Close-to-production prototyping

Increasing competitive and cost pressure is forcing the automotive electronics business area to radically reduce development times and costs. Selecting suitable development tools plays a major role in this, alongside clearly defined specifications and modern development methods such as rapid control prototyping. Where the focus is on production code generation as early as the prototyping phase, close-to-production prototyping platforms that combine the main features of production electronic control units (ECUs) and high-end prototyping systems are a process-integrated and cost-efficient solution.