Automotive

MathWorks International Automotive Conference 2005 - Exhibitors

dSPACE provides engineering tools for embedded controller software development and testing. Tools include integrated hardware and software for prototyping control algorithms, automatic generation of production code, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, and calibration. dSPACE also offers a wide range of engineering services, technical support, and training. dSPACE systems enable manufacturers of controllers and ECUs to dramatically reduce development time and costs, while increasing product quality. In fact, engineers at every major automobile and electronics manufacturer rely on dSPACE tools to streamline their product development.

The ETAS Group was formed in 2003 when ETAS, Vetronix, and LiveDevices came together to supply a complete line of coordinated development and diagnostic tools, software components, and engineering services for the entire vehicle embedded controls lifecycle. ETAS has as its foundation a new strategy, Diagnostic LifeCycle Solutions™, which provides products for continuous improvement in embedded control performance, reliability and quality throughout the vehicle lifecycle. ETAS offers solutions worldwide, with over 800 employees and offices in Germany, France, Great Britain, the United States, Japan and Korea.

IAV Automotive Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of IAV GmbH (Germany) located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a leading provider of automotive engineering services to the North American market. Innovation, enthusiasm, and inventive spirit are the driving forces behind IAV's 2,500 employees worldwide. Throughout IAV's global locations, new ideas and concepts are perfected daily within the areas of automotive electronics, powertrain development, and vehicle development. IAV is a development partner for large-scale complex programs, as well as everyday development tasks. IAV's holistic approach guarantees solutions for mass production quality that exceed our customer's expectations.

IPG Automotive GmbH specializes in vehicle dynamics simulation. Our know-how in vehicle dynamics forms the basis of our CarMaker® Product Family – simulation tools with a leading technology for extremely realistic virtual driving. IPG develops and distributes the following products based on the CarMaker Product Family:

CarMaker – comprehensive virtual test driving simulation package. Ideally adapted for Software-in-the-Loop and Model-in-the-Loop applications thanks to its optimal MATLAB/Simulink integration
CarMaker/HIL, MotorcycleMaker® /HIL, TruckMaker® /HIL – ready-to-use hardware-in-the-loop simulators for testing motor vehicle control devices
FailSafeTester™ – completely software programmable hardware for physical generation of electrical faults for testing automotive ECUs

Mentor Graphics® is a technology leader in electronic design automation (EDA), providing software and hardware design solutions that enable companies to develop better electronic products faster and more cost-effectively. The company offers innovative products and solutions that help engineers overcome the design challenges they face in the increasingly complex worlds of board and chip design. Mentor Graphics has the broadest industry portfolio of best-in-class products and is the only EDA company with an embedded software solution. SystemVision is Mentor Graphics' breakthrough System Modeling solution using industry standard models. SystemVision provides a virtual lab for exploring the design of complete multi-discipline systems, from concept to manufacturing.

MotoTron Corporation offers tools, hardware, and services which enable companies to quickly develop production embedded control systems for automotive, marine, power generation, and other applications.

MotoHawk™ ECU-based rapid prototyping system
ControlCore™ autocode-enabled embedded software framework
Rugged ECUs (electronic control units) for rapid prototyping and production
Engine Management System Components (sensors, actuators, wiring)
Drive-by-wire technology (utilizing CAN concepts and technology)
Control system design using the MathTronics™ design process

MotoTron uses tools from The MathWorks for controls design including ECU-based rapid prototyping, software design and autocoding, and software verification and validation. MotoTron is a leader in applying system modeling and code generation to the production target microcontroller.

Opal-RT Technologies Inc. offers comprehensive scalable real-time simulation and control solutions to reduce cost and development time for embedded control systems. Our unique software, RT-LAB, has the flexibility to be applied to any simulation and control problem, and scalability to provide a low-risk entry point for any application. RT-LAB allows the developer to add computation power where and when needed -whether to dramatically speed up simulations or for real-time hardware-in-the-loop applications. RT-LAB is compatible with MATLAB and Simulink and MATRIXx/SystemBuild. Customers include General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Delphi, Visteon, DENSO, Pratty & Whitney. and Embraer.

Pi Technology is a world leader in automotive electronic systems development, providing product development, engineering services, specialised test equipment, low-volume manufacturing, and consultancy. Pi Technology's expertise covers a wide range of electronic systems including powertrain, infotainment, and alternative fuels applications. Pi Technology has considerable experience with all kinds of development projects, including systems engineering, production designs, and fast-track projects where time-scales are tight and milestones, important.

PolySpace Technologies is a leading provider of solutions for the early detection of software defects known as run-time errors. Its unique technology provides an exhaustive analysis of the code's behavior under all possible conditions - with no test case, instrumentation, or execution required. It highlights software faults directly in the code, dramatically accelerating debugging efforts. The result is that clients achieve a superior level of software reliability while improving the productivity of in their development cycles. PolySpace solutions are used for critical software applications by Fortune 500 companies around the world, in industries such as automotive and defense.

Prodrive is one of the world's largest and most successful motorsport and automotive technology businesses. It has nine operations in the UK, Europe, USA, Australia and Thailand, and employs 900 people with sales of more than $200m. Through its vehicle technology projects covering powertrain, driveline and chassis, Prodrive has developed particular expertise in automotive electronics and control. To overcome the issues of design, development and integration of electronic control systems, Prodrive has developed its own range of development ECUs and control software that are now commercially available for use in customers' own vehicle development projects.

Telelogic® is a leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development. Telelogic's intuitive, best-in-class software tools automate and support best practices throughout the application lifecycle, leaving development teams free to concentrate on core competencies and to apply their skills and energy to value-added tasks. By optimizing each phase of development, Telelogic enables companies to deliver higher quality systems and software with greater predictability, reduced time-to-market, and lower overall costs. To ensure interoperability with third-party tools, Telelogic's products are built on an open architecture and standardized languages. Telelogic has operations in 17 countries worldwide.

Reactive Systems, Inc. (RSI) makes Reactis®, a model-based testing and validation tool for embedded control systems. Reactis can automatically generate high-quality test data from Simulink® and Stateflow® models; check user-specified requirements on such models; and support the interactive analysis of model behavior. Current customers include aerospace, automotive and consumer-electronic firms in North America, Asia and Europe; these firms use Reactis to validate models and drive unit- and system-level testing of embedded systems against model-based specifications.

SimuQuest Inc. provides services and products (UniPhi, Engine++, LTI++ and Micro/OS/CAN Blocksets) that leverage the MathWorks tools platform, and together are used to realize an optimized model-based algorithm and software development process enabling seamless development from algorithm concept to complete production software applications. Uniquely, SimuQuest has extensive experience with both the management process and the technical development process from concept through to production. SimuQuest's customers include automotive OEMs and vehicle module and software suppliers specializing in engine, vehicle, and body algorithms.

T-VEC® Technologies, Inc. provides model-based verification and testing tools for Model-Based Design, created specifically to satisfy the requirements of DO-178B. T-VEC's Simulink Tester with support for Stateflow® supports model checking; automatic test vector, test sequence and test-driver generation; proof of safety properties; test-execution and results analysis for simulation and code generation environments. T-VEC has worked with leaders in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and defense industries over the last eight years on a variety of applications. T-VEC currently supports customers on many of the largest aerospace contracts and has been recommended by the United Kingdom 's Ministry of Defence for use in safety-critical systems.

Vector CANtech, Inc. is the leading developer of powerful software tools that model, simulate, analyze, and validate components for automotive networks. Thousands of engineers worldwide use the Vector tools CANoe, CANalyzer, and CANape Graph in a variety of industries. With over 15 years of experience, Vector provides an international presence with offices in Europe, North America, and Japan.

Xilinx is the world's leading supplier of complete programmable logic solutions. Xilinx develops a broad line of advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, and intellectual property. These solutions minimize risks and reduce costs for manufacturers by lowering inventory and enabling the same reprogrammable device to be used across multiple projects. Xilinx is TS16949 certified and offers the XA family of parts fully qualified to AEC-Q100.

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