Topic Name: New software for individual vehicle of the future

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Research persons: Fraunhofer Institute

Location: Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

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In the future, vehicles will also be customized as their owner. Everyone can compose his vehicle according to its needs. To define exactly these functions individually, more and more software will be used to help you make those choices. Above them, German researchers are developing a support system software production: a system for creating the "lines of products (software)." Led by the Fraunhofer Institute in systems engineering and software (ISST) and conducted under the research project VEIA (discreet development and integration of automotive product lines), the prototype developed is currently being tested in the BMW company.

So far, for individual vehicles, the same software standards were used pout all vehicles. However, as each manufacturer assigns different characteristics in their models, only a piece of software was used effectively for the composition of a vehicle. To have available the entire program represents "an unnecessary burden," said Dr. Martin Grobe-Rhode of ISST is why ISST has developed jointly with BMW Group, the undertaking 'software engineering PROSTEP IMP GmbH and the Technical University of Munich the software tool "v.control. It creates software, from individual components through a modular system. This gives rise to product lines, ie specific software to focus on the relevant following the manufacturers. Simon Euring BMW, the integration of product lines in software development helps to improve efficiency in customizing vehicles.

The project veia, supported by the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is an example for the implementation of research results in the industry: technical concepts of lines of software products, development of software architecture, development system from models beyond its practical use in the automotive industry, this project allows for considerable changes in information technology.