TTAutomotive Delivers Prototyping and Test Equipment for FlexRay

VIENNA, Austria--Feb. 2, 20067, 2006--TTAutomotive, TTTech's subsidiary for FlexRay solutions, has released the new TTX-Development Cluster for FlexRay. This solution is particularly effective for demanding prototyping applications in the automotive industry. It provides developers with all the tools needed to build up a time-triggered communication architecture with FlexRay. In addition, the new TTX-Disturbance Node offers a powerful and inexpensive way to test and validate a system by controlled fault injections using programmable fault scenarios.

The TTX-Development Cluster is a ready-to-run system for FlexRay development projects. It enables developers to create FlexRay system architectures quickly and efficiently. It includes effective tools for configuring TTAutomotive's standard software components such as the FlexRay interface and the FlexRay driver. The cluster furthermore comprises a communication layer for event messages and a transport protocol component as well as the new TTX-OS OSEKtime-compatible operating system.

4 to 64 TTX-Powerlink FlexRay boards form one TTX-Development Cluster. Each board is equipped with a Freescale MFR4200 FlexRay communication controller and an Infineon TriCore TC1796 CPU. TTX-Powerlink boards are high-performance, stacked-board expansion systems. They offer a rich set of integrated peripheral devices that are well-suited for rapid prototyping applications.

For testing FlexRay-based distributed networks, TTX-Disturbance Node provides effective facilities to study the robustness of a FlexRay network. It can be used in a running system or with a test setup in the laboratory. It permits technicians to examine the effects of faults on system behavior, as well as the fault handling properties of complete systems. TTX-Disturbance Node can be used to inject classes of faults, thus allowing behavior analysis at the physical, logical, and application layers.

As an expert in Time-Triggered Architecture, TTAutomotive provides complete FlexRay system solutions as well as valuable assistance in building and testing FlexRay applications. With

TTX-Development Cluster and TTX-Disturbance Node, TTAutomotive offers automotive engineers everything they need from project launch through integration and deployment of advanced FlexRay networks.

Further information at: http://www.ttautomotive.com/news/doc/PR_2006-02-27-FlexRay-Hardware .pdf

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