NXP Semiconductors and Real-Time Innovations (RTI) joined forces to integrate a powerful solution for software-defined vehicles (SDV). They demonstrated how SDVs are one of the drivers for the future of vehicle connectivity, paving the way for both SDV and intelligent transportation systems.
Seamless connectivity is becoming the cornerstone of innovation for SDV. OEMs are looking for new ways of bringing together diverse systems, applications and data sources to create a robust and reliable unified ecosystem.
NXP and RTI explored the ways RTI Connext Drive® enables SDV applications with its safety-certified, real-time communication capabilities both in- and off-vehicle, working seamlessly with best-of automotive hardware and software. The software runs seamlessly on the NXP S32G GoldVIP Vehicle Integration Platform, highlighting rapid, reliable, and intelligent connectivity for zonal architectures and high-performance computing systems.
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Engineers have faced the hurdles of integrating software frameworks with automotive hardware: intelligent communication SDV packages were not broadly available and system-on-a-chip (SoC) platforms from a few years ago were less integrated than recent versions. The automotive industry needed more sophisticated ways and tools to keep pace with the shift towards data-centric vehicle architectures and the demand of the evolving automotive landscape.
RTI, one of the pioneers in real-time communication software, has a proven track record in delivering solutions for high-performance, mission-critical and autonomous systems across various industries. Their RTI Connext Drive® is a production-grade, flexible, scalable software integration safety-certified communications framework for modern vehicle architectures and SDV enablement. RTI Connext Drive was built based on the data-centric Data Distribution Service™ (DDS™) standard and runs on multiple platforms and architectures, communicating data via shared memory to IP LAN to wide-area networks. DDS is the framework used in ROS 2 and is part of both AUTOSAR® Classic and AUTOSAR Adaptive standards. At its core, RTI Connext Drive is an open architecture framework for vehicle communications.
NXP, a global leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, released its innovative vehicle integration platform S32G GoldVIP to help address real-time and application development challenges for service-oriented gateways, domain controllers, and vehicle computers. S32G GoldVIP offers multiple value propositions for the safe and secure multi-core Arm® Cortex®-A53 S32G processors. S32G GoldVIP is pre-integrated with software from NXP, open source and third parties, including secure cloud connectivity and over-the-air (OTA) update services, allowing engineers to focus on creating new connected vehicle services instead of software infrastructure. The S32G platform provides a foundation for SDV by offering remarkable performance, reliability and connectivity features.
As modern vehicles transition toward data-driven services, secure cloud connectivity and service-oriented architecture while addressing ECU consolidation, NXP S32G devices were the perfect complement to RTI Connext Drive. They match its safety certification and application domain capabilities, offering intense performance and considerable connectivity options.
RTI constantly works with the latest technologies to support customers in doing what was thought to be impossible. They decided to collaborate with NXP due to the company's reputation in automotive and expertise in zonal architecture with its S32G SoCs –which integrate functionality and systems (usually covered by several lab benches) into a single device while reducing size, weigh and power.
RTI's automotive customers use Connext Drive with the latest technologies to do things that were never before possible. This includes the cutting-edge integration of NXP's automotive SoC's such as the S32G, which combines massive data communications capabilities with abundant processing resources in a tiny integrated package. Size, weight and power are reduced while performance, reliability and flexibility are greatly increased.
The partnership enabled RTI Connext Drive to provide safety-certified, real-time communication capabilities for zonal architecture and high-performance computing environments into the S32G. When engineering the solution, NXP and RTI engineers considered two main use cases:
NXP and RTI also focused on guaranteeing safety and cybersecurity, as it was intended not only to address the challenges of modern vehicle architectures but also to unlock new possibilities for automotive innovation — paving the way for the future of vehicle connectivity and intelligent transportation systems. The granular security of Connext Drive enables individual data flows to be uniquely configured for encryption, authentication and access control, providing tailored end-to-end protection over any transport.
RTI Connext Drive runs seamlessly on the S32G, underpinning rapid, reliable and intelligent data communications for zonal architectures in high-performance computing systems. The hands-on demo highlights how the combined solution provided the backbone communication for E/E and SDV environments while fulfilling essential technical and safety requirements.
As the automotive industry gears up for the SAE autonomy scale toward Level 4+, the software solutions that will take us there safely are still unknown. Two of the top concerns in the SDV landscape are integrating new technologies and allowing OEM software developers to reuse most or all of what has already been developed and tested.
In addition, one of the biggest challenges is the shift from developing proprietary software and custom designs to a complete architectural revolution centered on the SDV concept. Next-gen SDVs require modern architectures, connected systems and guaranteed interoperability with both legacy and new technologies.
RTI teamed with NXP to demonstrate how using off-the-shelf systems can help OEMs decrease time to production while optimizing cost, time to market and flexibility. They confirmed how RTI Connext Drive optimized the S32G platform without needing customization: engineers using S32G can immediately utilize RTI Connext Drive without coding, enabling and optimizing their zonal architecture and high-performance compute use cases for next-generation SDV.
The partnership between NXP and RTI is more than just combining products; they are committed to driving innovation and shaping the future of vehicle connectivity within their combined solution, tackling those concerns and challenges from the SDV landscape. Together, NXP and RTI showcase integration excellence for vehicle connectivity, streamlining collaboration and accelerating the development of intelligent connectivity solutions for next-gen vehicles as the automotive industry enters a new SDV era.
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