Virtual Testing Of Automotive Sensor Systems

The development of vehicles has always been a discipline of mechanical engineering. After all, cars were always about the engine, the power, the efficiency. Traditionally, the development of the complex overall automotive system has always been carried out in accordance with classical principles of mechanical engineering, for example by using development models like the V-model. Although the proportion of electronics in automobiles has increased sharply over the past few decades, relatively little has changed here. However, this constant in automotive development is now being challenged by many OEMs. Due to many teams working remotely, driven by the Coronavirus pandemic, as well as worldwide supply bottlenecks for raw materials and semiconductors, a radical rethinking is now taking place. Model-driven engineering, i.e. virtualized prototyping, virtual testing and virtual approval, are pointing the way to the future of automotive development.