By Michael Seibt, project manager, Mentor Graphics Corporation

Proper safeguarding of safety-critical systems in an automotive environment cannot be ensured sufficiently unless timing is taken into consideration. The failure to observe timing constraints can lead to malfunctions and, in a worst-case scenario, can cause vehicle damage and personal injury.  Read more...

dSPACE and EB integrate tools for AUTOSAR development

dSPACE and EB (Elektrobit) are integrating their AUTOSAR tools to give developers of automotive electronic control unit (ECU) software a coordinated AUTOSAR modeling and simulation environment.

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dSPACE TargetLink 3.1 extends production code generation capabilities; expands AUTOSAR support

Version 3.1 of dSPACE’s TargetLink® production code generator provides enhancements in the code generator’s core functionality, AUTOSAR support, usability, and MATLAB®/Simulink® integration. The firm said the enhancements make model-based design, autocoding, and model-based testing even more efficient. Certification of TargetLink 3.1 for applications in safety-relevant electronic systems according to IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 is currently in progress.  Read more...

Software tools can eliminate communication/complexity problems

By Serge Leef, vice president of new ventures and general manager of Mentor Graphics’ System Level Engineering division  Read more...

Freescale uses Green Hills MULTI® IDE for AUTOSAR development

Green Hills Software, Inc. said Freescale is using Green Hills’ MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) to build AUTOSAR-compliant OS and 32-bit Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL) software.  Read more...

dSPACE and Vector Informatik optimize interoperability of AUTOSAR tools

Consortium launched to promote PharOS operating system

Delphi (www.delphi.com), Geensys, formerly Ayrton Technology (www.geensys.com), and CEA, the French Atomic Energy Commission (www-list.cea.fr), have launched a consortium to drive deployment of PharOS, an operating system that meets ISO 26262 requirements, is compatible with AUTOSAR, offers an integrated protection solution, and reduces the cost of software integration while maintaining the integrity of individual software modules.  Read more...

AUTOSAR delivers a progress report

At the International Congress Electronic Systems for Vehicles, hosted by the Association of German Engineers (VDI), AUTOSAR Spokesperson Simon Fürst, AUTOSAR Project Leader at the BMW Group summed up the improvements of AUTOSAR Phase II (2007-2009) and gave an outlook regarding further developments in Phase III (2010-2012). Phase II of the development partnership will be finalized with Release 4.0, by the end of 2009.  Read more...

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