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Wixom, Michigan, April 26, 2010: dSPACE and BTC Embedded Systems AG together provide a tool chain that supports model-based development and model-based testing of safety-critical applications. The dSPACE production code generator TargetLink and the model-based test tool BTC EmbeddedTester interact seamlessly and have been especially certified by TÜV SÜD, a German certification authority, for use in safety-related projects according to ISO 26262 and IEC 61508. This relieves users of the need to perform additional, costly tool qualification measures.
A reference workflow has been created for users as a guide for model-based, ISO 26262/IEC 61508-compliant development procedures. This reference workflow is based on experience and on proven methods from successfully completed safety-related production projects, and has also been approved by TÜV SÜD. The methods proposed in the workflow are directly recommended by the standards. Using the reference workflow as a guide makes it easier for users to prove that their development approaches are suitable for safety-related software. All in all, users can perform the model-based development of safety-related applications very efficiently by using the established tool chain from dSPACE and BTC Embedded Systems.
About dSPACE
dSPACE develops and distributes tools for the development of electronic control units (ECUs) and mechatronic systems worldwide. Using dSPACE systems, manufacturers of controllers and ECUs are able to dramatically reduce their development times and costs, and systematically increase their productivity.
The company also provides comprehensive services from on-site user training to customer-specific system engineering such as turn-key HIL test systems.
dSPACE has over 800 employees worldwide at its headquarters in Paderborn, at the Project Centers in Munich and Stuttgart, and also in its subsidiaries in China, France, Japan, the UK, and the USA (Wixom, MI). In addition, numerous distributors provide customer support in other countries.
Further information: www.dspaceinc.com
About TargetLink
The production code generator TargetLink generates highly efficient C code from Simulink®/Stateflow® models and is used with great success in numerous production projects worldwide. TargetLink’s outstanding qualities are its automotive focus, high reliability, process integratability, and support of standards such as AUTOSAR, ASAM-MCD 2MC (ASAP2), MISRA and OSEK.
About BTC Embedded Systems AG
BTC Embedded Systems AG was founded in 1999, and since 2008 it has belonged to the BTC Group, one of Germany’s top-twenty IT companies.
BTC Embedded Systems AG has its headquarters in Oldenburg, Germany. Customers in southern Germany are supported by a branch in Munich. A Japanese subsidiary, BTC Japan Co., Ltd., has been taking care of Japanese sales and support successfully since 2007.
BTC Embedded Systems AG sees itself as a pioneer and expert in the fields of model-based development and model-based testing of embedded software and systems. This expertise is put to use in developing high-quality test products as well as in providing services.
Further information: www.btc.es.de
About BTC EmbeddedTester
BTC EmbeddedTester is a highly integrated and automated test environment for the world’s leading production code generator TargetLink. BTC EmbeddedTester supports users in the areas of functional testing and structural testing by providing a fully automatic test execution environment combined with innovative, automatic test generation technologies. The technologies involved support the safety standards and at the same time ensure the quality and efficiency needed to meet time-to-market challenges.
