EB Automotive Newsletter 03/2009
April 9, 2009
Dear Subscriber,
Not a day goes by without hearing in the news that investments have been cut - again - due to the global economic crisis. Even so, it is now more important than ever not just to sit and wait for the right circumstances, but to make them when they can't be found.
You can read about some of the changes EB is making in this latest newsletter and I would like to point you to a couple of these.
First, and I am proud to say this, our navigation software EB street director is one of the first solutions to offer users with up-to-date POI information on different software platforms using online services such as Live Search for Devices or Google Local Search.
I would also like to take the opportunity and invite you to visit a Blog, created by colleagues of mine and which contains Tips, Tricks & News around Microsoft's Windows Embedded operating systems. If you think Blogs are a great way of sharing information and you would like to see EB doing more of this please drop us a line at www.discovertheexperience.blogspot.com.
Additionally you can read about EB's latest Success Stories as well as which events we are attending. So please, if you are also at one of the upcoming events, come and talk with us to discuss which new ways we can go - together.
Happy Easter!
Sincerely yours,
Damian Barnett
Manager Engineering Services Infotainment,
EB Automotive Software Business Unit
Topics
EB is Authorized Microsoft Auto Trainings Partner
EB qualified itself as a training partner for Microsoft Auto...
EB's Navigation Solution Powers ClarionMiND
The ClarionMiND combines the EB street director navigation solution with the latest browser technology...
AUTOSAR 3.0 Support Throughout the V-Model
EB has launched a new version of EB tresos 2008.b...
Review: AUTOSAR Technology Day in Wolfsburg, Germany
EB organized a Technology Day focusing on the automotive software standard AUTOSAR...
Events
Meet EB...
Windows Embedded Blog
Discover the Windows Embedded Experience...
1st FlexRay-Barometer
Win a place at an EB FlexRay seminar...Service Corner
EB is Authorized Microsoft Auto Trainings Partner
EB is among the first companies authorized to offer training courses for the Microsoft Auto software platform. EB qualified itself as a training partner for Microsoft Auto as a software and operating system expert in the automotive sector and on the basis of its long experience as Windows Embedded Gold Partner and a provider of customized training courses.
EB's Navigation Solution Powers ClarionMiND (Mobile Internet Navigation Device)
EB is pleased to announce the ClarionMiND (Mobile Internet Navigation Device) is based on EB street director navigation solution. The ClarionMiND is a high-performance portable navigation and computing device powered by the Intel® Atom(TM) processor.
The ClarionMiND combines the EB street director navigation solution with the latest browser technology resulting in a next-generation mobile computer with an easy to use navigation system and an always-on connection. The EB street director navigation within the ClarionMiND is fully integrated to all internet applications, e.g. the entire Google Maps data base. Google search results from Google Maps will be plotted directly on the map of the EB street director navigation application in the ClarionMiND. The device will route directly to all search results from Google Maps, e.g. Local Search or any destinations related to points of interests (POI).
AUTOSAR 3.0 Support Throughout the V-Model
EB has launched a new version of EB tresos 2008.b which supports both AUTOSAR 2.1 and AUTOSAR 3.0. The new release simplifies configuration of basic software modules for automotive ECU (electronic control unit) development. EB tresos is a tool suite for configuration and code generation of AUTOSAR compliant basic software, already in use by OEMs. "Developers expect compliance with standards, process reliability and simplifications in the configuration process. With this release we have met these requirements" says Thomas Thomsen, Product Manager at EB.
AUTOSAR Technology Day in Wolfsburg, Germany
On February 19, 2009 EB Automotive Software organized a Technology Day focusing on the automotive software standard AUTOSAR. The event was held at the Autostadt (Automobile City) Wolfsburg, Germany. VW and its suppliers were interested in learning about the implications that AUTOSAR has on the day-to-day work in their ECU software (electronic control unit software) development departments.
In order to spark interest among the experts at VW and their Tier1 suppliers we showed them how their ECU development projects can benefit from adopting the AUTOSAR standard. We also explained how EB's experience in running projects in ECU software development can help the departments within Volkswagen and its suppliers complete their projects successfully.
EB provided information on the AUTOSAR standard through several presentations, practical demonstrations as well as individual consultation. For those interested EB supplied additional literature on the subject. The feedback we collected from the visitors was very positive and many wished for us to came back next year.
Events
Hannover Messe
Hannover, Germany
April 20th - 24th, 2009
microTOOL Conference
Berlin, Germany
May 7th - 8th, 2009
Automotive Testing Expo
Stuttgart, Germany
June 16th - 18th, 2009
Telematics Detroit
Novi, USA
June 2nd - 3rd, 2009
Navigation & Location Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 10th - 11th, 2009
Windows Embedded Blog
A couple of EB's employees have started a blog as a central point of information for news around Microsoft's Windows Embedded Operating systems. Whether you are using MS Auto, Windows Embedded CE or thinking of running a device on the .NET Micro Framework platfrom, you're sure to find some interesting information there.
Visit the blog and discover the Windows Embedded Experience.
Click here to visit the blog.
1st FlexRay-Barometer
With this barometer, we aim to give the FlexRay community a concise picture of the status quo of the market and what the future may bring. Please note: The survey is completely anonymous and takes about five minutes only. You will receive the results of this survey if you want. You can win one out of two seminar-places for an EB FlexRay seminar or an economic books of Carl Hanser publishing company.
Click here for the survey.
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