ASAM MCD-1 POD

Plug-on devices (Plug-On DevicePOD) are hardware adapters, which provide direct read-write access for external tools to the ECU‘s internal resources such as memory or registers. External tools are typically The process of recording data from internal ECU memory and external sensors.measurement & The process of ECU parameter tuning. Tests with ECU hardware and software in the loop are carried out. ECU internal variables and external sensor data is recorded and analyzed. The values of internal ECU parameters are determined as a result of this process.calibration systems, data loggers or rapid control prototyping systems. PODs require a driver in the ECU software, called the Plug-On DevicePOD Service Software (PSS), which handles the communication between the ECU software and the external tool(s). ASAM Measurement, Calibration and DiagnosticsMCD-1 Plug-On DevicePOD standardizes major parts of the PSS, significantly easing the job of ECU basic software developers and integrators. This has the advantage that PODs and external tools can be exchanged without major changes to the internal ECU software, or with no changes to the ECU software at all in the most ideal case (‚plug-and-play‘). Consequently, it becomes much easier to switch between ASAM Measurement, Calibration and DiagnosticsMCD-1 Plug-On DevicePOD compliant tools for ECU development and testing activities, and to ultimately achieve the freedom to select the most appropriate tool for a given task.

The A public specification, which has been developed by experts in a defined consensus-driven development process and was released by officials that represent a significant share of the industry for which it is targeted, giving the specification the necessary legitimacy to be called a 'Standard'.standard supports and unifies the technical processes of Plug-On DevicePOD configuration, detection and initialization. For example, it is possible that an external tool from one vendor can download configurations from a Plug-On DevicePOD from a different vendor. Furthermore, the features of The process of ECU parameter tuning. Tests with ECU hardware and software in the loop are carried out. ECU internal variables and external sensor data is recorded and analyzed. The values of internal ECU parameters are determined as a result of this process.calibration and synchronous The process of recording data from internal ECU memory and external sensors.measurement including cold-start The process of recording data from internal ECU memory and external sensors.measurement are supported. More features might be added in future versions of the A public specification, which has been developed by experts in a defined consensus-driven development process and was released by officials that represent a significant share of the industry for which it is targeted, giving the specification the necessary legitimacy to be called a 'Standard'.standard.

The A public specification, which has been developed by experts in a defined consensus-driven development process and was released by officials that represent a significant share of the industry for which it is targeted, giving the specification the necessary legitimacy to be called a 'Standard'.standard specifies an Application Programming InterfaceAPI between the PSS and the ECU software. Some Application Programming InterfaceAPI functions are specified as vendor-independent functions and can be used by all A public specification, which has been developed by experts in a defined consensus-driven development process and was released by officials that represent a significant share of the industry for which it is targeted, giving the specification the necessary legitimacy to be called a 'Standard'.standard-compliant PODs. For performance and other reasons, ASAM furthermore specifies vendor-specific functions, which can be integrated and called individually for each Plug-On DevicePOD in the ECU software. The A public specification, which has been developed by experts in a defined consensus-driven development process and was released by officials that represent a significant share of the industry for which it is targeted, giving the specification the necessary legitimacy to be called a 'Standard'.standard is shipped with a reference implementation for the vendor-independent PSS functions.

The A public specification, which has been developed by experts in a defined consensus-driven development process and was released by officials that represent a significant share of the industry for which it is targeted, giving the specification the necessary legitimacy to be called a 'Standard'.standard also extends the Universal Measurement and Calibration Protocol (ASAM Standard)XCP protocol with Plug-On DevicePOD-specific commands and events for the configuration of the Plug-On DevicePOD. ASAM MCD-2 MC MetalanguageAML- and ASAM MCD-2 MC LanguageA2L-files are provided for defining and demonstrating how to correctly describe the Plug-On DevicePOD-interface for ASAM Measurement, Calibration and DiagnosticsMCD-2 Measurement and CalibrationMC compliant The process of recording data from internal ECU memory and external sensors.measurement & The process of ECU parameter tuning. Tests with ECU hardware and software in the loop are carried out. ECU internal variables and external sensor data is recorded and analyzed. The values of internal ECU parameters are determined as a result of this process.calibration tools.

With the help of the Application Programming InterfaceAPI-, Universal Measurement and Calibration Protocol (ASAM Standard)XCP- and ASAM MCD-2 MC LanguageA2L-specifications in ASAM Measurement, Calibration and DiagnosticsMCD-1 Plug-On DevicePOD, the A public specification, which has been developed by experts in a defined consensus-driven development process and was released by officials that represent a significant share of the industry for which it is targeted, giving the specification the necessary legitimacy to be called a 'Standard'.standard  allows to set up an ECU development tool chain, where ECU, Plug-On DevicePOD and attached tools can be combined from multiple vendors and operated without major integration efforts.

Standard Authors

Accurate Technologies Inc., AVL LIST GmbH, Continental Automotive GmbH, DIAWA Software Concepts & Engineering, dSPACE GmbH, ETAS GmbH, Intrepid Control Systems GmbH, M&K GmbH, RA Consulting GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH, Vector Informatik GmbH, Volkswagen AG.

Current Activities on ASAM MCD-1 POD