Infotainment as a Validation Case

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Infotainment as a Validation Case
The Competitiveness of the European Automotive
Software Industry Bruxelles, 28 April 2010

• Claudio Valesani STMicroelectronics
• claudio.valesani_at_st.com

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Agenda

• The Car Infotainment Evolution
• From a radio box to an interconnected multimedia
  system
• Consumer open systems in a closed Car
  environment
• Car Infotainment Embedded Software
• Influence of the Consumer world
• Evolution from HW to SW functions
• The development Environment
• Modeling, Simulation, Validation, Embedded
  Systems Engineering
• Software Standardization
• Autosar, Genivi,....
• STs Infotainment Strategy
• Towards ADAS and Autonomous Driving
• Summary Recommendations

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Car Infotainment Evolution
Increased connectivity, audio and video formats
Different storage options
Consumer world Data Storage, Portable,
Connectivity
Navigation
10s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
00s
Data Services
Integd Signal Proc IC
Digital AM/FM
Integd Power Amp
Zenith Royal-T(1953)
Integd RF FE
Digital Broadcast
Multi- Standards
SW Complexity
Automotive world Radio, HMI, V2X
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Car Infotainment Feature Evolution
Media Connectivty
HMI
From Radio Receiver To Headunit
Zenith Royal-T (1953)
Data Services
ARI (1974)
TMC (199x)
TPEG (200x)
time
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Digital Radio Standards by Geography
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Car Infotainment Embedded Software
Innovation RD _at_ CarMaker
Consumer
HMI GUI

Consumer
Innovation RD _at_ Tier1
Application
Standard Consumer Stacks
Innovation RD _at_ 3rd parties
IP
IP
IP
IP

Innovation RD _at_ Silicon Vendor
Middleware
Independent Open
Firmware
RTOS
IC IPs Silicon Vendor
Low Level Drivers
Standard
Silicon Vendor Specification
Hardware SoC
Automotive Key Competencies
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Car Infotainment Embedded Software
Region Dependent
Innovation RD _at_ CarMaker
Consumer
HMI GUI
Customer needs

Innovation RD _at_ Tier1
Consumer
Application
Standard Consumer Stacks
Innovation RD _at_ 3rd parties
IP
IP
IP
IP

Legislation
Innovation RD _at_ Silicon Vendor
Middleware
Independent Open
Firmware
RTOS
IC IPs Silicon Vendor
Low Level Drivers
Standard
Silicon Vendor Specification
Hardware SoC
Automotive Key Competencies
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ChallengeMinimizing Risk and increasing
efficiency during development
Innovation Quality Cost efficiency
System Validation
Embedded Systems Engineering
System Modeling Simulation
HPC High Performance Computation
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Software Standardization

• Autosar
• Focus on powertrain, chassis, safety and car-body
• Initiatives for Car Infotainment
• QNX (www.qnx.com)
• MS auto (www.microsoft.com/auto)
• GENIVI (www.genivi.org)
• AutoLinQ (www.autolinq.de)

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Automotive SW supply chain based on Autosar

• OEM developes concepts/ functional requirement
  specification
• OEM defines/develops commodity functions as
  models for re-use

OEM A
ECU SW/HW
Application Layer

• ECU manufacturer offers standardized solution
  based on own and 3rd party SW/HW know-how

Application Layer
ECU Manufacturer
AUTOSAR Runtime Environment (RTE)
Complex Drivers
I/O Hardware Abstraction
Memory Services
System Services
Communication Services
Memory Hardware Abstraction
Onboard Device Abstraction
Communication Hardware Abstraction
Microcontroller Drivers
Memory Drivers
I/O Drivers
Communication Drivers
Microcontroller/ASSP/ASIC/Standard IC
3rd party SW supplier

• Semiconductor manufacturer
• cares on optimizing
• Simulation Tools
• Development Tools
• AUTOSAR Environment
• Complex system know-how

AUTOSAR Runtime Environment (RTE)
I/O Hardware Abstraction
Memory Services
System Services
Communication Services
Semiconductor Manufacturer
Complex Drivers
Complex Drivers
Complex Drivers
Memory Hardware Abstraction
Onboard Device Abstraction
Communication Hardware Abstraction
Microcontroller Drivers
Memory Drivers
I/O Drivers
Communication Drivers
ASIC
ASSP
IC
Microcontroller
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Standards ? HW requirement mismatch
New E/E Architecture s
ISO26262 IEC61508 Safety Standards
MultiCore µC
Next generation quadcore microcontroller with
extended support for SIL/ASIL application
Today multicore microcontroller with support of
SIL/ASIL application available
Today only rudimental support of SIL/ASIL in
AUTOSAR Additional workarounds generating
branches of standard
Feature set for support of SIL/ASIL in AUTOSAR
4.x not fixed until now
AUTOSAR 3.x/4.0
AUTOSAR 4.x
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AUTOSAR Facts Figures
9 Core Partners 56 Premium Members 99 Associate
Members
182 Specifications in Rel 4.0
200 Full Time Equivalents
gt40 SW Modules
gt500 Persons Active Involved
10 methodology concepts incorperated
21 active Workgroups
3000 application Interfaces defined
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Business Threat to Standardisation risk of too
many derivatives
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Car Infotainment System Interfacing to Car
Electronics
Car Infotainment System
Interface to CAN Gateway
Automotive Domain
Car Infotainment Domain
Infotainment Application
RTOS
Connectivity
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Car Infotainment System Interfacing to Car
Electronics
Car Infotainment System
Interface to CAN Gateway
Automotive Domain
Car Infotainment Domain
Infotainment Application
RTOS
Multi-Core Architecture System-On-Chip offering
for cost-effective implementation
Connectivity
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Car Infotainment Software Standardization
Market evolving to standardized in-vehicle
infotainment software
Innovation
Time To Market
MS-Auto
Driver Pleasure
Consumer Features
Requirements for gateway to Consumer Electronics
world
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Driver To System Responsibility
Collision Avoidance
Emergency Braking
Collision Warning
Lane Merging
Blind Spot
Urban Drive Control
Increasing Software Requirements Increasing
Computing Power Needs Increasing Sensor
Needs Increasing Functional Safety Requirments
Lane Keeping
ACC
eCall
ESP
Airbag
Seat Belts
System Responsibility
Driver Responsibility
Reliable Vehicle
Safe/Comfort Vehicle
Intelligent Vehicle
Perceiving Vehicle
Responsible Vehicle
Mechanical Restraints
Passive Safety
Autonomous Driving
Legislation is driving towards Vision Zero 0
fatalities
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ADAS Infotainment Convergence
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The Car-sphere

• The Car-Sphere
• The car is becoming a very complicated ecosystem
  or eco-sphere (a car-sphere) with inner and
  outer Communications and Processing Network

• Car to Car
• Safe Driving Collision avoidance, Accident ahead
  information, Turn Conflict Warning, Curve
  Warning,

• Car to Infrastructure
• Traffic Information and Dynamic Route Guidance
• Electronic Fee Collection
• Emergency Vehicle Operation
• Public transportation management
• Infotainment Download

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leading towards Autonomous Driving
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Summary

• Clear tendency to
• Higher Integration (SOC)
• Digitalization of Systems
• Move from HW to SW implementation of functions
  (Middleware)
• Networking of Systems
• The Innovation gets momentum from the Consumer
  world
• Mobile phone
• I-Pod
• Social networking
• The complexity calls for Standardization
• Autosar ... not including Car Infotainment
• Genivi ?
• Strong increase of embedded SW in all new
  applications related to ADAS, clearly driven by
  European Automotive OEMs

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Summary

• Need to focus on key competencies
• ? Keep leadership through innovation
• Digital Broadcasting (Radio and TV)
• Advanced Navigation
• Telematics / e-Call / e-Tolling
• ADAS
• Communication Infrastructures

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Recommendations

• Support fast introduction of in-car technology
• E-Call
• Advanced Navigation ? E-Horizon
• ADAS
• Autonomous Driving
• Mandating Safety relevant Systems
• Building-up and support an adequate V2x
  Infrastructure
• GSM/GPRS (G2.5) is a mature and reliable network
  to accomplish Automotive services
• This network will progressively be overlayed to
  UMTSLTE
• GSM may be progressively switched off after 2020
• Promoting a dedicated interdisciplinary
  university education
• Mechatronic (Mechanics and electronic)
• Softronic (Software and electronics)

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• ... Embedded is the key word,
• not only for Automotive...
• also in Industrial, Medical,...