Systems Engineering for Automotive Electronics

Aims

Insights into the systematic development process and the tools used to support systematic development, using the automotive industry as a concrete example The course consists of three parts: Lecture, laboratory and excursion.

Lecture content

• Development process: Automotive electronics market trends, technological trends in development processes, requirements for processes, methods and tools, overview of solution approaches, overview of other events.
• Target architecture in the vehicle: Architecture development process, description of target architectures in the vehicle, HW/SW architecture, networking, bus systems (CAN, LIN, MOST, FlexRay), processor families, standard SW modules, OSEK, diagnostic standards, boundary conditions for the architecture design (installation space, costs, assembly, wiring harness).
• Development tools I (system level): Development processes, requirements for tools in series production, models of computation (modeling methods), requirements engineering, methods and tools for the design of control systems, methods and tools for the design of distributed systems (TITUS).
• Development tools II (software level): Automatic code generation (processes, procedures, tools), Automated testing.
• Quality management: SW quality management system DC.
• System design and project management: Design of a development project, interaction of project management, processes and tools, risk management, supplier management.

SEAE Lab

During the lab, students work with a current tool for electrical/electronic architecture development and develop a partial functionality of a current vehicle. The model to be created offers different views of the sub-functionality as an architectural proposal. This conveys the complexity of current architectures and the possibilities for mastering them. The lab takes place on two dates.

Excursion

Participants in the SEAE course have the opportunity to take part in an excursion to Porsche AG. The excursion takes place at the end of the course.