Vehicle Communication
The electrical architecture of vehicles has evolved from "stand-alone" systems with little or no information exchange to distributed systems which exchange information on multiplex buses. The driving force for this development has been reduced complexity of the electrical wiring, and of course increased flexibility and functionality. One of the most important novelties of multiplexed architectures is that the services provided by the system - the "user-functions" - are accomplished by co-operation of subsystems.
Systems architecture and systems engineering
Mecel has for more than 25 years provided systems architecture and systems engineering services to the automotive industry. The design of a distributed system in vehicles requires a wide understanding of requirements as well as technologies. We have been an active part in the implementation of almost all communication buses used in the industry such as CAN (Controller Area Network), LIN (Local Interconnect Network) and MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport). Mecel is an active part in AUTOSAR standardisation and is responsible for implementing key modules for diagnostics and CAN communication for validating the standard concept.
Mecel provides complete communication platforms to automotive OEMs based on our product portfolio Autosoft. Together with systems engineering services we are supporting automotive manufacturers world wide in implementing distributed systems.
Automotive Grade Software
Automotive and Commercial Vehicle software has evolved since the late 80’s when software came to focus in this market. Going from specialized solutions for each ECU, till today's components with standardized interfaces and code-generation support. The standardized solutions improve the quality and the speed of application development.
The term Automotive Grade Software is nowadays often used for defining the goal 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.
