automotive

For over 100 years we have striven for engineering excellence in our cars. Get into the seat of a Mercedes and the quality and the craftsmanship speaks for itself. We would like to tell the same story when it comes to the software in our cars. However, 10 years ago we came to realize that using a hardware approach to achieve quality was doomed to fail when it comes to the software side of it. Nowadays, a customer sees a car as a “phone on wheels” and expects the same level of usability, configurability, and ease of use, while being stylish and up-to-date with today’s standards.

Experience level:

Beginner

The Open Source Way

From automobiles to software defined vehicles

Daniel Krippner (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Steffen Evers (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Driven by new entrants to the market and rapidly changing customer demand the automotive industry is in the midst of a transition to be more software-centric - the same forces triggered major changes in the personal computer software industry in the 80ies, the mobile phone app industry in the 2000s and the cloud movement in the 2010s. There is no question that modern software technologies, patterns, and communities were key enablers.

Experience level:

Intermediate

IoT & Edge

Open-Source in Safety-Critical Systems? How does that work?

Simon Hoinkis (Apex.AI, Inc)

The automotive software industry has always been synonymous for old compilers, out-dated toolchains and resource constraint hardware. “Only use something which has been proven in-use” most safety engineers would argue. In the past, in a distributed E/E-Architecture, this argument would apply because of a low number of independently functioning electronic control units (ECUs).

Experience level:

Beginner

The Open Source Way

The Daimler FOSS Manifesto – Our Commitment to be truly Open

Wolfgang Gehring (Daimler TSS GmbH)

Fully embracing Open Source Software means to go beyond simply using it – it means to become an active member of the Open Source community. But how do we get there as a big automotive company? At Daimler, we decided that if we are going to take Open Source seriously, this needs to become deeply ingrained in the company’s “DNA”, away from a strict “we develop our own code” attitude.

Experience level:

Beginner

The Open Source Way

The role of Open Source Software and Open Collaboration in the Automotive World

Andreas Riexinger (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Our world is changing, and the change is visible everywhere. More than 50% of the population is living in cities and the cities are growing. More and more goods and people need to be transported, bringing the traffic infrastructure to its limits. Increasing pollution and noise levels bringing the environment to its limits.
To counter this, a transformation of the mobility is needed, who has already started, powered by new technologies and services. The mobility of the future will be electrified, connected, personalized, automated and software defined.

Experience level:

Beginner

The Open Source Way

Autonomous Driving and Open Source - Is this a good idea?

Andreas Riexinger (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Work in the field of highly automated driving and autonomous mobility introduces a new complexity into the development of embedded systems in vehicles and requires many multi-faceted processes incorporating a variety of software tools. It is necessary to combine existing technologies with new technologies or new tools.

Experience level:

Beginner

The Open Source Way

Eclipse Ecosystem for Data Consistency Analysis

Francesco Gerardi (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Syed Aoun Raza (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Migration from single to multicore ECU systems are always challenging. One such challenge is ensuring consistent state of shared data among several program components executing on different cores. We have developed an eclipse based eco system to support developers for analyzing such use cases based on Model Driven System Analysis (MDSA). This involves eclipse technologies such as APP4MC, EMF and SIRIUS. This framework combines architecture description with generated code to prepare a base for data consistency analysis.

Experience level:

Intermediate

Tools & IDEs

Using Eclipse Kuksa for Connected Vehicle Services

Sven Erik Jeroschewski (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Pratheek Rai (Robert Bosch GmbH)

The Eclipse Kuksa project builds an open ecosystem for connected vehicles as part of the Eclipse IoT working group. The challenges of the automotive domain are addressed with a technology stack that covers the in-vehicle side, a cloud back-end and an online IDE. We provide an update of the current system architecture which makes use of other tools from the Eclipse IoT context. We further demonstrate use-cases so participants get an overview of the potential of Eclipse Kuksa. In addition, we describe how a publicly funded project transitioned to the Eclipse Kuksa project.

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge

Connected Cars using Eclipse Kuksa

Rajkumar K (Robert Bosch Engineering and Business solutions private limited)

Car manufacturers through the application of new technologies such as IOT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Telematics and Big data are connecting cars to their network, external and physical infrastructure, building a connected transportation ecosystem.

Eclipse Kuksa project contain a cloud platform that interconnects a wide range of vehicles to the cloud via in-car and internet connections.

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge

Eclipse for Blockchain Developers

Niranjan Babu (Robert Bosch GmbH)

ramakrishna ravi

Krishnan Mohan (Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions private limited)

The automotive industry is witnessing tremendous ground breaking changes over the decades. The new age vehicles are equipped with more than 200 smart sensors to improve the efficiency and to cater to the ever increasing human demands and needs. With the rapid evolution of technology, self-driving cars no longer seem like a farfetched dream but something that can soon be mastered.

Experience level:

Intermediate

IoT & Edge