The requirement for flexible operation is becoming increasingly important in modern
industrial systems. This requirement has to be supported at all system levels, including the …

FlexRay is a communication protocol heavily promoted on the market by a large group of car
manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers. However, before it can be successfully …

The controller area network (CAN) communications protocol is used extensively in the
automotive and industrial control sectors. Much work has been done to establish the …

Roman Obermaisser is a full professor for embedded systems at the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Siegen in Germany. He studied …

This paper deals with specific issues related to the design of distributed embedded systems
implemented with mixed, event-triggered and time-triggered task sets, which communicate …

The increasing use of electronic systems in automobiles instead of mechanical and
hydraulic parts brings about advantages by decreasing their weight and cost and providing …

The complexity of Networked Embedded Systems (NES) has been growing steeply, due to
increases both in size and functionality, and is becoming a major development concern. This …

The basic idea of soft-commissioning (SoftCom) is to test industrial control software by
connecting a controller, eg a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) to a commercial discrete …

Upcoming car series will be deployed with time-triggered communication protocols due to
benefits with respect to bandwidth, predictability, dependability, and system integration. In …

Abstract Os Sistemas Embarcados Distribuídos (SEDs) estão, hoje em dia, muito difundidos
em vastas áreas, desde a automação industrial, a automóveis, aviões, até à distribuição de …