Embedded program development environment for windshield wiper controller

An embedded program development environment, newly defined "Model In the Loop Emulation (MILE)" is proposed. This environment consists of the models described by MATLAB/Simulink and an embedded hardware. It is applied to the development of the program for a windshield wiper controller. Its effectiveness is evaluated by comparing it with the handcode development approach. The results show that the performances of the programs developed by each of the approaches coincide and the time for optimizing the program\´s performances by using MILE is 58% reduced.