TargetLink 5.0 ECU Autocoding Software

dSPACE's latest version of its production code generator, TargetLink 5.0, extends production code generation capabilities and expands AUTOSAR support.

• Simplifies modular development with more powerful incremental code generation and improved data management
• Enables component design and AUTOSAR data management, implementation and component tests
• Supports Adaptive AUTOSAR 
• Users can utilize existing non- or Classic AUTOSAR models for Adaptive AUTOSAR with TargetLink 5.0 and later, making it easier to enter the new Adaptive AUTOSAR world
• Users can model Adaptive AUTOSAR in the TargetLink Data Dictionary in the same way as Classic AUTOSAR, so modeling remains easy
• ECU resources and test efforts can be saved by generating multi-instantiable software components
• Certified for use in ISO 26262- or IEC 61508-compliant projects
• Software Component Container (SWC) exchange allows more transparency
• Keeps installation files and project-specific extensions clearly separated, providing increased process safety and transparency, and facilitates work in large, distributed groups
• Code generation report makes it easier to find erroneous specifications, and to inspect warnings and notifications
• Available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions
• Supports multiple MATLAB releases
• Protects and simplifies iterative data exchange with other tools
• Supports Simulink enum data types which allow software developers to use descriptive names for parameters for improved model readability and maintainability
• Supports matrix calculations, enabling control algorithms using state-space representation for highly complex applications, such as automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to be modeled efficiently
• Control algorithms with matrix calculations can be converted into high-quality production C code which is easy to integrate with legacy software
• Includes support of dynamic look-up tables, which make modeling of adaptive controllers easier
• Features easier specification of C code structures and the automatic generation of subsystems
• Customizable views in the TargetLink Data Dictionary Manager and embedded instant help functionality make transparent, efficient, reliant and easy-to-use
• Supports Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) 2.0 to help further enhance collaboration between development teams and organizations
• Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) allow easy exchange and combination of models from various modeling environments and Simulink versions, while protecting intellectual property
• Compliance with MISRA-C:2004 and MISRA-C:2012 has been improved and further increased code efficiency
• Generates enumeration types and variables (C enums) which further increases code’s readability and makes integrating existing code easier
• Enables controller modeling with MATLAB code

*Editor's note: This content was originally published in March 2010 and updated as new information became available. The most recent update was made on May 12, 2020.