Software-in-the-Loop simulation for early-stage testing of AUTOSAR software component

Abstract

In Embedded Software, the early-stage testing of source code is important since it may reduce the future development cost. However, at the automotive domain, the conventional software testing methods depend on actual system and hardware such as Hardware-in-the-Loop simulator and vehicle, then the early-stage testing method of automotive software is still in immature status. Therefore the testing of automotive software component is delayed until they are developed enough to run at the actual hardware. In this paper, we propose a method to do dynamic analysis and test the AUTOSAR software component by Software-in-the-Loop simulation without target system hardware. It provides rapid prototyping environment to validate the behavior of automotive software and helps to improve the quality of software component from the early error detection.