TTAutomotive Releases Configuration Tool and Middleware for FlexRay

VIENNA, Austria--Dec. 2, 20050, 2005--TTAutomotive, TTTech's subsidiary for FlexRay(TM) solutions, has extended its product range for FlexRay by releasing TTX-Configurator, a tool for modular configuration of distributed FlexRay systems. In addition, TTAutomotive has released a set of embedded middleware components that comply with the AUTOSAR standard. TTAutomotive's AUTOSAR components, which are designed for FlexRay-based systems, make it possible to benefit fully from the advantages of the FlexRay protocol, such as precise synchronization throughout the system and reliable, deterministic data transport at high bandwidth.

With TTX-Configurator and the AUTOSAR middleware components, TTAutomotive provides a strong solution for development and modular configuration of distributed time-triggered real-time systems with FlexRay. TTX-Configurator is an effective tool for configuring TTAutomotive's standard software components. It helps the developer to generate schedules, configuration data, and code, and thus reduces development time and leads to high-quality interfaces. TTX-Configurator's object model is structured in a way that minimizes coupling of the objects of a distributed real-time system. Reduced coupling is the cornerstone that supports composability, reusability, testability, and maintainability. TTX-Configurator is equipped with an advanced graphical user interface that supports the user's interaction with the configuration process.

The embedded middleware components that TTAutomotive has released for FlexRay platforms are an outgrowth of TTTech group's experience with development of embedded software and tools for time-triggered systems. All components have been developed in compliance with the AUTOSAR standard. This ensures that applications that are based on these FlexRay-optimized AUTOSAR components will run on any system that is compliant with AUTOSAR.

"By using TTAutomotive's standard AUTOSAR components we expect an optimization of our development process and increased reusability of embedded software modules," states Markus Buhlmann, Project Manager of Time-Triggered Architecture at Audi.

Core components of TTAutomotive's middleware offering are the FlexRay interface, the FlexRay driver, a communication layer for event messages and a transport protocol component. In addition, the new TTX-OS OSEKtime-compatible operating system is the ideal combination for FlexRay-optimized applications and the TTAutomotive AUTOSAR components. It provides pure time-triggered operation as well as reduced resource consumption, when compared with event-based operating systems.

Further information at:

http://www.ttautomotive.com/news/doc/PR_2005-12-19-FlexRay-Softwar e.pdf

(Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)