Cooperation Partners

(alphabetical order)

AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH is an international supplier of mechatronic system engineering, specializing in vehicle powertrain, testing, in-vehicle measurement systems and NVH / vehicle acoustic optimization.
The software tool StyleChecker from AFT drastically reduces the time required for formal reviews and greatly improves their quality. The tool enables its users to check Simulink^®, Stateflow^® and TargetLink^® models for compliance with the MAAB and dSPACE modeling guidelines for Targetlink automatically. StyleChecker ensures adherence to user-specific guidelines without the need for programming. Guided by configuration dialogs, the user creates the check criteria in the graphical user interface. Even a large number of detected rule breaches, checked against clearly defined guidelines, can be repaired automatically. Adherence to modeling guidelines has a lasting effect on quality and is stringently required for the development of software with a safety-critical background. An automatically generated report records all review results (e.g., for the development of software according to CMMI^® and SPICE).

AFT is a TargetLink Partner.

AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the computing, communications, and consumer electronics markets. Products include microprocessors, flash memory devices, and silicon solutions for communications and networking applications. AMD’s Opteron™ 64-bit server processor technology was integrated on dSPACE hardware (DS1006 Processor Board).

BTC Embedded Systems AG (formerly: OSC) provides products and services for the formal verification, validation, and automated testing of embedded systems. The cost of testing and validating embedded systems can be reduced considerably by using BTC products. The quality of the systems that are developed is also significantly enhanced. The two products EmbeddedValidator™ and EmbeddedTester™ were developed in close cooperation with dSPACE and with leading OEMs and suppliers in the automotive industry. With EmbeddedValidator™, TargetLink models can be verified against formalized requirements on the basis of TargetLink autocode. Test cases for TargetLink autocode can be generated and executed automatically with EmbeddedTester™.

BTC is a TargetLink Strategic Partner.

Elektrobit (EB) specializes in automotive and wireless software technologies. One of EB Automotive’s major business fields is the development of basic software for embedded, automotive applications in accordance with the AUTOSAR standard. EB Automotive has created the product family EB tresos^®, which consists of AUTOSAR basic software configurators, code generators and further tools for basic software components. EB tresos AutoCore comprises all these AUTOSAR-compliant, basic software modules. The aim of cooperation is to combine EB tresos for basic software configuration with dSPACE SystemDesk for the development of application layers within complex system architectures and distributed software systems. The resulting tool chain provides a complete and tested solution that fully supports the AUTOSAR methodology.

Emerge-Engineering specializes in the model-based software development of motor controls for the field-oriented control of BLDC motors. The Motor-Control Education Kit (MEDKit) from Emerge-Engineering is a microcontroller-based training platform that is specially designed for the integrated teaching of C programming, model-based software development and automatic code generation with TargetLink. The MEDKit supports the teaching of embedded programming and uses TargetLink to generate real-time-capable low-level functions and also complex controller functions.

Emerge-Engineering is a TargetLink Partner.

Freescale is the world’s leading supplier of semiconductors for the automotive industry. Freescale and dSPACE cooperate on developing software modules for TargetLink, dSPACE’s autocoder. This enables dSPACE to offer optimization and simulation modules as soon as Freescale launches a new processor. In addition, TargetLink also supports Freescale’s real-time operating system, OSEKturbo.

In2Soft develops and distributes products for the growth markets in automotive electronics and vehicle diagnostics, and carries out demanding development projects for vehicle manufacturers and electronics suppliers. VisualODX is In2Soft’s vehicle diagnostic toolchain, tailor-made for the ODX standard. VisualODX completely supports the ASAM standards ASAM-MCD 2D (ODX) and ASAM-MCD 3D, and covers the entire diagnostic process with tools such as ODX Editor, Semantic Checker, MCD3 Runtime System, Diagnostic Tester, and Java-Job Editor.

dSPACE and In2Soft are cooperating in the field of ECU diagnostics in a measurement and calibration system. The VisualODX Runtime System from In2Soft is completely integrated into CalDesk^®, dSPACE’s universal measurement and calibration system, via the standardized ASAM-MCD 3D automation interface.

Infineon Technologies is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers.
Infineon and dSPACE cooperate on the development of TargetLink optimization and simulation modules for various Infineon processors. The TriCore, XC2000 and C16x processors are currently supported.

Model Engineering Solutions (MES) is a software consultant company for the model-based development of embedded software based on Simulink^®, Stateflow^® and TargetLink models. In addition to providing development services and quality management for model-based software components, MES develops and distributes the Model Examiner, a tool that automatically checks whether models comply with modeling guidelines. dSPACE and MES are cooperating on the further development of model checks for (MISRA-)TargetLink guidelines and AUTOSAR modeling guidelines. Model Engineering Solutions (MES) is a TargetLink Strategic Partner.

NAVTEQ is a leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data that enables navigation and location-based platforms around the world. NAVTEQ supplies comprehensive digital map information to power automotive navigation systems, portable and wireless devices, Internet-based mapping applications and government and business solutions. dSPACE and NAVTEQ have been working together to create an integrated development platform for digital map-enhanced advanced driver assistance systems.

PikeTec develops the TPT test tool for testing embedded control systems. TPT is used to create test cases systematically by automata-based programming. The tests can react to system behavior during run time and are able to run on almost any test platform (such as Simulink^®/TargetLink, MIL, SIL, PIL, C code, CAN and LIN, and also in real time on real-time platforms). After test execution, an extensive test evaluation is produced automatically, even covering complex scenarios. The test results are presented in a well-structured report. PikeTec also offers consulting and engineering services in the field of testing and quality assurance for embedded systems.

Pike Tec is a TargetLink Partner.

Reactive Systems, Inc. offers tools and services for embedded-software testing and validation. The company's Reactis^® product line automates the validation of Simulink^®/Stateflow^® and TargetLink models, and the generation of comprehensive yet compact test data from them. The Reactis for C Plugin integrates with Reactis to offer white-box testing of C code portions of a model (S-functions and Stateflow custom code). dSPACE and Reactive Systems cooperate to ensure that Reactis and TargetLink work well together.

Reactive Systems, Inc. is a TargetLink Partner.

TASKING (Embedded Software Development from Altium) supplies highly optimizing C/C++ compilers and debuggers for a wide range of microcontrollers, including 8051, C166, ST10, XC16x, XC2xx, XE16x, TriCore, ARM, PowerPC, M16C, DSP56K, 68K, ColdFire and Nios II. RTOS/kernels based on standards such as Posix or OSEK, and TCP/IP stacks, are additionally available. TargetLink generates target-specific, optimized code for many compiler/processor combinations such as the TASKING VX-toolset for TriCore as well as the classic C166/ST10 toolset and the XC2200 family (via the VX-toolset for C166/ST10). The TargetLink Target Optimization Modules make full use of the processor's and compiler's advantages, for example, by using compiler-specific language extensions and inline assembler language. This further increases the efficiency of the generated C code.

TESIS develops software and processes to optimize computer-aided work methods in product development. TESIS DYNAware offers high-performance models for hardware-in-the-loop simulation with dSPACE Simulator, such as engine models, vehicle dynamics models and hydraulics models.

The MathWorks develops technical computing software for engineers and scientists in industry and education. An extensive family of products, based on MATLAB^® and Simulink^®, provides high-productivity tools for solving challenging mathematical, computational, and model-based technical problems. dSPACE and The MathWorks cooperate successfully, and the two companies' products complement each other perfectly.

VaST drives electronics virtualization. The company is changing the electronics industry by breaking the dependency on hardware prototypes. With VaST, electronics companies develop virtual system prototypes—timing-accurate, high-speed simulation models of their electronic systems—for use in design and supply chain enablement. Using virtualization, customers develop software before hardware and enable early software development by ecosystem partners, which cuts time-to-market by 8 months or more.

dSPACE GmbH and VaST collarborate in simulating automotive and AUTOSAR-compliant software on virtual hardware platforms. The goal of the cooperation is to closely couple dSPACE's automotive software development tools TargetLink and SystemDesk with VaST's virtualization tools COMET® and METeor®. Users of these tools can replace hardware prototypes with virtual system prototypes to simulate and validate automotive software applications early on in the design flow.