Exploring timing effects at early design stages.
TimingExplorer offers a set of parameterizable ECU core models to explore the effects of different ECUs or different ECU configurations on the worst-case execution time performance. This allows designers to account for timing and timing effects in an early design phase and helps avoid late-stage integration problems.
The challenge
Choosing a suitable processor configuration at the beginning of the development is a challenge. A configuration which is too powerful can lead to a waste of expensive resources. A configuration not powerful enough might entail changes late in the development cycle and delay the delivery.
The solution
- TimingExplorer offers a set of basic ECU core models representative for different performance classes. Cache architecture and memory map are fully parameterizable.
- TimingExplorer requires representative source code of representative application parts, e.g. from previous releases or rapid-prototyping defelopment environments.
- The source code is compiled by a standard compiler and its timing behavior is determined using AbsInt’s award-winning aiT timing analysis technology.
Your benefits
- TimingExplorer is a building block for ECU-level architecture exploration. It helps you make informed desicions with respect to which ECU architectures are appropriate for an application at an early stage of product development.
- TimingExplorer is focused on the worst-case timing and automatically provides 100% coverage of the analyzed software so that critical corner cases are automatically considered.
- The effects of different ECU types and configurations can be evaluated without the need to have the physical hardware available. This helps to prevent late-stage integration problems.
- TimingExplorer can also be combined with other analysis tools from AbsInt (for example, StackAnalyzer for stack usage analysis) in a single intuitive user interface called a³.
Free trial
TimingExplorer is currently available for the following processor/compiler combinations:
| Processor | Compiler |
|---|---|
| MPC 55xx, 603e, 755s | DiabData (WindRiver), C or Ada source code |
| GHS (Green Hills), C or Ada source code | |
| GCC |
All versions are available for Windows (7, Vista, XP) and Linux.
If you would like to receive an evaluation version of TimingExplorer, simply print out, fill out and sign the Evaluation License Agreement form (PDF, 100kB) and send or fax it to AbsInt.
Trial versions for several other processor/compiler combinations are available on request. If your processor, compiler, or operating system is not listed above, please contact us.