Virtual ECUs

winIDEA and SDK support for virtual ECUs

 

Virtual ECUs are advanced simulators that allow you to start early product prototyping and software development, typically before a real ECU hardware or even the SoC is available.

winIDEA connects to the virtual ECU through one of the supported debug protocols such as MCD, GDB, GDI, etc. It supports the same feature set as the BlueBox Hardware Debuggers. Thus, all advanced debug, test, and trace functionality and the IDE user experience remain available as you shift from real to virtual ECU and back.

Likewise, winIDEA SDK provides the same interfaces - a Continuous Integration automation script can be used without change on both the real and virtual ECU.

 

winIDEA workspace with BlueBox Debugger	winIDEA workspace with virtual ECUs