CANoe4SW
The first software version is ready. The features look promising. But what about the hardware? It is still under development. In the past, this often meant delays – not anymore.
With CANoe4SW, developers test and analyze software in virtual environments and automate validation – long before the target system is available.
Whether on a local computer, in virtual machines, or in the cloud: your software is tested via its functional interfaces – realistic, reproducible, and independent of hardware
Seamlessly integrated into modern CI/CT pipelines, CANoe4SW supports the entire development process. If virtual testing alone is not sufficient, the same test cases can also be executed on the real system. This keeps your test strategy consistent across all development phases – from the first virtual software instance to the final target system.
Using protocols such as MQTT, you also integrate IoT devices and cloud backends into your test environment.
The result: earlier defect detection, shorter development cycles, and a continuous testing solution from the virtual prototype to the real product.
Advantages
- Faster system validation
Shorten development cycles by developing, simulating, and testing distributed systems in one integrated environment. - Higher software quality at system level
Ensure consistent quality through automated tests that validate interactions across components and entire systems. - Earlier detection of issues
Identify defects early by testing software independently of hardware in virtual environments from the start.
- Greater testing depth and realism
Analyze dynamic behavior and validate edge cases by simulating signals, time-based interactions, and critical failure scenarios. - Seamless integration into modern workflows
Accelerate development by embedding testing directly into CI/CT pipelines, independent of hardware and external dependencies.
Application Areas
Monitoring Over Time
Monitoring over time fully integrated software components: Run your software under test asynchronously in virtual execution environments. Observe dynamic aspects while stimulating the application via its functional system interfaces at a software level.
Environment Simulation
Environment simulation by models: Build a “natural ecosystem” for your software under test. Simulate both physical and software environments. Test single software components in isolation before integrating into subsystems.
Interactive Development and Test
Interactive development and test in an exploratory way: Stimulate the software under test using panels, waveform generators, and scripts. Analyze the reaction of your application and value relations via graphical and text-based analysis windows.
Automated Testing
Automated testing with the test design tool vTESTstudio: Leverage the flexibility of various test design methods such as graphical diagrams and tabular sequences. Benefit from flexible parametrization concepts and universal variant support. Ensure traceability from requirements to test cases and results.
Debugging
Debugging on the host: Profit from the power to debug in the development environment rather than on the target. Observe application behavior, view and modify internal variables, watch call stacks, etc. while stimulating the application via interactive or automated tests.
Key Features
Interfaces to 3rd-Party Tools – Open Environment
CANoe4SW enables the integration of other tools via open interfaces and supported standards.
A MATLAB/Simulink interface supports both Model-in-the-Loop (MIL) testing as well as the simulation of MATLAB models. FMI (Functional Mock-up Interface) is as a tool-independent standard to exchange models or to establish tool couplings.
Open APIs allow third party tools to exchange simulation values with CANoe4SW and to control the overall simulation as well as the automated test execution.
The integration with various test management systems ensures traceability from requirements and test specifications to test cases and test results.
Supported Software – Platforms, Programming Languages, and Protocols
Any Windows or Linux based platform with x86, AMD64, or ARM64 architecture is supported. The Software Under Test (SUT) can be executed on the same computer as CANoe4SW, in a virtual machine, or on a remote host. The supported programming languages are C, C++, or Python.
Protocols such as MQTT, HTTP, and DDS enable access to IoT devices and back-end software running in the cloud.
Server Environments – Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing
Automated tests with CANoe4SW are easy to integrate into CI/CT environments. Integration is carried out using CANoe Server Editions, the virtual runtime environment for simulating and testing in a server environment on Windows or Linux.
Code Coverage – Change-Based Testing
The seamless integration of CANoe4SW in VectorCAST/QA enables automatic measurement of code coverage during system level tests in virtual environments. Untested portions of the application can quickly be identified. Using this data VectorCAST/QA additionally identifies correlations between tests and code. As the code changes, it automatically computes the minimum set of tests required to provide complete testing of the change.
Product Options: Extensions for Software Development, Test Automation, and More
Options flexibly extend CANoe4SW with specific functionyr a large number of bus systems, higher protocols or for measurement tasks and diagnostic validation. The portfolio of product options includes extensions for different application areas – from communication protocols and simulation capabilities to advanced analysis, testing, and automation functions.
You define the functionality: all options are available individually and can be combined freely. This results in a solution tailored to your projects and requirements.
ADASAnalysis, simulation, and testing of ADAS functions using recorded and simulated data. | AMD/XCPAccess to ECU memory. Reading and writing ECU memory locations via ASAM-standardized XCP or CCP protocols. Configuration using A2L files. | CAN | A825Included in the base version of CANoe4SW. With this alone, you have a convenient tool for simulation, testing, and analysis of CAN networks. |
CANopenSupports the entire development process for networked systems – from planning and development to testing and commissioning. | ConnectivityTest applications based on HTTP/REST, MQTT, Modbus, and wireless protocols such as BLE, NFC, and UWB. | DiVaAutomated testing and validation of diagnostic software implementations in ECUs. Test cases are generated in CANdela or ODX format. |
EthernetAccess to Ethernet networks using, for example, VN5600 family interfaces. | FlexRayAnalysis of safety-critical applications using FlexRay in distributed realtime systems. | J1939Development, design, and verification of J1939 networks. |
LINAnalysis, testing, and simulation in the development of LIN ECUs and networks. | SmartChargingAnalyze, simulate and test the communication behavior of an electric vehicle (EV) or a charging station (EVSE) during the charging process. |
Product Descriptions
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