Application Story

The HIL automation evaluation tool was developed based on the ASAM XIL framework API and applied to domain-specific Verification. This way, it was ensured that a test case can be created with a single evaluation tool and an evaluation environment can be established that is not dependent on tools and equipment of a specific vendors. But once the test environment is built, changing or extending this environment is difficult. As each vendor uses his own, proprietary tool and test case format, expanding the test environment usually requires products of the same vendor. This makes it difficult to cope with the rapidly changing demands of the test environment. In addition, there is a probability that the method of developing tests will be uniform when relying on the technology of one specific vendor. Dependence on one particular vendor is also a major burden at company level.

Own automated evaluation tools developed by an application program can solve these problems. The same applies to the test case: Test cases written with a proprietary technology complicates the change of the test environment. Depending on the test environment, all test cases may need to be migrated, and test authors must learn a new language and skills every time the environment changes. Therefore, as time passes and the number of test cases increases, it becomes more difficult to change the according environment. A self-developed automated evaluation tool solves this challenge by using C#, a general-purpose language that allows to perform tests on various tools or equipment without modifying the test case. The advantages of general-purpose languages, such as a thick user base and rich documents, will do the same for writing better tests.