The new DaVinci Component Tester from Vector gives users a PC-based tool for conveniently validating the proper implementation of AUTOSAR software components. This process involves checking both atomic software components and compositions of multiple software components. When used together with a test tool such as CANoe or NUnit, the test engineer can perform many types of tests on the PC – from unit testing of individual software components to integration testing of complex functions.
CANoe.CANopen 7.2 offers comprehensive testing support to developers of CANopen components and systems. With this software tool from Vector, users can now easily generate SDO tests, increasing testing depth and improving test quality. Other significant new features include faster analysis of CAN messages, signal support in device access and node-specific saving of databases.
Vector is the first supplier to offer an AUTOSAR 3.0 compatible implementation which enables integration of BMW-specific compatibility modules based on BMW AUTOSAR 2.1 architecture in an overall AUTOSAR 3.0 package. Continental Passive Safety is using this software solution in their latest generation of an airbag ECU with a 16 bit processor.
Vector and TTTech Automotive announce their partnership in the development and sales activities of standard software modules for electronic control units. By combining the strengths of both partners, electronic control unit developers will be offered an ideal solution for their application. Vector will set its focus on AUTOSAR basic software modules, while TTTech Automotive will put emphasis on safety-relevant software modules according to ISO 26262, and provide further expertise in the area of FlexRay.
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.
Option CANoe.XCP, which was developed for CANoe, enables direct access to internal ECU values via the standardized ASAM calibration protocols XCP and CCP. These parameter values are used by test engineers and application developers in their testing and analysis tasks. CANoe assumes the role of XCP Master here, communicating with multiple slaves in parallel.
In opening a Vector Representative Office in Shanghai on August 1, 2009, Vector is responding to the significance of the Chinese market. Starting in August 2009, Vector China will be marketing the product line-up of the ECU networking specialist directly in the Chinese market.
Strategic partnership between Vector and aquintos. The software engineering company aquintos with its staff of 35 employees, located in Karlsruhe, puts its primary focus on the development of the PREEvision product. Since its inception, this software – originally created in collaboration with an OEM – has found widespread acceptance. The innovative software tool is used in the design, development, evaluation and optimization of E/E architectures. From product definition to topology, it considers the levels of functional modeling and distribution, networking, power supply, electrical system and wire harness.
Vector has specially tailored its eASEE Tool Suite to the processes and requirements of automotive E/E development and extended it by adding a wide range of engineering functionalities.
NEC Electronics Corporation and Vector today announced the availability of an AUTOSAR 3.0 compatible software package for various hardware platforms. This software package enables easy design of application software without the need for new developments. The package includes AUTOSAR Basic Software and a comprehensive tool chain. The solution was developed under close cooperation between the two companies.
Vector released CANape 8.0 – the latest version of its development software for ECU calibration. It accelerates optimal calibrating of ECUs in the vehicle by extended measurement data acquisition, optimized calibration data management and new data mining functions for automated data evaluation. The new 'Simulink XCP Server' option will benefit both functional and software developers with convenient parameter setting as well as quick access to measurement variables of the Simulink model directly in CANape.
To enable efficient measurement and calibration of a large number of internal ECU signals, Vector has extended the list of its XCP slave drivers with XCP-on-Ethernet. Car makers and ECU developers can use these software components together with Vector`s CANape measurement and calibration tool to acquire extensive measurement data via a standard commercial Ethernet interface – without requiring additional hardware.
In analyzing Car2x communication between vehicles and with the roadside infrastructure, CANoe.IP now also supports the wireless interface IEEE 802.11p. The tool simulates traffic scenarios with vehicles and infrastructure and simplifies development and testing of Car2x communication.
Vector has expanded its already extensive training program with a new E-Learning platform. Conveying knowledge via the Internet enables learning under difficult time constraints. It is the participants themselves who determine the time and duration of a learning unit. Besides offering a high level of time flexibility, learning via Internet browser also makes training more efficient, since it eliminates travel time and expenses.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has officially released ODX Version 2.2.0 as a standard for the exchange of diagnostic data (ISO 22901-1:2008). CANdelaStudio 6.0 supports this version of the ODX standard as well. This means that it is now easy for users to generate data in the latest ODX format at the press of a button.
The modular VT System from Vector provides an easy way to implement ECU functional tests. Even in early development phases, ECU coordinators, functional developers and test engineers can achieve a high level of test coverage previously only attained in later phases. The new VT System also supplies values of the ECU’s physical inputs and outputs to the test and analysis tool CANoe, which enables cost-effective testing right at the workbench.
The MathWorks and Vector Informatik today announce they are collaborating to enable the interoperability of their tools for AUTOSAR applications. This collaboration ensures the compatibility of development tools from both companies so that automotive software architects and algorithm developers can work together to design and automatically generate AUTOSAR-compliant embedded software faster and with less rework.
CANdelaStudio from Vector Informatik has been released as an ODX Editor by VW and Audi. The two automotive OEMs now also recommend the use of CANdelaStudio as a tool for describing ODX data to their suppliers. Effective immediately, this gives suppliers the option of using this proven tool from the CANdela product family to create ECU parameter sets in projects for the Volkswagen Group.
Vector is making the new Version 3.4 of its CANeds EDS editor available at the Internet forum www.canopen-forum.com. The complimentary editor handles the difficult and error-prone work involved in manually creating EDS files. It helps CANopen device producers and system integrators avoid later problems when working with CANopen configuration programs. The new Internet forum is a place where CANopen users will find information on CANeds and can share their ideas and experience.
In opening a Vector Great Britain subsidiary in Birmingham on January 1, 2009, Vector Informatik GmbH is responding to the significance of the British market. Starting in January 2009, Vector Great Britain will be marketing the product line-up of the ECU networking specialist directly in the British market. In the future, local electronics developers will be even better supported by close cooperation with Vector’s headquarters in Stuttgart and distributor Accutest, which has assumed responsibility for Vector products to date.
The new 2.1 version of the CANoe/MATLAB Interface simplifies data exchange between the two standard tools considerably, and MATLAB models may be parameterized directly from CANoe. Vector is supplying the interface free-of-charge, and it is part of every CANoe license effective immediately.
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