Networks are a critical aspect of all modern vehicles and their design is interwoven with the design of embedded software and the electrical distribution system. New vehicle technologies require more complex network topologies to manage a significantly higher data throughput with more stringent constraints on timing. This requires an integrated, whole vehicle approach.
Accelerate the design of validated networks with guaranteed delivery
Network Design
Network Design
Networks are a critical aspect of all modern vehicles and their design is interwoven with the design of embedded software and the electrical distribution system. New vehicle technologies require more complex network topologies to manage a significantly higher data throughput with more stringent constraints on timing. This requires an integrated, whole vehicle approach.
Networks are a critical aspect of all modern vehicles & requires an integrated, whole vehicle approach
Communications Implementation
The implementation of networks should be correct-by-design in order to contribute to the significant increase in quality and safety requirements for vehicles. The advanced design automation in Capital Networks is necessary to reduce the design cycle time of the multiple networks found in vehicles today including: CAN, CAN-FD, FlexRay, LIN, and Ethernet networks. Communication networks are not designed in isolation and so it's vital to be able to import and output to different industry standards including AUTOSAR ARXML, dbc, and Fibex. Advanced concepts are supported for SOA, SOME/IP, and service discovery all underpinned by timing analysis and validation.
Communications Network Design
Network designers need the ability to right-size their networks to determine worst-case scenarios. The ever-increasing volume of data requires design automation to reduce schedule timing and improve quality. Advanced design tools can optimize networks resulting in reduced cost, weight, and managed complexity. Automating network design enables companies that design complex vehicles with highly distributed E/E architectures to ensure validated and correctly defined networks.
Network Optimization & Verification
It's vital that network signals can be automatically packed into messages within the constraints of the timing requirements. The timing analysis tool evaluates the entire network to assess message delivery, including worst-case scenarios. This is important to allow optimization and the right-sizing of networks. Engineers are looking to reduce reliance on testing physical prototypes and avoid over-engineering. Timing analysis is able to accurately calculate the worst-case delivery scenario reducing the need for physical testing and eliminate over-engineering.
