Rapid prototyping in general concentrates on the aspects of fast controls (or 'functional') development. Automotive applications on the other hand are characterised by a relatively small controls application embedded into an extensive runtime and diagnostic environment. 70 % and more of a typical automotive application do not deal with the controls software but with items such as operating system, error diagnosis and logging, onboard diagnostics, the programming of the unit and the protocol stacks for standardised automotive communication protocols. For newcomers in the automotive segment or when moving from a - relative simple - 8-bit control unit to a more demanding mission, genuine rapid prototyping has not been an option in the past. The controls development itself would not have been a hurdle, but the implementation of the surrounding environment poses an immense threshold. And without this environment the integration into a 'real' road vehicle is simply impossible. This submission presents another development path offering the chance for real rapid prototyping in the area of automotive applications: using a development system consisting of a 'universal' electronic control unit (ECU), a basic ECU software package including - among other things - a qualified runtime environment. This development system is supported by a suitable set of reliable software tools. This system can even be used for series-production vehicles as the underlying ECU is qualified for automotive applications. The basic software on the other hand has a limited clearance for these applications
Enabling automotive rapid prototyping
Rapid-Prototyping für Automobilanwendungen
Embedded World Conference, 2005 ; 369-373
2005
5 Seiten, 1 Tabelle, 1 Quelle
Conference paper
English
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