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TEODACS

Test, Evaluation and Optimization of Dependable Automotive Communication Systems (E03_T01)

Duration: 01.03.2008 - 31.12.2009

Project Description

The aim of the TEODACS research project is to gather expertise for the deployment and validation of FlexRay based distributed systems. The novelty aspect of our project is the analysis of the communication services as an assembled component and the exploration of the interactions between the layers thereof.


A main advantage of our approach is to combine the different expertise domains from our partners for the heterogeneous testing and evaluation of the system as a whole. An important goal is the analysis of the internal (e.g. configuration) and external (e.g. fault model) mechanisms influencing the communication and the efficient and realistic modelling of these effects within the simulator and the laboratory setup.


Main outputs of this project are the FlexRayXpert.Sim simulation framework, the FlexRayXpert.Lab laboratory setup and the FlexRayXpert.Research research activities comprising the elaboration of new concepts and methods for the test, evaluation and optimization of FlexRay networks.

Project Aim

FlexRayXpert.Sim
The vision is to combine the simulation environment of AVL (InMotion Office) with SyAD from CISC to obtain a simulator for the entire system at different abstraction levels (car environment, car functions down to communication at the physical layer and analog waveform).


FlexRayXpert.Lab
Parallel to that, we want to develop a prototype stimulated by the AVL InMotion Lab to evaluate the communication architecture and validate our simulation model. An important challenge is the definition of interfaces to support information exchange between simulation and prototype.

FlexRayXpert.Research
The experience gained during the development of the simulation model and of the prototype will be further used to develop new concepts and methods for the efficient test, evaluation and optimization of automotive communication systems. For more information please contact teodacs(at)v2c2.at

 

Dissemination

In order to obtain a copy of one of the listed technical reports or papers send an e-mail with your inquiry and full contact information to the TEODACS group (teodacs(at)v2c2.at).

Patents

Run-time switching of heterogeneous simulation models
Karner, M., Armengaud, E., Steger, C.
Austrian patent application A1479/2009

Workshops und Conferences

TEODACS: A new Vision for Testing Dependable Automotive Communication Systems
Eric Armengaud, Daniel Watzenig, Christian Steger, Hubert Berger, Harald Gall, Felix Pfister, Markus Pistauer
Third IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES 2008), Montpellier, France, June 2008, pages 289 – 292

Verification and Analysis of Dependable Automotive Communication Systems
Michael Karner, Christian Steger, Reinhold Weiß, Eric Armengaud, Daniel Watzenig, Gernot Knoll
Thirteen IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2008), Hamburg, Germany, September 2008, pages 444 - 447

 

Combining the Advantages of Simulation and Prototyping for the Validation of Dependable Communication Architectures: the TEODACS Approach
E. Armengaud, D. Watzenig, M. Karner, C. Steger, R. Weiß, C. Netzberger, M. Kohl, M. Pistauer, F. Pfister, H. Gall
SAE World Congress, Detroit, Michigan, USA, April 2009, ID 2009-01-0763

 

Automotive Software Architecture: Migration Challenges from an Event-Triggered to a Time-Triggered Communication Scheme
E. Armengaud, A. Tengg, M. Driussi, M. Karner, C. Steger, R. Weiß.
Seventh Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES 2009), Ancora, Italy, June 2009, pages 95 - 104

 

Moving Beyond the Component Boundaries for Efficient Test and Diagnosis of Automotive Communication Architectures

E. Armengaud, A. Tengg, M. Karner, C. Steger, R. Weiß, M. Kohl

Fourteenth IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2009), Mallorca, Spain, September 2009, 8 pages

 

Optimizing HW/SW Co-Simulation based on Run-Time Model Switching
Karner, M., Steger, C., Weiss, R., Armengaud, E.
Forum on specification and Design Languages (FDL), 2009, Sophia Antipolis, France (6 pages)

 

Holistic Simulation of FlexRay Networks by Using Run-Time Model Switching
M. Karner, C. Steger, R. Weiß, E. Armengaud
Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE'10), March 2010 (accepted for publication)

 

A Cross Domain Co-Simulation Platform for the Efficient Analysis of Mechatronic Systems
E. Armengaud, M. Karner, C. Steger, R. Weiß, M. Pistauer, F. Pfister
SAE World Congress, Detroit, Michigan, USA, April 2010, 2010-01-0239, (accepted for publication)

 

Modeling and Evaluation of the Signal Integrity in FlexRay Networks
M. Krammer, F. Clazzer, E. Armengaud, M. Karner, C. Steger, R. Weiß
13th IEEE International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (DDECS 2010), April 2010, Austria, 6 pages (accepted for publication)

 

Heterogeneous Co-Simulation Platform for the Efficient Analysis of FlexRay-based Automotive Distributed Embedded Systems
M. Karner, M. Krammer, S. Krug, E. Armengaud, C. Steger, R. Weiß
8th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2010), May 2010, France, 10 pages (accepted for publication)

Trainings

TEODACS Workshop 2008
(July 2008, Graz University of Technology, Institute for Technical Informatics, Austria)
Automotive communication systems (ViF, E. Armengaud)
FlexRay electrical physical layer (austriamicrosystems, H. Gall)
FlexRay communication protocol (ViF, E. Armengaud)
Basic Software and AUTOSAR in cars (Elektrobit, H. Friedl)

 

TEODACS Workshop 2009

(June 2009, Graz University of Technology, Institute for Technical Informatics, Austria)
Automotive communication systems: Overview and Challenges (ViF, E. Armengaud)
FlexRay: Motivation and challenges (austriamicrosystems, H. Gall)
FlexRay and TEODACS: Integration and validation challenges (ViF, E. Armengaud)
Cross-domain co-simulation within TEODACS (TU Graz, Institute for Technical Informatics, M. Karner)

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