Volcano Overview

Duration

Description

The Volcano Overview course was developed to help you understand the Volcano correct-by-construction approach to the timing of in-vehicle signals. The concept covers in-vehicle networks and the software that controls them.

Detailed lab exercises help reinforce what is discussed during the lectures and provide you with extensive tool usage experience under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.

You will learn how to

• Understand in-car communication concepts and issues
• Understand how the Volcano concept addresses these issues
• Understand the various elements of the Volcano tool chain (VNA, VTP)
• Work with Volcano
• Understand in-car network protocols
• Apply the Volcano timing model to in-car communication
• Build a system from start to output generation
• Write an application and debug it in hardware
• Implement simple diagnostics

Hands-On Labs

Roughly half of the time is spent on practical exercises in our demonstration lab with 4 development stations where the VNA and the VTP are run. The VTP exercises use IAR C-Compiler, Star12-based ECU and IAR C-Spy debugger where the participants write small programs that communicate by using VTP. The VNA exercise involves creating a small network from scratch until generation of a network configuration.

Audience

This class is intended for persons that are involved in projects using the Volcano tool chain. The class is suitable for component owners, function owners, new signal database engineers and anyone else that needs to get and good an thorough overview of the Volcano Concept and the tools.

Prerequisites

The participants are assumed to have basic skills in a high level programming language, preferably 'C'.

 programming language.

Key Topics

Day 1, AM

• Volcano Company presentation.
• In-car communication concepts (General issues automotive networking, background of the Volcano concept).
• Overview of Volcano as a product.
• Volcano Target Package overview.
• The process of working with Volcano.
  

Day 1, PM

• The LIN protocol, an overview.
• The Volcano timing model.
• VNA exercise, building a system from start to generation of output

Day 2, AM

• Presentation of the HW and the “hello” example.
• Introduction to the workshop HW and debugger.
• Workshop, writing a small application reading and writing signals and implementing simple net-work management

Day 2, PM

• Workshop, sporadic communication implementing simple diagnostics.
• Participants specific questions and answers.

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