Automotive
PATEO

PATEO

Wind River Helps PATEO Create OS-Agnostic IVI System

Adding iOS connectivity to the Android automotive system

“The automobile is a complex environment. Introducing new software and capabilities is highly complicated. In order to deliver the highest quality and get to market quickly, it is critical to work with an expert like Wind River.”

—Kelvin Du, Vice President, PATEO

THE OBJECTIVE

Chinese automotive pioneer PATEO knew it needed to add iOS connectivity to their Android-based in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system in order to reach the market of dedicated Apple fans. Staying in tune with consumers required acting fast. But PATEO also knew that cross-platform software engineering was not its special competency. In the face of tight deadlines, it turned to Wind River®.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

PATEO selected the Wind River Connectivity Solution Accelerator for Android to allow users to access multimedia content from popular iOS devices. The Wind River software enables external platforms to perform as if they were accessories to the docked Apple device and play content from it.

THE RESULTS

In a marketplace where infotainment platforms can be a deal breaker, Wind River helped PATEO add iOS connectivity to its IVI system quickly and safely, with no negative impact on the development schedule.

Press Release
Wind River Selected by PATEO for iOS Connectivity on Android Automotive IVI Systems
Automotive
Mobis

HYUNDAI Mobis

Wind River Helps Hyundai MOBIS Sharpen the Cutting Edge

Partnership speeds creation of next-gen IVI software platform

“Wind River has a strong reputation as the leading automotive expert, with experienced engineers who can handle the complicated matters of custom software development, integration, and testing. We see tremendous value in partnering with Wind River.”

—Jaeoh Cha, Principal Research Engineer, MOBIS

THE OBJECTIVE

Leading Korean auto parts manufacturer Hyundai MOBIS needed to create a state-of-the-art in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system to stay competitive. That meant creating a platform to deliver myriad entertainment services—movies, games, Internet, radio, CD play—along with GPS, navigation, mobile connectivity, and more in a limited time frame.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

Hyundai MOBIS was able to trust development of its state-of-the art intelligent IVI system to Wind River® engineers experienced in developing big, complex embedded software systems for the automotive industry. The Wind River Automotive Solutions team developed, integrated, and tested the custom IVI platform in record time.

THE RESULTS

In partnership with Wind River, Hyundai Mobis was able to concentrate on developing a highly competitive vehicle on time and on budget, while Wind River built the software platform for the in-vehicle devices and applications consumers now expect from automotive manufacturers.

Press Release
Wind River Develops Software Platform for Hyundai MOBIS In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems
Automotive
Continental

Continental

Wind River Compiler Accelerates Vehicle Systems Development

Centralizing development lowers costs by more than 30%

“It is essential for us to maintain close relationships with industry leaders such as Wind River to make sure we stay at the leading edge of automotive technology, functionality, and safety.”

—Dr. Udo Judaschke, Director, PLM systems, Software and Verification, Continental Automotive IT

THE OBJECTIVE

Automotive supplier Continental wanted to save time, cut costs, and standardize the development process at its globally dispersed development sites. At the same time, it needed to meet the requirements of the functional safety standard ISO 26262. To do this required a global effort to standardize the development process during every phase and at every geographic site, using common processes and tools.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

Wind River® Diab Compiler provided Continental developers with an OS-agnostic tool suite that comprises a C/C++ compiler, an assembler, a linker, ANSI C and C++ libraries, and an instruction set simulator—everything it needed to speed development, ensure software quality, and standardize its global development data. Wind River rigorously tests each release of the suite to ensure functional safety standards throughout the development process—and supports the customers who use it.

THE RESULTS

By updating its tool suite, Continental was able to increase developer efficiency, standardize results, and ensure compliance with ISO 26262 at each of its 48 development sites around the world. By standardizing tools and processes, Continental lowered its development costs by more than 30 percent.

Press Release
Wind River Diab Compiler Accelerates Development for Vehicle Systems
Automotive
Magneti Marelli

Magneti Marelli

Wind River Helps Magneti Marelli Lead the Pack

Company reengineers Formula 1 data logger in record-breaking four months

Full success story

“With VxWorks, we were able to reduce startup time from seconds to milliseconds. It was largely due to this and our customer’s overall confidence in VxWorks that we were able to win this new contract with Formula 1.”

—Riccardo De Filippi, Head of Development, Magneti Marelli Motorsport

THE OBJECTIVE

Magneti Marelli needed to develop a new on-vehicle telemetry logger to transmit real-time performance data to pit staff, designers, and engineers during test, warm-up, qualification, and race laps. The ideal solution would enable the company to synchronously collect, encrypt, and send data for instant analysis. Development time was tight, and Magneti Marelli needed to deliver a cutting-edge product fast to win an important Formula 1 customer.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

The Wind River® Platform for Automotive Devices, VxWorks® Edition, was purposely designed for automotive devices requiring a real-time operating system. Wind River engineers worked with Magneti Marelli to meet deadlines and leveraged the partner ecosystem to help customize firmware for the data logger.

THE RESULTS

Working with Wind River and ecosystem partner Datalight, Magneti Marelli not only won a new Formula 1 customer but developed, tested, and delivered a cutting-edge automotive device in just four months. The data logger delivers the desired mix of high-frequency data acquisition and high reliability.

Customer Success Story
Magneti Marelli, Wind River Give Grand Prix Performance
Press Release
Magneti Marelli Motorsport Selects Wind River for Formula One Data Acquisition and Transmission System
Industrial
KUKA

KUKA

Wind River Helps KUKA Deliver Innovative Robot Controller on Time

Global Robotics Leader Drives Higher Performance and Expanded Functionality

Video: KUKA chooses VxWorks SMP solution for KR C4

“Wind River has proven to be a reliable partner that delivers the right technology at the right time. With VxWorks, we were able to deliver our solution on time, with the quality our customers expect.”

—KUKA Robot Group

THE OBJECTIVE

With industrial robots, reliability is everything. When KUKA Robot Group wanted to introduce a new, more intelligent PC-based controller, the KR C4, the developers needed a software platform that could support multi-core processing. They wanted to integrate control systems that manage robot, motion, sequence, and process control. They also wanted to add functionality, including safety and connectivity. But the main challenge was to reduce hardware costs.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

Since 1996, KUKA has relied on the VxWorks® real-time operating system as the foundation for its robots. The company also leveraged Wind River® Professional Services to help accelerate its development.

THE RESULTS

The KR C4 represents a breakthrough on many fronts for KUKA—the first to consolidate control, HMI, and safety on a standard PC-based platform. VxWorks enabled the team to reduce costs and drive higher performance by replacing hardware-based functionality with software-based tasks. They developed an architecture in which multiple integrated controllers share a common database and infrastructure, with the scalability to handle multiple workloads of varying criticality. With VxWorks and a reliable partner in Wind River, KUKA was able to reduce its development risks and deliver an innovative product on time.

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KUKA Robotics
Industrial
Fitsco

Fitsco

Wind River Delivers Platform Designed to Enable Smart Rail

FITSCO delivers safety-certified automated train signaling solution

Full case study

“Wind River is the ideal partner for us because they provide a holistic safety development approach.”

—Hao Wu, General Manager, FITSCO

THE OBJECTIVE

When Shanghai’s Fuxin Intelligent Transportation Solution Co., or FITSCO, undertook the development of its advanced Auto Train Protection system, the JeRail ATP-100, a key challenge was to pass SIL4 certification, which denotes the highest Safety Integrity Level. The systems that control critical operations such as speed, orientation, or door-locking need to meet stringent international safety standards.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

With more than 30 years of safety-critical software experience, only Wind River® could provide a comprehensive trusted systems platform for FITSCO. Wind River VxWorks® Cert Platform provided FITSCO developers with a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) platform for delivering applications certified to EN 50128. And Wind River Professional Services enacted a seamless integration of the VxWorks Cert Platform safety case—the documented demonstration that the product complies with safety requirements—into the ATP controller.

THE RESULTS

FITSCO not only met its SIL4 certification goal, but also did so on time and within budget. The entire project took FITSCO approximately two years to finish and the product received SIL4 certification. FITSCO shortened their time-to-market by three months, which is equivalent to a 12.5% improvement in their total project time.

Case Study PDF
FITSCO Meets Critical Quality, Timeline Goals for Automated Train Signaling Solution with Wind River
Press Release
Leading Chinese Transportation Company Relies on Wind River to Meet Stringent Safety Certification Goals
Industrial
Siemens

Siemens

Wind River Helps Siemens Cut Engineering Costs in Half and Beat Time-to-Market

Siemens Industrial PC chooses VxWorks to power its high-performance industrial PCs

Full case study

“With VxWorks we don’t have to develop or maintain our own operating system, so we can accelerate our time-to-market and roll out our products much faster than ever before. In fact, we were able to release our product four months ahead of schedule.”

—Anton Sauter, Product Manager SIMATIC IPC, Siemens Industrial PC Group

THE OBJECTIVE

Siemens is a market leader in industrial PCs. The company’s high-performance computers operate in extremely demanding environments, often directly on the plant floor. Siemens PCs needed a real-time operating system (RTOS) in order to execute tasks requiring determinism, fast response times, and safety. Until recently, the company used a homegrown RTOS, but it was difficult and costly to maintain. Siemens concluded it could eliminate a number of steps in development and save significant sums by replacing its in-house system with a proven commercial RTOS.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

Siemens concluded it could eliminate a number of steps in development and save significant sums by replacing its in-house system with a proven commercial RTOS. After exhaustive research, the Siemens Industrial PC Group determined that VxWorks® was the best choice of all the commercial RTOS options available—a proven solution with a long track record of success.

THE RESULTS

Safety and security were key deciding factors. Wind River® and VxWorks are proven in applications where safety, security, and reliability are critical, such as aerospace and defense. And Wind River software enjoys optimal compatibility with Intel® hardware, Siemens’ chip of choice. With VxWorks, Siemens cut engineering costs by 50% compared to its homegrown system and released its product four months ahead of schedule.

Case Study PDF
Siemens Chooses VxWorks To Power Its High-Performance Industrial PCS
Press Release
Siemens Cuts Costs and Accelerates Time-to-Market with Wind River VxWorks
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SIMATIC PC-based
Industrial
Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation Accelerates Time-to-Market with Wind River

Global Leader Standardizes on Wind River

Video: Rockwell Automation chooses Wind River as partner to achieve its vision

“The relationship with Wind River has been valuable to us because we’ve been able to standardize many of the interfaces and code and tools from a single vendor, which allows us to be as efficient as possible and achieve economies of scale that we couldn’t with multiple vendors.”

—Scot Tutkovics, Vice President of Engineering, Rockwell Automation

THE OBJECTIVE

Rockwell Automation is a global provider of industrial power, control, and information systems. Rockwell Automation’s vision of the future is what the company refers to as the connected enterprise—the harnessing of all the data in an industrial automation system in a factory environment, and getting access to that data to make decisions to improve the overall efficiency of the entire enterprise. Rockwell wanted to find a trustworthy partner that had strong reputation and a lot of experience in the industry to help it fulfill its vision.

HOW WIND RIVER HELPED

Since 1999, Wind River® has helped Rockwell Automation meet its needs. Today, the company is using VxWorks®, Wind River Linux, Wind River virtualization, and communication stacks. Rockwell Automation has been able to standardize many of the interfaces, codes, and tools that come from a single vendor such as Wind River, which allows it to be as efficient as possible.

THE RESULTS

Rockwell Automation is able to accelerate its software development cycle, getting newer and faster hardware solutions to market while reusing much of the investment the company put into its software development. Taking advantage of Wind River domain expertise and competencies frees up the company’s engineers to focus on what they do best.

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Rockwell Automation

Wind River Helps Omron Shape the Factory of the Future

Wind River Helps Omron Shape the Factory of the Future