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BMW
Conclusion and
Outlook
It has already been shown that
for BMW, including a new vali-
dation step in the development
process has paid off signifi-
cantly. While introducing this
new step did entail some effort
because the interaction of the
various departments requires
more coordination, the syner-
gies more than make up for it.
Furthermore, using VEOS as
the simulation platform has
even more advantages, which
were not expected at the be-
ginning. For example, VEOS
helped considerably reduce
issues related to compatibility
and performance with MATLAB
®
/
Simulink
®
during the pure offline
simulation. There will be more
users and project configurations
in the future. The F-SIL stations
are now an established key com-
ponent of the validation process
and are already an inherent part
of the next production series.
phase is much more relaxed. In ad-
dition, software and function devel-
opers can work on their PC as if on
a HIL simulator, while still benefit-
ting from the advantages of non-
real-time simulation, such as debug-
ging, code coverage analysis, and
parameter optimization.
The F-SIL tool chain perfectly sup-
ports the tools currently being used
in the validation process, so there
are no noteworthy acceptance prob-
lems among the various teams and
roles in the company. This opens up
new possibilities for interdisciplinary
work and ensures that new valida-
tion steps are readily accepted.
With the kind permission of BMW AG.
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