I-Logix' Design Tool Brings Virtual Prototyping to Life
27 July 1998
I-Logix' Design Tool Brings Virtual Prototyping to Life At Chrysler Corporation
ANDOVER, Mass.--July 28, 1998--Statemate(R) MAGNUM(tm) Now Integral Part of Design and Specification
Process for Next Generation Automobiles
I-Logix' Statemate MAGNUM is helping Chrysler design cars for the 21st century, Gene Robinson, I-Logix' president and CEO, announced today. Chrysler has begun using Statemate - a modeling, simulation, and automatic code generation software tool -- to design and specify body electronics on its Jeep(R) platform. Other Chrysler platforms are planning to move to the Statemate environment.
Bob George, executive engineer for Chrysler's Jeep platform, said: "Statemate MAGNUM has helped us to advance our design and specification process. Just as TV viewers have seen in our recent advertising campaigns, we are now building and testing vehicles in a virtual prototyping environment. As a means to communicate design requirements, Statemate has improved our engineers' ability to visually express the functionality they want compared to the traditional paper-based specification process. Furthermore, the new process has helped increase the level of confidence in model specifications by eliminating vague instructions and by producing more robust designs with fewer bugs."
George added: "Statemate provides automatic simulation of state models, which enables us to make, and verify, changes on-the-fly. It also generates automatic documentation. In general, Statemate is a design tool that has helped us improve our engineering communication process - internally and to outside suppliers -- to meet our goal of designing more efficiently and effectively."
Currently engineers working on Chrysler's Jeep are using Statemate MAGNUM to design and specify controller functionality for overhead console, audio, and RKE (Remote Keyless Entry) systems.
In addition to purchasing Statemate MAGNUM development seats, Chrysler has also adopted the I-Logix V-model design methodology, which now guides Jeep's systems development process. Dr. Peter Hoffmann, Director of I-Logix Consulting Services, has been a chief proponent of the use and application of the V-Model methodology.
I-Logix' CEO Robinson, stated: "We are delighted with the recent feedback we have received from Chrysler's project teams. The consensus from those using our tools and methodology is that the process works, and works well. They have seen a marked improvement in the quality of their designs, resulting in fewer iterations and fewer engineering change notices."
About Statemate MAGNUM
Embedded systems developers use Statemate MAGNUM to graphically model, simulate, analyze, and verify the functionality and behavior of complex embedded systems. C or Ada source code can be automatically generated from a verified Statemate MAGNUM system model. Embedded systems developers use the generated code in desktop virtual prototypes, or in physical prototypes running on target hardware platforms using real-time operating systems such as Wind River Systems' VxWorks.
The Statemate MAGNUM family includes software tools that automate design chores such as requirements traceability, debugging, and documentation, and provides five main benefits to its customers: o increased return-on-investment through improved productivity and reduced re-work o shortened design cycle times providing companies with a competitive advantage o reduced project risk by eliminating ambiguities and specification errors o concurrent engineering to achieve hardware and software co-specification o improved communication through rapid prototyping and executable specifications
--For a graphic depiction go to: http://www.ilogix.com/fs_new_chrys.htm
About I-Logix
I-Logix Inc., founded in 1987, is an industry leader in developing systems and software design automation solutions for developers of complex embedded systems. I-Logix' products allow engineers to graphically model the behavior and functionality of complex embedded systems, analyze and validate system behavior through simulation, and automatically generate application code from these models. Through this methodology, I-Logix' customers speed their products to market and reduce engineering costs by reallocating time from manually writing and testing code, to validating system behavior and functionality early in the development process. I-Logix, headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, distributes its products through direct sales and support offices in the U.S. and Europe, and through international distributors worldwide. I-Logix can be found on the Internet at http://www.ilogix.com.