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TA Tool Suite

Design, analyze and verify timing behavior across the entire development lifecycle.

TA Tool Suite provides a unified solution for managing timing behavior across the entire development lifecycle. It supports the design and verification of embedded real-time systems and enables in-depth analysis of system performance.

Key Benefits at a Glance

Simplify software integration and improve the efficiency and responsiveness of your systems. TA Tool Suite helps project managers, architects, developers, and integrators fully utilize the computational resources of the ECU.

  • Enable Efficient Multi-Core Architectures
    Facilitate the transition from single-core to multi-core software architectures and unlock additional performance potential
  • Ensure AUTOSAR-Compliant Integration
    Support timing-aware integration of software components in line with established AUTOSAR standards
  • Evaluate Timing Behavior Early
    Compare and simulate different ECU designs to assess performance and timing behavior—without requiring trace data
  • Integrate Seamlessly with Your Toolchain
    Leverage direct interfaces to Vector DaVinci tools for efficient project import, export, and updates
  • Define and Visualize Timing Constraints with Clarity
    Specify and analyze timing requirements such as TIMEX in a structured and transparent way
  • Automate Verification in CI/CD Pipelines
    Validate timing and performance constraints automatically to ensure consistent system behavior throughout development

Options of TA Tool Suite

Cover the Entire Timing Lifecycle with Modular Options
Use the modular TA Tool Suite options to address every step of your software project lifecycle—from specifying timing requirements to analyzing and optimizing ECU runtime architecture and verifying system behavior on the target platform.

TA.Design

Align timing specifications of software components with the ECU runtime architecture to enable timing-aware integration of runnables.

Your benefits:

  • Gain Transparency into Software Interactions
    Visualize data flows and dependencies within the ECU software architecture for better system understanding
  • Define Timing Constraints Efficiently
    Simplify the specification of timing requirements with structured modeling support
  • Follow Proven AUTOSAR Methodologies
    Apply established AUTOSAR-compliant workflows for consistent and scalable development

TA.Inspection

Analyze the timing behavior of application software and the operating system directly on the real ECU.

Your benefits:

  • Analyze Performance with Comprehensive Trace Data
    Evaluate timing and performance metrics based on traces from third-party tools or Vector VX1000 hardware
  • Create Flexible and Detailed Reports
    Generate tailored reports to assess system behavior and support optimization
Explained in 2 Minutes
The TA Tool Suite helps you get the most out of your ECU runtime. From design to simulation and verification, this short video shows how the suite supports every step of your embedded real time system’s timing process. It provides powerful analysis tools so you can identify issues early and keep your projects running smoothly and reliably. With TA Tool Suite, you have one solution for all your timing needs. Efficient, precise, and ready for real world challenges.

Free Timing Bundles

Simplify Trace Integration with Ready-to-Use Timing Bundles
Use Timing Bundles provided by Vector and its partners to integrate optimal scheduling tracing into your MICROSAR-based projects with minimal effort.

The bundles deliver efficient OS and RTE trace instrumentation for a wide range of measurement tools, enabling detailed analysis of runtime behavior within TA.Inspection of the TA Tool Suite.

The Vector-VX1000 Timing Bundle contains a step by step guideline to integrate scheduling tracing across the whole tool chain. From the configuration of the MICROSAR.OS within the DaVinci Configurator Classic via via CANape to the analysis of the result in Vector's TA Tool Suite. Additionally, it delivers the necessary scripts to automatize the entire process.

The Vector-Lauterbach Timing Bundle contains a step by step guideline to integrate scheduling tracing across the whole tool chain. From the configuration of the MICROSAR.OS within the DaVinci Configurator Classic via Lauterbach TRACE32 to the analysis of the result in Vector's TA Tool Suite. Additionally, it delivers the necessary scripts to automatize the entire process.

The Vector TASKING Timing Bundle (previously iSYSTEM Timing Bundle) contains a step by step guideline to integrate scheduling tracing across the whole tool chain. From the configuration of the MICROSAR.OS within the DaVinci Configurator Classic via TASKING WinIDEA to the analysis of the result in Vector's TA Tool Suite. Additionally, it delivers the necessary scripts to automatize the entire process.

The Vector PLS Timing Bundle includes a step-by-step guide to integrating scheduling tracing across the entire tool chain. From configuring the MICROSAR.OS in DaVinci Configurator Classic via PLS UDE Universal Debug Engine to analyzing the results in the TA Tool Suite. It also provides the scripts needed to automate the entire process.

The Vector Timing Bundle for QNX operating system intends to provide a systematic and efficient way of recording scheduling traces to analyze the timing and performance behavior of a QNX project with the option TA.Inspection of TA Tool Suite. The recommended workflow can be used especially for AUTOSAR Adaptive projects which are based on QNX. The provided document focusses on the installation and configuration steps, which are necessary to setup and run a trace recording with the QNX software trace tool.

The Linux Timing Bundle contains a complete guideline for setting up a timing tool chain on Linux operating systems with Linux native software trace tools and the TA Tool Suite for indepth timing analysis. It contains LTTng and Perf scripts to easily start measuring scheduling activities as well as system calls and further OS functionalities in order to evaluate the runtime behavior and performance of the microprocessor.

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