EB Automotive Software Newsletter -
Issue 04/2009

 

August 11, 2009

Dear Subscriber,

Welcome to the summer edition of the EB Automotive Software newsletter.

I'm pleased to have started as new CEO of EB since June. During the last 3 years I have been actively participating in the management of EB, including the EB Automotive Software business, as member of the board of directors. Before that I have been working in EB as COO and head of business development, and was deeply involved in establishing the automotive software business in EB.

The global economic situation is currently impacting all of us. While EB has taken measures to adjust its operations to the weakened demand, we will continue to drive our strategy for Automotive Software with significant investments in new releases for ECU and Infotainment products. EB wishes to continue strengthening our position as an innovative and reliable partner that provides solutions that create new business opportunities to our customers.

The cornerstones of EB's infotainment offering are Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Navigation. The HMI software EB GUIDE recently has been enhanced with many new features that enable significant productivity gains and cost savings in HMI development. You can read more about this in this newsletter. Read also about some examples of the white-label navigation software EB street director. Its latest releases support 3D map displays and online connectivity, so that the navigation solution seamlessly integrates with internet services like Google or Microsoft Bing (Live Search for Devices). As you will be able to read in this newsletter both of EB's infotainment products are designed to support all relevant platforms of the automotive industry.

Have fun reading and have a great summer!

 

  


  Sincerely yours,
  Jukka Harju

  Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  EB, Elektrobit


Topics

 

EB and RTT Present:


Full Operating Functionality in the Virtual Prototype...

Increase Productivity with EB GUIDE


Reduce the development time significantly ...

EB Expands Support for Microsoft Auto platform


EB street director navigation technology converts search results into routable destinations that are plotted directly onto a navigation map...

EB tresos Inspector 2009.a

Parallel measuring and analyzing of FlexRay, CAN, LIN networks and A/D I/O data

EB GUIDE Users Day

Meet our project teams and product developers and enjoy a traditional Franconian snack

Success Stories

Service Corner


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EB and RTT present: Full Operating Functionality in the Virtual Prototype 

 

Together with the

Realtime Technology AG (RTT) EB (Elektrobit) introduces a connecting link between the RTT DeltaGen 3D realtime visualization and the EB GUIDE Studio HMI development tool to the market. With the demonstration of automotive prototypes, the HMI solution can now be experienced directly in virtual space: The head-tracking goggles and controller enable a true-to-life simulation of the car, the HMI representation responds to user inputs as in realtime, and even the controls can be tried out in the virtual world. With the new plug-in, HMI inputs can be realistically investigated in the environment in which they will later be made in a real environment - namely in a car under live conditions.

Read more in English or German

Increase Productivity with EB GUIDE

 

EB's HMI tool EB GUIDE Studio is made for modeling and specifying complex HMI systems, ranging from low- to high-level infotainment systems. Since 2004 EB has been supplying various OEM and Tier1 customers with this solution. In the past, infotainment systems have been developed for a certain car model, only. But today it is even more important to use resources in an economical and efficient way for handling multiple HMI projects with different country and language requirements, numerous features and display variants as well as thousands of user dialogs. During the last years EB has found out through different customer projects that the development time can be reduced by factor 10 when reusing existing project results.

See also the Success Story.

EB Expands Support for Microsoft Auto platform

 

Demonstrated at EB's exhibit at the 9th annual Telematics Detroit 2009 conference (June 2nd-3rd at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi), Microsoft Bing enables Internet-based searches through a mobile device.

EB street director navigation technology converts search results into routable destinations that are plotted directly onto a navigation map. Using a wireless link such as a Bluetooth-connected cell phone, Microsoft's Bing combined with EB's software solution provides an integrated Internet-connected navigation system for use in cars and light trucks, according to Artur Seidel, vice president of EB's Automotive Software Business for the Americas.

For the 13th International Advances in Automotive Electronics conference (July 15th to 16th in Ludwigsburg, Germany) EB added support of further services offered by Bing. Additional real time information of your destination, such as a weather forecast, can now be easily accessed using EB street director.

EB tresos Inspector 2009.a

 

EB has introduced a new version of the EB tresos Inspector, the analytical tool for monitoring and analysis of A/D I/O data and FlexRay, CAN and LIN networks. A completely redeveloped graphics user interface makes the new release very user friendly. Plus, the EB tresos Inspector 2009.a supports measurement and analysis of both, LIN networks and AUTOSAR PDUs (Protocol Data Units).

Read more in English or German.

Measurement and analysis in FlexRay and CAN networks with EB tresos Inspector. Watch the video.

EB GUIDE Users Day

 

EB's HMI development tool EB GUIDE Studio and related EB GUIDE Target Frameworks can be experienced during an informative and practical EB GUIDE Users Day at Erlangen on October 1st, where EB's HMI experts have planned to meet customers and inform about the newest HMI technology.

  • Talk about HMI project experience of EB, customers and partners
  • Roadmaps, demos, technical details, tips & tricks around EB GUIDE
  • Exchange of experiences with other HMI developers
  • Questions & answers together with our product developers

This entertaining day will also become a culinary event when we enjoy a traditional Franconian snack in the afternoon. For registration, please send a short Email to EB_GUIDE_events@elektrobit.com. Please fill in your contact information and the number of participants.

Place: Elektrobit Automotive GmbH, Am Wolfsmantel 46, 91058 Erlangen
Time: Thursday, October 1st, 2009, 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Note: The participation is for free. Travel costs are not included.

Success Stories

 

Service Corner

 

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