November 11, 2011 Autosar, the common software architecture for cars, is becoming increasingly relevant for real-world automotive electronics design. While earlier Autosar releases defined basic functionality and development methodologies, the current version takes care of one of the paramount topics in automotive electronics: Functional Safety. But new challenges are already in sight. The common software architecture is in “Phase Three” of its planned lifecyle. Read more

November 2, 2011 The Autosar development group plans to introduce their standard software architecture into-non-automotive application fields such as rail transport, agricultural and construction machines, power generation and marine technology. Read more

October 17, 2011 Software tool vendor Elektrobit (EB) has started shipment of the latest version of its EB tresos automotive software development. The tool now supports version 4.0 of the Autosar automotive software environment. Read more

June 22, 2011 Symtavision has announced a series of collaborations on timing design and verification with leading AUTOSAR modelling tool vendors. The collaborations have resulted in the integration of Symtavision's SymTA/S scheduling analysis tool suite for system-level timing design and timing verification with aquintos/Vector’s PREEvision, Continental Engineering Services’ CESSAR-CT, dSPACE’s SystemDesk and ETAS’ i-SOLAR. Read more

May 24, 2011 At the third Autosar congress, automotive vendors provided insights into the maturity status of the software system. In the half decade ahead, the market penetration for the automotive standard software environment is poised to skyrocket. Read more

January 25, 2011 Embedded technology solutions developer Elektrobit (EB) has launched an offer to support companies in the development and integration of safety applications and functions for safety-relevant systems. The Functional Safety Competence Team at EB can manage safety mechanisms for AUTOSAR-compliant software, including the highest safety classification of ASIL Level D. Read more

January 19, 2011 Effective January 1st, Alain Gilberg has been appointed spokesperson of the AUTOSAR development partnership. The expert leader for ECU development and software architecture in the electronics department of PSA Peugeot Citroën takes over from Stefan Bunzel of Continental. The latter is replaced in the context of the general nine-monthly change of the AUTOSAR Spokesperson. Read more

December 22, 2010 Not that it comes as a big surprise, but the year 2010 is about to peter out – a good reason to look back and reflect what it brought to automotive electronic designers and the industry. The ten articles most read in 2010 on this site provide a good overview on what occupied the engineers. Read more

November 10, 2010 Real-time software vendor Sysgo AG and automotive operating system provider OpenSynergy GmbH will provide a jointly developed software platform for automotive markets. The platform meets aerospace safety specs while at the same time it is Autosar-compliant. Read more

July 15, 2010 Automotive embedded system vendor Elektrobit (EB) has announced a multicore reference platform around Infineon's TriCore microprocessor architecture. The platform aims in particular at safety-critical applications. Read more

July 12, 2010 Vector and its strategic partner TTTech Automotive have won a supply contract by Audi for Autosar Basic Software (BSW). The call for bids covered modules for communication over CAN, LIN and FlexRay data bus systems, including real-time environment RTE and end-to-end protection for safety-related ECUs. Read more

June 22, 2010 French design and PLM software vendor Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced a new step in its systems strategy with the acquisition of Geensoft, a provider of automotive and embedded systems development solutions, for 5.5M€. Dassault's V6 portfolio is expanded by adding the capacity to model and generate the entire vehicle control software system, allowing a validation loop by connecting the physical equipment with the digital mock up. Read more

June 17, 2010 A few weeks ago, a group of US scientist performed a rather spectacular hack on a car's electronics. EE Times Europe asked experts from industry and research institutes if this proves that today's cars are inherently insecure. The answers we received tell their own tale. Read more

April 28, 2010 OpenSynergy GmbH, developer of an Autosar-compliant Linux-based operating environment for infotainment applications, has launched a software tool that enables designers to test Autosar compliance for any software. Read more

April 14, 2010 Effective April 1, Stefan Bunzel has succeeded Simon Fürst as the spokesperson for the Autosar software development partnership. The move follows the normal Autosar nine-month rotation scheme for this function. Read more

March 19, 2010 Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik GmbH, an expert company for model-based development and test of ECU functions, has expanded the Autosar support for its Messina test system. The new features aim at improving design efficiency and reducing the probability of faults during design and development of ECU software. Read more

March 11, 2010 As a measure to keep the ever-increasing complexity in automotive electronics at bay, OEMs and chip vendors have created the Autosar software standard environment. In order to broaden the expertise basis among chip designers, the Autosar group spreads its gospel among chip designers at the DATE congress taking place in Dresden. Read more