Wind River Systems Introduces WindView for Automotive
9 June 1999
Wind River Systems Introduces WindView for Automotive, First Embedded Software Diagnostic Tool for Products Based on the OSEK Standard
New Visualization Tool Provides Unique Analysis and Debugging Capability
For Automotive Electronic Control Unit Software
ALAMEDA, Calif., June 9 -- Wind River Systems, Inc.
, the leader in embedded development software for the post-PC
era, today introduced WindView(TM) for Automotive, the only software
diagnostic and analysis tool that complies with OSEK, the international
standard for automotive electronic software. WindView for Automotive is
tightly integrated with Wind River's Tornado for Automotive Control and its
OSEK-compliant MotorWorks(TM) real-time operating system, providing software
developers the most complete platform for adding embedded technology into
electronic control units (ECUs) within automobiles.
Based on Wind River's revolutionary WindView product and optimized for the
OSEK standard, WindView for Automotive is a diagnostic and analysis tool that
provides detailed visibility into the dynamic operation of an embedded system.
Using it, a developer can quickly and easily visualize the complicated
interaction among tasks, interrupt service routines, and system objects in an
application. This information is presented and can be manipulated through a
state-of-the-art Windows graphical user interface.
"Before the introduction of WindView, embedded software developers could
spend weeks or months debugging a section of code by stepping through each
line to find a programming error that would lead to timing or performance
problems. There was no way to verify the code's dynamic behavior. WindView
eliminated this problem and for the first time enabled developers to actually
see how their code performed. WindView for Automotive brings this power to
OSEK-based products," said Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing for
Wind River Systems.
The display and inspection of OSEK-specific objects is a necessity when
analyzing in depth the operation of OSEK embedded software. Developed in
conjunction with 3Soft, a leading German automotive developer of OSEK
software, WindView for Automotive's visualization capabilities far exceed
those of conventional debugger solutions.
"BMW Group has played a significant role in the definition of the OSEK
standard so we are pleased to see Wind River including support for OSEK in
such a valuable tool as WindView," said Neil Robson, BMW Group tools manager.
"OSEK-capable tools will undoubtedly allow our developers to more easily and
efficiently examine and analyze the operation of the embedded control unit
software."
OSEK Standard
The automotive industry today is faced with shorter design cycles driven
by ever-decreasing time to market requirements and growing market demands. In
order to meet production needs and consumer demands for emission reduction,
fuel economy, onboard diagnosis, and cost reduction, automotive companies are
asking manufacturers and suppliers of electronic control units (ECUs) to
provide more functionality and an integration of previously individual
components.
To address these issues a group of major European automotive manufacturers
and component suppliers defined the OSEK standard. The design objective for
OSEK was to specify a product that delivered the portability, scalability,
vendor-independence, and productivity demanded by the industry within the code
size and performance constraints of deeply-embedded automotive applications.
The full name for OSEK is OSEK/VDX derived from the German phrase for
"Open System and Interface for in-Car Electronics" and the French phrase
"Vehicle Distributed Executive." The European Commission is currently
proposing it as a required standard for automotive applications and it is now
being evaluated by many of the leading U.S. and Japanese manufacturers,
establishing it as the common world standard for this market.
Availability
WindView for Automotive will be available from Wind River Systems in Q3 of
1999. For additional information on Wind River products and services, please
call 510-748-4100 or 800-545-WIND; send email to inquiries@wrs.com; or go to
( http://www.wrs.com ).
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wind River Systems, Inc is the worldwide leader in embedded software.
Wind River provides software development tools and real-time operating systems
for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data
communications, office automation, networking, medical, computer peripherals,
automotive and aerospace/defense markets. Founded in 1983, Wind River is
headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in fifteen countries
worldwide. News and information about Wind River Systems can be found on the
Internet at ( http://www.wrs.com ).
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