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Generation of virtual ECUs and offline simulation
- Generating virtual ECUs for simulation purposes
- Building simulation systems
- Experimentation support like plotting and signal
stimulation - With the dSPACE Offline Simulator: offline simulation of a single software component, complex software architectures, ECU networks, bus simulation, and software-in-the-loop (SIL) and processor-in-the-loop simulation (PIL)
Application Areas
The SystemDesk V-ECU Generation Module lets you model and generate virtual ECUs. The generation of non-optimized RTE code is included. The built simulation system can be simulated with the dSPACE Offline Simulator.
A virtual ECU can consist of just a single software component (SWC) containing multiple functions and also of a complex software architecture containing several connected SWCs. As well as simulating at the architecture level, you can simulate a single electronic control unit (ECU) model and also whole system models with several ECUs, including the specified bus communication.
Virtual ECUs can also be connected to Simulink plant models outside of SystemDesk. The resulting simulation system can be simulated with the dSPACE Offline Simulator in combination with ControlDesk Next Generation.
Key Benefits
Modeling software architectures and systems and generating virtual ECUs lets you simulate a system's overall behavior. The simulation can take place as soon as the implementation with C code is available. Single SWCs or networked ECUs can be verified in an early development stage, thereby saving time and costs. For a rough estimation of bus usage, effects such as arbitration or bus capacities can be simulated. Parts of the basic software needed for the simulation can be emulated. Additionally, SIL and PIL simulation can be used for verification.
Measured and simulated data is visualized graphically, simplifying the evaluation and verification of your system's behavior.
All of SystemDesk’s simulation options can be controlled via integrated scripting options or the COM-based automation interface. This enables you to integrate the simulation into your testing and development processes and to automate test execution, for example with Python-based scripts.
