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• Contents
• RTOS
  • Autosar
  • OSEK/VDX
• Automotive SPICE
• Autonomous Driving
• Agile
• Bus Systems
  • Automotive Ethernet
  • CAN
  • FlexRay
  • LIN
  • MOST
• Functional Safety
• Cyber Security
• Hardware
• Measurement and Calibration
• Vehicle Diagnostics
• Software Development Process
  • Requirements
  • Design
  • Implementation
  • Software Test
  • Functional Test
• Blogs
• Books
• Magazines
• Podcasts
• Press releases
• Videos
• Miscellaneous
• Contribute

• AUTOSAR - (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) is a worldwide development partnership of vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and companies from the automotive electronics, semiconductor and software industry.

• AUTOSAR Technical Overview - Official AUTOSAR website, 2016.
• About AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture - Renesas Electronics.
• Introduction to Autosar - Vector Informatik, e-learning module.
• Suppliers of AUTOSAR standard software - Click to expand

  Supplier	MCAL	BSW/OS/RTE	Tools
  COMASSO		BSW	BSWDT
  Elektrobit		EB tresos AutoCore	EB tresos Studio
  ETAS		RTA	ACET ISOLAR and more ...
  Hitex	MC-ISAR
  Infineon Technologies AG	MCAL
  KPIT		K-SAR Suite	K-SAR Editor
  Mentor		VSTAR	VSTAR Tools
  NXP Semiconductors	MCAL	OS
  OpenSynergy		COQOS	COQOSAReasy
  Renesas Electronics	MCAL
  STMicroelectronics	MCAL
  Vector Informatik		MICROSAR	DaVinci Developer DaVinci Configurator and more ...

• AUTOSAR Development Tools - Renesas Electronics, overview on toolset.
• Artop - The AUTOSAR Tool Platform is an implementation of common base functionality for AUTOSAR development tools.
• EB tresos®Studio documentation

• 2016 Evaluation of Performance and Fault Containment in AUTOSAR Micro-ECUs on a Multi-Core Processor - H. Ahmadian, R. Obermaisser, 2018.
• Efficient Multi-core AUTOSAR-Platform Based on an Input/Output Gateway Core -M.Urbina, R. Obermaisser, 2017.
• Co-simulation framework for AUTOSAR multi-core processors with message-based Network-on-Chips - M. Urbina, R. Obermaisser, 2016.
• Multi-core architecture for AUTOSAR based on virtual Electronic Control Units - M. Urbina, R. Obermaisser, 2015.
• Artop – An ecosystem approach for collaborative AUTOSAR tool development - Christian Knüchel, +5 authors, 2010.
• Interoperable AUTOSAR tooling with Artop - Sebastian Benz, Michael Rudorfer, Christian Knuechel, 2010.
• How the concepts of the Automotive standard "AUTOSAR" are realized in new seamless tool-chains - Dr. Stefan Voget, P. Favrais, 2010.
• AUTOSAR Runtime Environment and Virtual Function Bus - N. A. Naumann, 2009.
• AUTOSAR Software Architecture - Robert Warschofsky, 2009.
• Methodology and Templates in AUTOSAR - Regina Hebig, 2009.
• How timing interfaces in AUTOSAR can improve distributed development of real-time software - Kai Richter, +4 authors, 2008.
• Enabling of AUTOSAR system design using Eclipse-based tooling - Oliver Scheickl, +4 authors, 2008.
• Achievements and exploitation of the AUTOSAR development partnership - H. Fennel, +23 authors, 2006.
• AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture – An industry-wide initiative to manage the complexity of emerging Automotive E/E-Architectures - Harald Heinecke, +8 authors, 2004.

• as - automotive software(OSEK & AUTOSAR) and its tool-chain here.
• autosar-framework - Master-Thesis - Framework für wiederverwendbare Autosar Basis-Software-Module.
• autosar - A set of python modules for working with AUTOSAR XML files.

• OSEK VDX Portal - down since 2017 due to the working group has been disbanded in favor of AUTOSAR.
• OIL - OSEK Implementation Language, specification version 2.5.
• OS - Operating System, specification version 2.2.3.
• COM - Communication, specification version 3.0.3.
• ORTI A and ORTI B - OSEK Run Time Interface (ORTI), specification version 2.2.
• OS Test Plan - specification version 2.0.
• OS Test Procedure - specification version 2.0.
• COM Test Plan - specification version 2.0.
• COM Test Procedure - specification version 2.0.
• Chalandi Amine OSEK 2.2.3 - Implementation for ARM Cortex M3.
• Elektrobit tresos - Commercial implementation of an OSEK RTOS
• ERIKA Enterprise - Royalty free automotive OSEK/VDX certified Hard Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
• ev3OSEK - Implementation for the Mindstorms EV3 robots.
• FreeOSEK - Implementation (BSD license).
• mKernel - Implementation (GPL license) with Partially OSEK/VDX compliant oil generator supporting only the Microchip PIC18F4550.
• nxtOSEK - Implementation for the Mindstorms NXT robots.
• openOSEK - Implementation (LGPL license).
• PICOS18 - Implementation (GPL license) with support for Microchip PIC18.
• Trampoline - Implementation (LGPL license).
• Trioz OSEK RTOS - Commercial implementation.

• ASPICE - Automotive SPICE® Process Assessment Model (PAM) and Process Reference Model (PRM).
• Automotive SPICE: Ensuring ASPICE Compliance - 321 Gang, Continuous Engineering Experts.
• A Seamless Model-Based Development Process for Automotive Systems - Jan Meyer, Matthias Meyer, 2011.

• Awesome Autonomous Driving
• Awesome Autonomous Vehicles
• Awesome Self-Driving Cars

• Scaled Agile Framework - (SAFe) is a set of organization and workflow patterns intended to guide enterprises in scaling lean and agile practices.
• Agile practices when developing safety systems - Thor Myklebusta, Narve Lyngbya, Tor Stålhanec, 2018.
• An Assessment of Avionics Software Development Practice: Justifications for an Agile Development Process - Geir Kjetil Hanssen, Gosse Wedzinga, Martijn Stuip, 2017.
• Scrum , documentation and the IEC 61508-3 : 2010 software standard - Thor Myklebust, Tor Stålhaneb, Børge Haugseta, 2014.
• VDA - Agile Collaboration v1.0 Online Document - This is the free Yellow Print for the Agile Collaboration July 2020.

• Introduction to Automotive Ethernet - Vector Informatik, e-learning module.
• Vector Automotive Ethernet Symposium 2019: Lectures - In 7 presentations - by Infineon, NXP, TÜV-Nord and Vector - the speakers showed the current status and solutions for the upcoming challenges, 2019
• A TCP/IP Tutorial - RFC 1180, short overview on ethernet.
• Automotive Grade Linux - Open source ethernet stack for automotive.
• OPEN Alliance. "Automotive Ethernet Specifications"
• SOME/IP specification
• vsomeip in 10 minutes - Introduction to SOME/IP based on GENIVI implementation.
• Security Analysis of Ethernet in Cars - Ammar Talic, 2017
• Automotive Ethernet Stack - Click to expand

  Use Case	Audio Video	Time Sync	Network Managment	Service Control	Diagnostic	Address Config	Helper Protocols
  Application					UDS*
  Presentation
  Session	IEEE 1722 (AVTP)	IEEE 802.1AS (PTP)	UDP-NM	SOME/IP	DoIP*	DHCP
  Transport			TCP and/or UDP
  Network			IPv4/IPv6				ICMP, ICMPv6, ARP, NDP
  Data Link	Ethernet MAC + VLAN (802.1Q)
  Physical	Automotive Ethernet Physical (Ethernet, OPEN Alliance BroadR-Reach, Reduced twisted-pair Gigabit Eth)

  ^{(*) - superseded by newer version of standard}

• CiA – CAN In Automation - A user organization for people interested in CAN.
• Bosch specification - Specification superseded by the standard ISO 11898.
• Bosch CAN FD specification Version 1.0
• Controller Area Network (CAN) Schedulability Analysis: Refuted, Revisited and Revised
• Controller Area Network (CAN) Implementation Guide
• Introduction to CAN - Vector Informatik, e-learning module.
• Controller Area Network - UC Berkeley, presentation.
• Understanding and Using the Controller Area Network - UC Berkeley, CAN 2.0b.
• CAN Protocol - Kvaser, tutorial.
• CAN magazine - CiA publications.

• FlexRay Specification
• FlexRay Overview - National Instruments.
• Introduction to FlexRay - Vector Informatik, e-learning module.
• The FlexRay Electrical Physical Layer Evolution - Lorenz Steffen, magazine Automotive 2010.

• Introduction to LIN - Vector Informatik, e-learning module.
• LIN Supplier ID Registration Authority - Standardized in the ISO 17987 series.
• The LIN Short Story - NXP Semiconductors.

• MOST Cooperation Website - Technology overview and specifications.

• ISO 26262-1:2011 Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 1: Vocabulary - ISO Online Browsing Platform (OBP).
• IEC 61508-1:2010 - Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems.
• exida Recorded Webinars - exida worlds leading company for certification, safety, alarm management, cybersecurity.
• Matrickz TechTalk - Matrickz, about ASPICE, Security and Safety (ISO26262).
• What is the ISO 26262 Functional Safety Standard ? - National Instruments.
• Criticality categories across safety standards in different domains - ERTS2 Congress.
• A Case Study of Toyota Unintended Acceleration and Software Safety - Philip Koopman, and slides .
• NASA Software Safety Guidebook - NASA, 2004.
• Sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) - Wikipedia, the US NHTSA estimates 16,000 accidents per year in USA.
• Results of 2017 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey - Barr Group, list of all webinars .
• Talk on safety-critical systems and criticisms of the standards - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE.
• Talk on correctness by construction techniques - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE.
• Knowledge Bank of technical articles, presentations and talks - Risktec - TÜV Rheinland.
• Tools and Methods for Validation and Verification as requested by ISO26262 - Markus Gebhardt, Axel Kaske, 2014.
• A Reference Example on the Specification of Safety Requirements using ISO 26262 - J. Westman, M. Nyberg, 2013.
• Early Safety Evaluation of Design Decisions in E/E Architecture according to ISO 26262 - Vladimir Rupanov Alois, +4authors, 2012.
• Safety Critical Systems: Challenges and Directions - J.C. Knight, 2002.

• Automotive Cybersecurity Overview - From NHTSA (United States Department of Transportation), set of articles.
• Cyber Security - SIG - From IEEE.org, numbers of great resources.
• The Car Hacker's Handbook - A Guide for the Penetration Tester - Craig Smith, 2016.
• Vector Cybersecurity Symposium 2016: Lectures - From official Vector Informatik YouTube channel. On 23rd June 2016.
• Vector Cybersecurity Symposium 2017: Lectures - From official Vector Informatik YouTube channel.
• Vector Cybersecurity Symposium 2019: Lectures - From official Vector Informatik YouTube channel. On April 3rd 2019.
• Vehicle Control Unit Security using Open Source AUTOSAR - Masters Thesis in Software Engineering.
• Awesome Vehicle Security - Books, hardware, software, applications, people to follow, car hacking and tinkering.

• AEC Component Technical Committee - standardization body for establishing standards for reliable, high quality electronic components. Components meeting these specifications are suitable for use in the harsh automotive environment without additional component-level qualification testing. This web site makes available the technical documents developed by the AEC Component Technical Committee. These documents can be downloaded directly.

• ASAM MCD-1 XCP - ASAM (Association for Standardisation of Automation and Measuring Systems) standard description.
• XCP – The Standard Protocol for ECU Development - Andreas Patzer, Rainer Zaiser, Vector Informatik GmbH, 2016.
• XCP fundamentals: measuring, calibrating and bypassing based on the ASAM standard - Official Vector Informatik YouTube channel.

• ISO 14229-1:2006 - Unified Diagnostic Services (UDS) specification, superseded by the standard ISO 14229-1:2013.
• ISO 13400-2:2012 - Road vehicles - Diagnostic communication over Internet Protoco (DoIP).
• Information Posters - Softing Automotive, about UDS, ODX, OTX, DoIP.
• Diagnostics and Flashing - Official Vector Informatik YouTube channel, more here.
• Usage of AUTOSAR diagnostic modules in a MOST electronic control unit - Paul Hoser, 2008.
• Unified Diagnostic Services Protocol Implementation in an Engine Control Unit - Panuwat Assawinjaipetch, Michael Heeg, Daniel Gross, Stefan Kowalewski, 2013.
• Remote Vehicle Diagnostics over the Internet using the DoIP Protocol - Mathias Johanson, Pål Dahle, Andreas Söderberg

• IEEE Std 1233 - IEEE Guide for Developing System Requirements Specifications, 1998.
• Requirements Engineering in Automotive Development: Experiences and Challenges - M. Weber, J. Weisbrod, 2002.

• Polarion Tutorial Videoss - From tool vendor - Siemens Industry Software.
• Vector Polarion Connection Utility - Add-on tool for Vector vTESTstudio that serves to integrate Siemens Polarion ALM into the Vector testing tool chain.

• Getting started - Tutorial for IBM Rational DOORS and IBM Rational DOORS Web Access.
• Documentation - Library pages contain documentation for earlier versions of Rational products.
• Essentials - Hands-on examples.
• IBM Rational Rhapsody tips and tricks - Hands-on examples.
• Using DXL - The Rational® DOORS® eXtension Language (DXL) is an easy-to-learn scripting language that you can use to control and extend Rational DOORS functions.
• The DXL Reference Manual

• ISO/IEC/IEEE42010 - Systems and software engineering — Architecture description, 2011.
• IEEE Std 1016 - IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design Descriptions, 1998.
• A Gateway Core between On-chip and Off-chip Networks for an AUTOSAR Message-based Multi-core Platform - M. Urbina and R. Obermaisser, 2016.
• Automotive real time development using a timing-augmented AUTOSAR specification - O. Scheickl, M. Rudorfer, 2008.
• Enterprise Architect - Sparx Systems - tool vendor, contains demo, tutorials and more.
• Gaphor - The simple open source modeling tool supporting UML and SysML.
• Awesome Software Architecture

• SysML for embedded automotive Systems: lessons lear ned - J-D. Piques, E. Andrianarison, 2011.
• SysML for embedded automotive Systems : a practical approach - E. Andrianarison, J-D. Piques, 2010.
• Model synchronization at work: keeping SysML and AUTOSAR models consistent - H. Giese , S. Hildebr , S. Neumann, 2010.

• IEEE Std 830 - IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications, 1998.
• IEEE Std 730 - IEEE Standard for Software Quality Assurance Plans, 1998.
• Software engineering for automotive systems: A roadmap - Alexander Pretschner, +3authors, 2007.

• Driving Into the Future With Modern C++: A Look at Adaptive Autosar - Jan Babst, CppCon, 2017.
• Guidelines for the use of the C++14 language in critical and safety-related systems - AUTOSAR standard.
• MISRA - Publications from world-leading best practice guidelines for the safe and secure application.
• Modern Embedded Systems Programming - Series of hands-on lessons about embedded microcontrollers in C.
• Safe Software for Autonomous Mobility With Modern C++ - Andreas Pasternak, CppCon.
• SEI CERT Coding Standards - Languages such as C, C++, Java, and Perl, and the Android™ platform.
• Writing Safety Critical Automotive C++ Software for High Performance AI Hardware - Michael Wong, CppCon.
• Awesome C
• Awesome C++
• Awesome Embedded
• Awesome MATLAB

• MULTI Integrated Development Environment
• Trace32 Lauterbach GmbH - High-tech company for microprocessor development tools.
• Trace32 basic examples of usage - Lauterbach GmbH.
• Trace32: Debug your embedded systems - Nohau Solutions.
• iSYSTEM AG - Debugging tools supplier WinIDEA, iC5000 Base Unit, testIDEA.

• Simulation Environment based on SystemC and VEOS for Multi-Core Processors with Virtual AUTOSAR ECUs - M. Urbina, Z. Owda, R. Obermaisser, 2015.
• Software Testing Symposium 2018: Lectures - Official Vector Informatik YouTube channel.
• Awesome Software Quality

• A Practical Tutorial on Modified Condition/Decision Coverage
• The Effect of Program and Model Structure on MC⁄DC Test Adequacy Coverage

• ARUnit - Unit Testing of AUTOSAR Software Components, Artop sub-project.
• Google Test - Google's C++ test framework.
• Googletest Mocking (gMock) Framework - Google's framework for writing and using C++ mock classes.
• Fake Function Framework (fff) - Micro-framework for creating fake C functions for tests.
• Unit Testing C Code - Discussion with overview on available C unit test frameworks.

• Awesome Static Analysis

• GLIWA - Worldwide leading provider for timing analysis, optimization and verification, resources.
• Runtime Analysis of AUTOSAR Embedded Projects - Florian Sommer, Sebastian Ziegler.
• TA Tool Suite - Managing the Timing Behavior of AUTOSAR Multi-Core ECUs - Vector Informatik.
• Tool support for seamless system development based on AUTOSAR timing extensions - Oliver Scheickl, Christoph Ainhauser, Peter Gliwa, 2012.
• Timing Simulation of Interconnected AUTOSAR Software-Components - Matthias Krause, +4 authors, 2007.

• Vector Testing Symposium 2017: Lectures - Official Vector Informatik YouTube channel.
• Vector Testing Symposium 2018: Lectures - Official Vector Informatik YouTube channel.

• CANoe: Product Videos - Official Vector Informatik YouTube channel.
• Programming with CAPL
• Tips and Tricks for the Use of CAPL - Three consecutive articles, for all levels of user knowledge Part One, Part Two, Part Three.

• just auto - Global automotive industry news, data and analysis. Recent information about OEMs and suppliers.
• automotivetechis - From engineer with 10 years in automotive domain.
• automotive wiki - From SCHEID automotive GmbH.
• AUTOSAR tutorials
• Small Business Programming - A set of great articles on every programmers topic.

• Technical Papers on the Development of Embedded Electronics - Vector Informatik GmbH, 2018
• Automotive Embedded Systems Handbook - Nicolas Navet, 2009.
• Understanding Automotive Electronics Eighth Edition - William B. Ribbens, 2017.
• FMEA Handbook - Ford, 2011.
• The Car Hacker's Handbook - A Guide for the Penetration Tester - Craig Smith, 2016.
• engineeringbookspdf - Offers free access to about 150 automotive books.
• engbookspdf - Offers free access to about 35 automotive books.
• engbookspdf - Offers free access to about 5 automotive books.
• eBooks-IT.org - Online library for IT ebooks.
• Free Programming Books
• Free Software Testing Books

• SAE Magazines - A set of free magazines from automotive industry.
• Vehicle Electronics - Free monthly magazine for automotive electronics engineers.
• CAN magazine - CiA publications.

• SAE Tomorrow Today - SAE International, provides unique and dynamic perspectives from innovative industry leaders.
• Matrickz TechTalk - Matrickz, about ASPICE, Security and Safety (ISO26262).
• Embedded.fm - A site dedicated to the many aspects of engineering.

• Continental AG
• Elektrobit (EB)
• Renesas Electronics Corporation
• OPEN Alliance
• SAE International
• Softing Automotive Electronics GmbH
• Vector Informatik GmbH

• Automotive Logistics
• Embedded Meetup Egypt - Webinars related to software development for automotive embedded systems.
• Official Elektrobit
• MATLAB Videos and Webinars
• Official Vector Informatik YouTube channel

• Universität Siegen - Publication list about critical safety and AUTOSAR projects.
• Vector Support & Downloads - Over 1000 great materials: webinars, articles and more.
• Vector Knowledge Base - Vector platform with examples and solutions for problems related to offered products.
• TOP 100 OEM suppliers - Suplement to Automotive News magazine, 2013.
• Awesome Indexed - Search the Awesome dataset.
• Awesome Search - Quick search for Awesome lists.

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