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This Step is a Big Leap Forward: PREEvision 10.0 and Its

Extended Communication Design

Stuttgart, GERMANY 2021-06-01 – You can now perform communication

design that is exclusively signal-driven, and combine AUTOSAR Adaptive
and Classic in electrical/electronic (E/E) systems with even greater ease:
Vector provides new, powerful, and flexible design and engineering options
in PREEvision 10.0 – regardless of the bus technologies, design strategies
or development processes in use.

A new version of the Vector development environment for E/E systems is now available: PREEvision 10.0,
which enables both signal-based and service-oriented architectures. This upgrades capabilities for all key bus
technologies and further bridges the gap between AUTOSAR Classic and AUTOSAR Adaptive. Additional use
cases support engineers in designing communications.

PREEvision 10.0 allows engineers to develop communication designs that are based exclusively on signals.
Typically, a communication design is derived from the logical or software architecture. In some cases, a
communication design is developed independently of these architectures. To facilitate this, signals may now
be assigned directly to each Electronic Control Unit (‘ECU’) that serves as the sender or a receiver of the
signal. The integrated PREEvision signal router then automatically creates needed transmissions.

The tables and tools needed for the communication design process are available individually and are also
provided as an integrated toolset, referred to as an ‘Explorer’. This Explorer facilitates the design of signals or
system signals and technology-specific aspects such as LIN scheduling, secured PDUs and transport
protocols for CAN or SOME/IP. The Explorer helps engineers move through all related process steps
purposefully and efficiently, as it allows them to automatically create the necessary communication
infrastructure, the communications clusters for the bus systems, and network management. Consistency
checks are provided to validate that the design is AUTOSAR-compliant.

Further improvements were also made for the development of systems that combine AUTOSAR Adaptive and
AUTOSAR Classic. PREEvision 10.0 lets engineers allocate services that are used by AUTOSAR Adaptive as
well as signals in AUTOSAR Classic. These allocations serve as a bridge between the service-oriented
communication of AUTOSAR Adaptive and the signal-based communication of the Classic platform. This
gives developers an elegant solution for combining both worlds into their ECU and vehicle architectures.

In its advanced development of PREEvision, Vector placed high value on ergonomics and user-friendliness,
and performance of the application. These aspects were optimized in many areas of PREEvision 10.0. For
example, additional Explorers facilitate the engineering of software functions and diagnostic objects.

For more information go to: www.vector.com/preevision

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Figure 1: PREEvision, the Vector development environment for electrical/electronic (E/E) systems, is now available in Version 10.0.
Image rights: Vector Informatik GmbH

Figure 2: The workflow for signal-driven communication design in PREEvision 10.0

Image rights: Vector Informatik GmbH

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About Vector:
Vector is the leading manufacturer of software tools and embedded components for the development of electronic systems and th eir
networking with many different systems from CAN to Automotive Ethernet.
Vector has been a partner of automotive manufacturers and suppliers and related industries since 1988. Vector tools and servi ces provide
engineers with the decisive advantage to make a challenging and highly complex subject ar ea as simple and manageable as possible.
Vector employees work on electronic innovations for the automotive industry every day. Worldwide customers in the automotive,
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commercial vehicles, aerospace, transportation, and control technology industries rely on the solutions and products of the independent
Vector Group for the development of technologies for future mobility.
Vector worldwide currently employs more than 3,000 people with sales of EUR 770 million in 2019. With its headquarters in Germany
(Stuttgart), Vector has subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Romania, South Korea, India, China,
and Brazil.