Tech Focus

Tech Focus: Challenges of nextgen auto infotainment design

The future of Android in vehicles

Using OpenVG for 2D graphics in auto infotainment displays

MISRA C 2012 takes on automotive and safety-critical software apps

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Development

The future of Android in vehicles

The benefits and challenges of marrying in-vehicle infotainment with the safety and security mechanisms in the Android OS.

Using OpenVG for 2D graphics in auto infotainment displays

The basic capabilities of the OpenVG 2D vector graphics specification and how to use it in automotive infotainment and instrument display applications.

MISRA C 2012 takes on automotive and safety-critical software apps

Paul Burden of PRQA provides a tutorial on the newest 2012 version of MISRA C, the differences from the earlier version and how to use it to write and compile bug-free object or machine code for safety-critical designs.

Embedding multicore virtualization into automotive electronics

In order to use the full potential of embedded multicore processors in the automotive environment, they need to be accompanied by matching software concepts.

Products

Renesas SoC targets high-end automotive nav and infotainment

The R-Car H2 is a new member of the R-Car Series of automotive Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) from Renesas Electronics Corporation.

Mentor Embedded's Infotainment product is GENIVI 3.0-Compliant

The Mentor Embedded GENIVI 3.0 specification-compliant, Linux-based Infotainment (IVI) solution integrates graphics, communication, and multimedia middleware.

Wind River launches software for rapid dev of Android in-vehicle infotainment systems

Wind River's Solution Accelerator for Android, Automotive helps in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) device manufacturers shorten the development time of high-quality Android-based IVI systems.

QNX and Freescale team up to speed automotive infotainment design cycles

QNX Software Systems Co. has announced that the QNX CAR Application Platform now supports Freescale Semiconductor’s i.MX applications processors for automotive.

News

GENIVI, AVnu working on joint auto network spec

The GENIVI and AVnu auto standards groups have agreed to make their technologies work together for easier design.

Cadence brings Ethernet IP to automotive networks

Cadence Design Systems is offering Automotive Ethernet Design IP and Verification IP (VIP) for the automotive Ethernet controllers.

Green Hills adds AUTOSAR to INTEGRITY RTOS

Latest addition expands automotive oems ability to safely combine mixed function ECU services of mixed criticality

Green Hills brings HTML5 to auto electronics

Developed in partnership with Obigo, the Green Hills Platform for Digital Instruments delivers advanced, scalable hmi configurations for the automotive marketplace