Continental has expanded its toolbox for automotive software development with its future virtual ECU Creator software (vECU Creator), enabling the developers at vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and third parties to configure and run virtual cloud-based electronic control units in their specific development environments.
In addition, it will also help develop code for microcontroller and processor hardware that does not yet exist. The virtual ECU Creator is part of the Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge) framework, which runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). By using cloud-based vECUs, new applications or software features for software-defined vehicles (SDV) can be built by OEMs faster, more efficiently and more agile. That allows future developments to be tested and debugged continuously by engineers within the cloud at the same time as hardware development and production cycles. The virtual ECU Creator brings together Continental’s high-performance computers, and Electronic Control Units, with Elektrobit’s production-proven software for Classic and Adaptive AUTOSAR.
Gilles Mabire, CTO, Continental Automotive, said, “A great vehicle relies on both quality hardware and software. Our virtual ECU Creator will make it easy for our software experts to work in parallel, enabling us to create applications for the software-defined vehicle that enhance the driver’s safety and experience.”
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