Model-based development in the automotive industry has been advanced by Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (TDSL) which has announced its Distributed Co-simulation Platform which enables remotely operated, multi-company digital prototyping of automotive control systems.

By using simulations of vehicular component models and external models that emulate various traffic conditions surrounding the vehicle, design engineers can accelerate automotive development and avoid costly reworks.

At the system level, this interconnectedness ensures errors, due to insufficient specifications and misunderstandings, are not overlooked during the testing stage – again avoiding costly reworks. Additionally, by sharing digital prototypes in cyberspace through CPS technology, TDSL believes it will help drive the advancement of the automotive industry in the post-coronavirus world.

Toshiba’s Distributed Co-simulation Platform connects the common simulation tools used in automotive control systems development, including MATLAB/Simulink by MathWorks in the US. It is also compliant with FMI (Functional Mock-up Interface), which is a global standard for model interoperability between different types of simulation tools. It improves the affinity of connections between tools and enables large-scale distributed co-simulations.

In addition, by collaborating with Information Services International-Dentsu, (ISID), TDSL aims to integrate Distributed Co-simulation Platform with iQUAVIS (“ai-quavis” design and development visualization tool), cloud CAE solutions, and other such solutions to reduce costs and improve efficiency in automotive control systems development.

TDSL is a member of Germany’s prostep ivip Association, which defines standards for mechanisms and processes for the distribution and co-simulation of models between multiple companies. Dr. Alain Pfouga, General Manager at prostep ivip Association comments: “We are grateful that Toshiba Digital Solutions is accelerating the efforts to take our collective digitization initiatives to a more global scale. Welcome aboard!”

The prostep ivip Symposium, which is free-of-charge, will be streaming live on 2nd September 2020 from Studio L at the International Congress Center in Stuttgart.