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ZD Automotive GmbH

ZD Automotive GmbH

Tool Vendor / Service Provider

Efficiency and Reliability in Research and Development
ZD Automotive began its journey in 2012 in Ingolstadt, Germany, and successfully entered the Chinese market in 2015. Today, the company operates its headquarters and regional offices across six major Chinese cities—including Beijing, Shanghai, and Hefei—as well as in key European automotive hubs such as Munich and Ingolstadt. With a dual-headquarter setup and a globally connected structure, ZD provides localized and internationally integrated services to OEM customers worldwide.
More than 80% of ZD’s team consists of experts in product development, solution design, and system delivery. They design and supply fully self-developed software and hardware toolchains for the entire R&D testing process, with a strong focus on autonomous driving, in-vehicle networking, and intelligent cockpit systems.
Staying true to its mission of making research and development more reliable and efficient, ZD continues to empower its customers to improve precision, system stability, and development speed—contributing actively to cost-efficiency and the high-quality transformation of the automotive industry.

ASAM related products

ZD Datalogger 3 Series

Type

Recording of all common vehicle bus systems

Functionalities

The ZD Datalogger 3 Series is designed as a high-performance data logger for the requirements of data acquisition throughout the vehicle in domain control architectures. With PTP time synchronization and highly precise 4ns time stamps, it ensures high data consistency across all channels. Featuring up to 3Gbps of continuous data bandwidth, paired with 2 * 8T of storage capacity and 24/7 ongoing recording capability, it not only guarantees data integrity and continuity, but also adapts to long-term extensive data acquisition requirements. Powerful software features such as custom data filters, trigger modules, and dynamic port forwarding enable flexible data storage and meet the demands of real-time monitoring. As the first device to support 10GBase-T1 Automotive Ethernet as well as audio and video recordings from IP cameras, the ZD Datalogger 3 Series is the ideal tool for vehicle data acquisition.

Supported ASAM Standards

ASAM CMP

ZD Box 2i

Type

Test automation and simulation

Functionalities

The ZD Box 2i is a versatile bus interface product designed by ZD for domain-controller-based electrical architectures. The ZD Box 2i supports all current standard in-vehicle bus interfaces, meeting a wide range of bus requirements while providing the benefit of high port density in a single device. It addresses a board spectrum of business needs in the automotive industry, from research and development to testing. This includes the simulation and monitoring requirements for Automotive Ethernet communication between domain controllers, as well as CAN/CAN FD and LIN communication between domain controllers and their sub-controllers.

ZD Converter Series

Type

Automotive Ethernet Converter

Functionalities

The ZD Converter Series are media converters for bi-directional conversion between Automotive Ethernet and Standard Ethernet communication (ZD Converter 1000 supports up to 1000M rates; ZD Converter 10G supports up to 10G rates). Based on the plug and play principle, no additional software configuration required for direct use on computers. The ZD Converter 1000 allows port configurations switching via DIP switches, including settings for master/slave mode and data rate. The ZD Converter 10G, on the other hand, can also be controlled via DIP switches, wire control, and USB programming. LEDs indicate the current operating status. The ZD Converter Series features flexible power supply via USB or VBAT, offering a safe and reliable performance. They simplify the development, testing, and verification process by providing a practical tool for Automotive Ethernet analysis on the computer side.

ZD Datalogger 2 Series

Type

Recording of all common vehicle bus systems

Functionalities

The ZD Datalogger 2 Series has been specifically designed for heterogeneous vehicle bus systems, integrating various bus interfaces such as Gigabit Ethernet, FlexRay, CAN/CAN FD, LIN, and serial communication. It supports SSD storage from 500GB to 4TB and is suitable for various applications in automotive research and development, such as ECU development, system integration, and full vehicle endurance testing. This series offers real-time data acquisition, stable and accurate data recording with time-stamping support. Its automotive design, combined with sleep and wake-up functions, ensures very low power consumption and heat dissipation, making it suitable for high voltage, such as in electric vehicles, extreme temperature, and vibration scenarios. Device and data management can be performed using the included Trace Client software. ZD also provides a Python SDK compatible with Windows and Linux operating systems for fast device integration.