ETAS Group
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The ETAS Group designs and markets development and diagnostic tools essential to both development and service of automotive electronic control units (ECU
s).
of Robert Bosch GmbH
. Headquartered in Stuttgart
, Germany, the ETAS Group, with its workforce of about 700 and a sales volume in the hundreds of millions, came into existence in 2003 through subsequent acquisitions of companies such as LiveDevices Ltd. in York
, United Kingdom
and Vetronix in Santa Barbara
, California
, United States
. ETAS maintains a presence at international locations in France
, United Kingdom
, United States
, Japan
, P.R. China
, India
, South Korea
, Brazil
, Russian Federation, Sweden
and Italy
.
The Bosch subsidiary provides automakers and their suppliers with products and services for automotive Automotive Embedded Systems, e.g., development tools (in the form of both software and hardware
) for ECUs used in passenger cars
and truck
s, as well as real-time operating system
s and diagnostic tools for these vehicles. With the objective of achieving shorter development cycles, increased software quality
and improved fault analysis, tools and components of this kind have been deployed in the auto industry since the early nineties.
Typical deployment in the development of electronic control units for internal combustion engines, hybrid propulsion systems, transmission control units, chassis
management systems (ABS
, ESP), as well as convenience electronics
According to corporate claims, ETAS is the market leader for measurement and calibration tools.
of ECU functions:
of ECU tests based on models created in ASCET and MATLAB/Simulink, as well as C code.
s (RTOS) for ECU processors:
Electronic control unit
In automotive electronics, electronic control unit is a generic term for any embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a motor vehicle....
s).
Business
ETAS GmbH (the company name being the acronym of Engineering Tools, Application and Services) was founded in 1994 as a subsidiarySubsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...
. Headquartered in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, Germany, the ETAS Group, with its workforce of about 700 and a sales volume in the hundreds of millions, came into existence in 2003 through subsequent acquisitions of companies such as LiveDevices Ltd. in York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Vetronix in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. ETAS maintains a presence at international locations in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, P.R. China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Russian Federation, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
The Bosch subsidiary provides automakers and their suppliers with products and services for automotive Automotive Embedded Systems, e.g., development tools (in the form of both software and hardware
Hardware
Hardware is a general term for equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores....
) for ECUs used in passenger cars
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
and truck
Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile...
s, as well as real-time operating system
Real-time operating system
A real-time operating system is an operating system intended to serve real-time application requests.A key characteristic of a RTOS is the level of its consistency concerning the amount of time it takes to accept and complete an application's task; the variability is jitter...
s and diagnostic tools for these vehicles. With the objective of achieving shorter development cycles, increased software quality
Software quality
In the context of software engineering, software quality refers to two related but distinct notions that exist wherever quality is defined in a business context:...
and improved fault analysis, tools and components of this kind have been deployed in the auto industry since the early nineties.
ASCET
Open product family for the model-based development of embedded automotive software:- Model-based software designSoftware designSoftware design is a process of problem solving and planning for a software solution. After the purpose and specifications of software are determined, software developers will design or employ designers to develop a plan for a solution...
for control functions and control algorithms - Office, lab, or vehicle-based simulationSimulationSimulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....
and rapid prototypingRapid prototypingRapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...
of ECU functions - Automatic code generation for ECUs in production quality (more than 65 million produced since 1997)
- Compatible with standards such as ASAMAssociation for Standardisation of Automation and Measuring SystemsAssociation for Standardisation of Automation and Measuring Systems was established in 1998 to standardise interfaces in vehicle electronics.-Members:As of Mai 30...
(including MSRMSRMSR has several meanings:*MSR Studios, a New York recording studio*Machine state register, is a feature in Intel X86 and X86-64 processors*Magnetic Stripe Reader, to read Magnetic stripe cards, for example Credit Cards...
), OSEKOSEKOSEK is a standards body that has produced specifications for an embedded operating system, a communications stack, and a network management protocol for automotive embedded systems...
, AUTOSARAUTOSARAUTOSAR is an open and standardized automotive software architecture, jointly developed by automobile manufacturers, suppliers and tool developers...
, MISRA, XMLXMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
, UMLUnified Modeling LanguageUnified Modeling Language is a standardized general-purpose modeling language in the field of object-oriented software engineering. The standard is managed, and was created, by the Object Management Group...
and IEC 61508IEC 61508IEC 61508 is an international standard of rules applied in industry. It is titled "Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems"....
(certified for safety-critical systems) - Compatible with tools such as MATLABMATLABMATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...
®/SimulinkSimulinkSimulink, developed by MathWorks, is a commercial tool for modeling, simulating and analyzing multidomain dynamic systems. Its primary interface is a graphical block diagramming tool and a customizable set of block libraries. It offers tight integration with the rest of the MATLAB environment and...
.
Typical deployment in the development of electronic control units for internal combustion engines, hybrid propulsion systems, transmission control units, chassis
Chassis
A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...
management systems (ABS
Anti-lock braking system
An anti-lock braking system is a safety system that allows the wheels on a motor vehicle to continue interacting tractively with the road surface as directed by driver steering inputs while braking, preventing the wheels from locking up and therefore avoiding skidding.An ABS generally offers...
, ESP), as well as convenience electronics
INCA
Measuring and calibration environment for electronic control units (ECUs):- Measuring, displaying, recording and evaluation of ECU data
- Adjustment and administration of data records
- Based on open automotive standards
- Suitable for deployment in the lab, in the vehicle and on the test bench
According to corporate claims, ETAS is the market leader for measurement and calibration tools.
INTECRIO
Product family for the virtual prototyping and rapid prototypingRapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...
of ECU functions:
- Integration of models created in ASCET and MATLAB/Simulink, as well as C-Code
- Verification and validationVerification and ValidationIn software project management, software testing, and software engineering, verification and validation is the process of checking that a software system meets specifications and that it fulfills its intended purpose...
of ECU functions, also in real-time conditions - Suited to deployment in office, lab and vehicle
LABCAR
Product family for the creation, execution and automationAutomation
Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...
of ECU tests based on models created in ASCET and MATLAB/Simulink, as well as C code.
RTA-OSEK
Real-time operating systemReal-time operating system
A real-time operating system is an operating system intended to serve real-time application requests.A key characteristic of a RTOS is the level of its consistency concerning the amount of time it takes to accept and complete an application's task; the variability is jitter...
s (RTOS) for ECU processors:
- Conformant with standards such as OSEK, AUTOSAR, MISRA
- High performance for OSEK operating systems
- Installed base in the hundreds of millions
Hardware
Various hardware products serving specialized purposes:- Connecting ECU processors (e.g., ETK)
- Measurement data acquisition
- Real-time simulationReal-time SimulationReal-time Simulation refers to a computer model of a physical system that can execute at the same rate as actual "wall clock" time. In other words, the computer model runs at the same rate as the actual physical system...
of ECU functions or of physical ECU environments - Applications for diagnostics and testing for vehicle manufacturers and service shops (e.g., diagnostic scanner for reading a vehicle's fault memory).