Partner Profile: Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG is a world leader in semiconductor solutions that make life easier, safer and greener. Microelectronics from Infineon are the key to a better future.
VLAB Works has partnered with Infineon to deliver highly valued simulation environments for Infineon devices.

VLAB Works™ and Infineon®

A VLAB Works virtual platform provides an all-in-software development platform centered around Infineon AurixTriCore Architecture microcontrollers for automotive connectivity, safety, security, and (H)EV control. The platform supports application development on all aspects of the SoC including application processing domains, real time control units, and accelerators. VLAB Works supports extending these platforms to the full extent of our customer’s systems be they ECU or Zone/Domain Controller to enable additional development opportunities.

VLAB Virtual Platforms:

Aurix 2G: TC38x, TC39x

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The 80 / 20 rule and virtualization

by Glen Olafsen | March 31, 2022 | Virtual Platforms, VLAB | 0 Comments

How much target hardware does your embedded application software actually use? VLAB VDMs are bringing new thinking to an age old problem.

The VLAB Sitara AM64x V-EVM Available Now

by Glen Olafsen | March 1, 2022 | Texas Instruments, VLAB | 0 Comments

The announcement of a new product would normally come with a title of 'Now Available'. Arguably 'Available Now' is more important, with ongoing global shortages of semiconductors impacting supplies of development and test hardware! The ASTC Virtual EVM for TI Sitara...

Do software engineers build tools for software engineers?

by Ross Dickson | September 27, 2021 | Opinion | 0 Comments

This may seem like a cross between a circular question and a particularly awkward attempt at a Zen kaon. Actually it is intended as a serious question about product design. In many industries that we don’t work in but periodically have to interact with it seems the...

Do you need ‘Cycle Accurate’?

by Glen Olafsen | July 21, 2021 | VLAB | 0 Comments

For those scratching your head, possibly because you are new to simulation, here is a quick explanation. In digital simulation there are multiple ways of simulating embedded hardware, each with its pros and cons. Perhaps the simplest explanation, Cycle Accurate...

Finding perspective on the semiconductor shortage

by Ross Dickson | June 7, 2021 | Opinion | 0 Comments

When you read the recent headlines on global chip shortages, does R.E.M. or David Bowie spring to mind? On one hand it could be The End of the World as we Know it. Or maybe it's just another round of Changes. No this is not a test to see when you started listening to...

Unreal Simulation …. Hero or Villain!

by Ross Dickson | May 13, 2021 | VLAB | 0 Comments

Explaining new concepts using the things that we find around us is nothing new. In a previous blog, the connection between changes in sport called for challenging assumptions and trying new types of testing. Today we are going to use another ... Comic Books! Having...

Scripted vs Interactive

by Glen Olafsen | March 31, 2021 | Opinion | 0 Comments

An epic struggle ... or complementary?While the title may suggest an epic struggle, a competition, an either / or proposition, in the field of embedded software debug and test, Scripted and Interactive should be seen as complementary. Like the well worn adage, there...

Challenge your assumptions

by Glen Olafsen | March 24, 2021 | Opinion | 0 Comments

Have you ever noticed that sometimes the source of inspiration or clarity can come from the most unlikely source? Recently I was listening to a talk back sports radio show where one of the hosts was asked the question, “What has been the biggest change to Football in...

A Flock of Geese or a Flock of Gulls

by Glen Olafsen | March 17, 2021 | VLAB | 0 Comments

Have you ever pondered which waterfowl personifies best practices in modern automotive software development? A quick disclaimer before diving into this critical and pressing issue. I haven't intentionally committed code to a repo destined for the shipping product in...

VLAB Works in 2021

by Ross Dickson | February 2, 2021 | News, VLAB | 0 Comments

You have probably been wondering: What can ASTC possibly blog about that will overshadow announcement by GM of their Goal to Eliminate Gas and Diesel? Well wonder no longer, I am pleased to announce VLAB will be faster! Ok, perhaps as announcements go that is closer...