End-to-End Framework from Cloud to SoC for SDV Development

With the split of hardware from software in automotive architectures, there will be a longer cadence for new hardware architecture, while software is released on much shorter cadence and able to cope with many generations of hardware in parallel. At system definition, one important aspect is evaluating whether a new software feature can be deployed and executed on an existing or new System On Chip (SoC).

For that reason, Elektrobit offers our customers a framework based on MATLAB^® and Simulink^® that allows them to:

• Analyze the feasibility of running a given use case on abstracted hardware
• Run a high-level simulation to derive functional and nonfunctional requirements
• Estimate and characterize system parameters like optimized sample rate of functions, MIPS, memory footprint, and power consumption
• Define the interfaces, including bandwidth requirement and integration of third-party software
• Perform an early integration of interfaces and building blocks
• Provide a test harness to verify production software

Furthermore, any framework must natively and seamlessly close the gap between simulation and virtual validation as well as real-world testing in a fully automated cloud environment. Therefore, we enable a shift left of the development through virtualization of the system design, covering the test of functional, nonfunctional, and integration requirements.

This presentation demonstrates the complete development flow enabling an efficient virtual design of automotive application, starting from the cloud down to testing on real hardware.

This framework complements Elektrobit’s end-to-end closed-loop environment in software and hardware for model-based application development. We streamline software-defined vehicle development by using MATLAB and Simulink for the exploration of innovative ideas and development of software functions, integration, and verification from cloud to SoC.