Automotive Grade Software
Automotive and Commercial Vehicle software has evolved since the late 80's when software first came into focus in this market. In the beginning each ECU had a specialized solutions. Today ECUs with standardized interfaces and code-generation support are becoming more an more common. The standardized solutions improve the quality and the speed of application development.
The term Automotive Grade Software is nowadays often used for defining the goals and setting the requirement level for software products.
Our short definition of Automotive Grade software
Software Components fulfilling the automotive
software design criteria, developed by engineers with domain knowledge,
familiar with general automotive requirements.
Our Mecel Autosoft embedded software components are developed in line with the Automotive Grade Software definition.
The detailed scope of Automotive Grade software
The OEMs of the Automotive Industry provide to the market:
- High volume products with a long service life.
- A high technology level at a low production cost.
- A potentially hazardous product for untrained users.
It is important that the developers understand the product:
- Knowledge about general automotive requirements.
- Knowledge about the application domain.
Automotive quality cannot be reached by testing alone:
- Robustness needs to be guaranteed by proven designs.
Automotive software design criteria:
- Robust
- Resource efficient
- Portable
- Maintainable
