dSPACE and Vector Informatik are announcing their joint work on optimizing the interoperability of their AUTOSAR tools, TargetLink and DaVinci Developer. Developers of ECU software will benefit from seamless interaction between the production code generator TargetLink and the AUTOSAR design tool DaVinci Developer. This well-coordinated AUTOSAR tool chain greatly simplifies the model-based development of AUTOSAR-compliant software.