Watch the recording of our webinar “Achieving 100% Regression Test Coverage with Diagnostic Simulation” with Lukas Kazenwadel and Dirk Pawels. Learn how diagnostic simulation enables complete regression test coverage.
Join our webinar “Achieving 100 % Regression Test Coverage with Diagnostic Simulation” and learn how diagnostic simulation and automation can help you achieve maximum test coverage – efficiently, error-free, and without physical vehicles or ECUs.
Modern vehicles require diagnostic tools – and systematic training is needed to learn how to use them. However, real vehicles are often difficult to obtain, test spaces are limited, and the effort involved is high. In our Solution Spotlight video "Effective Trainings with Diagnostic Simulation" we show how diagnostic simulations can be used to create practical training environments that set completely new standards in education and training.
Practical vehicle diagnostics training – without real cars. Softing TCS simulates ECU and vehicle behavior safely, efficiently and flexibly.
We are pleased to be equipping the automotive competence center of the Chamber of Crafts Frankfurt (Oder) – Region Ostbrandenburg in Hennickendorf, which is in the course of being set up, with the latest simulation and diagnostic technology for its innovative teaching concept! As one component of the “diagnostic test stations” supplied, the Softing TCS simulation boxes enable the mapping of vehicle networking via Automotive Ethernet (DoIP) as well as classically via CAN-FD. This makes it possible to simulate realistic error scenarios in vehicle communication and experience them in a practical way.
Simulation in test preparation enables the verification of test routines and the entire test setup, which reduces the time required for troubleshooting. ODX-based diagnostic simulation improves test sequences, minimises test effort and ensures accurate fault detection. In our short Solution Spotlight video, Thomas Blocher explains the use case and shows how an ODX-based simulation project can be easily created and customised with Softing TCS.admin.
See how diagnostic simulation of vehicles or ECUs optimizes test processes, eliminates error sources and enables reliable test results & full test coverage.
Due to the rapid increase in electronics and software in the vehicle, testing ECUs is becoming increasingly complex. It is no longer only individual systems that have to be tested, but also the interactions between the systems. One possible key to the solution is test automation. While good results are already being achieved in many areas of vehicle electronics through simulations, this step still needs to be taken in vehicle diagnostics. It is obvious: An external device, the diagnostic tester, is developed or adapted to perform the test - but the necessary counterpart in the form of an ECU or vehicle is missing to test the tester. With Softing TCS, a configurable diagnostic simulation with real communication is available in time, which considerably accelerates the creation of automated tests.
The complexity in the E/E architecture continues to increase - and with it the required test effort. This applies both with regard to the validation of functionalities and to ongoing regression tests of the test methods. The latter are of particular importance due to the strong creation of variants of vehicles, both in terms of functionality and via software and hardware variants released over time. Different motorizations, for example, are generated both via different engines and via coding.
Another great milestone for the TCS team: Just in time for the Christmas season, the first diagnostic simulations are on their way to the customer. Markus Steffelbauer, Head of Product Management at Softing Automotive, couldn't be prouder: "Our thanks go to the entire team, which has developed a solution in a really short time that will greatly simplify the work of our customers. In the next few months, we'll be adding a few more exciting features!"
