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Testing automotive embedded systems under X-in-the-loop setups

Authors:

Ghizlane Tibba,

Christoph Malz,

Christoph Stoermer,

Natarajan Nagarajan,

Samarjit ChakrabortyAuthors Info & Claims

2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD)

Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/2966986.2980076

Published: 07 November 2016 Publication History

Abstract

The development of automotive electronics and software systems is often associated with high costs due to their multi-domain nature (including control engineering, electronics, hydraulics, mechanics, etc). The involvement of these different disciplines makes it difficult for control engineers to test their controllers with them being integrated in the whole system, in early development phases. By introducing the “XiL approach”, ETAS wants to leverage virtualization techniques in order to bring embedded systems to the desk of every developer. The XiL approach implies fast development cycles due to easy integration of software, vehicle and plant components on the PC. XiL strives for seamless transition between X-in-the-loop setups, with X representing any control model (M), software (S), or hardware (H) under test. This paper will outline this methodology with an engine management system example.

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Index Terms

Testing automotive embedded systems under X-in-the-loop setups
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
  2. Real-time systems
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging
  2. Software organization and properties

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