Network development techniques [vehicle electronics]

Future automobile architectures will be based on networked electronics. Designers of such networked systems envisage a new class of highly sophisticated complexity; therefore a new class of appropriate system design support tools is required. The author describes a full set of such tools, consisting of a network simulator, a network emulator and a network analyzer. The simulator is used for system layout purposes without the need for actual system hardware. The emulator replaces in real time real system components. The analyzer is used for verification of the system layout in the actual real system. As networks are the backbone of future automobile systems networks, development tools are fundamental for efficient automobile system design