National Instruments Releases ECU Measurement And Calibration Toolkit 2.0

Austin, TX - National Instruments released the ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2.0, extending the National Instruments LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI and Microsoft Visual C/C++ development environments to support measurement and calibration applications for designing and validating automotive electronic control units (ECUs). With the latest upgrade, automotive engineers now can use the toolkit to develop and verify next-generation ECUs with the Universal Measurement and Calibration Protocol (XCP), claims National Instruments.

The ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2.0 delivers functions based on industry-standard XCP and CAN Calibration Protocol (CCP). Using the ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2.0 with the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, engineers can create specified ECU measurement and calibration applications, replicate their test systems and integrate the new applications into existing ECU test applications, according to National Instruments.

The ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2.0 delivers XCP functionality on CAN and Ethernet. The latest upgrade also has new properties for measurement and characteristics that supply in-depth access to the ECU information stored in the imported *.A2L files, according to the company. In addition, the ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2.0 includes the XCP-Spy utility, an application that monitors, records and displays XCP communication commands and parameters.

The ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2.0 works with all NI CAN Series 2 interfaces on PXI, PCI and PCMCIA and provides support for the LabVIEW Real-Time Module for applications that require deterministic communication, claims National Instruments.

SOURCE: National Instruments