Wixom, Mich. - 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.
The development environment includes dSPACE's SystemDesk software architecture tool, dSPACE's TargetLink production code generator, and the EB tresos Studio configuration tool.'In combination, these tools enable developers to efficiently use a model-based approach to designing software, culminating in production-ready AUTOSAR ECU software.
Data exchange between the tools is based on AUTOSAR XML files. By cooperating in this field, dSPACE and EB hope to send out a clear signal in favor of interface standardization and tool interoperability - for example, a high degree of software interchangeability and reusability.
The starting point for designing the AUTOSAR software architecture of ECUs is dSPACE SystemDesk. The graphical representation of components simplifies the development even of complex systems. The dSPACE TargetLink production code generator allows developers to insert the ECU functionality into the application components of the software architecture modeled with SystemDesk.
TargetLink is based on the block-diagram-based Simulink development tool. The AUTOSAR basic software core is generated with the tool EB tresos Studio. The system information that the ECU requires for this is imported from SystemDesk into EB tresos Studio, and the AUTOSAR basic software is correspondingly preconfigured.
The completion of the configuration and subsequent generation of source code in EB tresos Studio leads to the production-ready ECU basic software core, EB tresos AutoCore. The final AUTOSAR-compliant software can then be integrated into an ECU.
For more information visit www.dspace.com or www.electrobit.com.
