Virtual prototyping for efficient multi-core ECU development of driver assistance systems

Kiesel R, Streubühr M, Haubelt C, Terzis A, Teich J (2012)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2012

Pages Range: 33-40

Article Number: 6404155

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation (SAMOS XII)

Event location: Samos GR

ISBN: 9781467322973

DOI: 10.1109/SAMOS.2012.6404155

Abstract

In recent years, road vehicles have experienced an enormous increase in driver assistance systems such as traffic sign recognition, lane departure warning, and pedestrian detection. Cost-efficient development of electronic control units (ECUs) for these systems is a complex challenge. The demand for shortened time to market makes the development even more challenging and thus demands efficient design flows. This paper proposes a model-based design flow that permits simulation-based performance evaluation of multi-core ECUs for driver assistance systems in a pre-development stage. The approach is based on a system-level virtual prototype of a multi-core ECU and allows the evaluation of timing effects by mapping application tasks to different platforms. The results show that performance estimation of different parallel implementation candidates is possible with high accuracy even in a pre-development stage. By adapting the best-fitting parallelization strategy to the final ECU, a reduction in the time to market period is possible. Currently, the design flow is being evaluated by Daimler AG and is being applied to a pedestrian detection system. Results from this application illustrate the benefits of the proposed approach. © 2012 IEEE.

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APA:

Kiesel, R., Streubühr, M., Haubelt, C., Terzis, A., & Teich, J. (2012). Virtual prototyping for efficient multi-core ECU development of driver assistance systems. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation (SAMOS XII) (pp. 33-40). Samos, GR.

MLA:

Kiesel, Rainer, et al. "Virtual prototyping for efficient multi-core ECU development of driver assistance systems." Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation, IC-SAMOS 2012, Samos 2012. 33-40.

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