NEWS Toyota looks to Ford for smartphone integration An open-source version “Dashboard interface The monthly magazine for automotive electronics engineers of Ford AppLink, called design and smartphone Smart Device Link connectivity are key ele - Intel and Jaguar collaborate Issue 19 (SDL), is being studied ments for product differ - July 2015 by Toyota for future inte - entiation within the on software-defined cockpit gration into vehicles for industry,” said Don But - IN THIS command and control of ler, executive director of Intel is collaborating with ISSUE smartphone apps through Ford Connected Vehicle Jaguar Land Rover to in - dashboard buttons, dis - & Services. “At Ford, we tegrate the company’s Page 2: Toyota-Ford play screens and voice view all aspects of time Realsense technology integration recognition technology. behind the wheel as core into the next generation Adoption of SDL by to the experience we pro - of cars, according to Page 3: Bosch and other vehicle manufactur - vide customers. We’re Intel’s senior VP Doug Daimler automated ers and suppliers should pleased other members of give drivers more choice the industry feel the same Davis speaking at last parking project SDL could bring AppLink to more vehicles month’s Automobil Elek - in how they connect and way, and look forward to tronik Congress in Lud - Page 7: Mentor control their smart - working together to drive wigsburg, Germany. Automotive Forum phones, and help grow even more support for the connectivity and naviga - launched the Ford devel - Realsense is Intel’s report the automotive developer SDL developer commu - tion systems that deliver oper programme to sup - strategy for a next-gener - Doug Davis tells of Intel-Jaguar collaboration community by creating nity.” on expectations for smart - port the ecosystem of ation software-defined Page 15: Turning a apps that work across dif - In Ford vehicles phone app integration. developers creating new, cockpit and the company Auto, Ford and GM. centralised communica - car into a revenue ferent brands and vehi - equipped with Sync, SDL software allows innovative experiences. demonstrated a sensor- “We have all heard that tions, command and stream cles. AppLink serves as the ap - access to in-vehicle con - Now, with SDL, we’re laden glove for use in au - the car is the ultimate control console that auto - SDL lets car makers plication programming trols including display demonstrating our long- tomobile manufacturing. consumer device,” said matically conforms to Page 21: Learning maintain control of user interface that allows screens, buttons and the term commitment to our “Imagine stepping into Davis. “To that end, we the needs of individual data security lessons interface design for prod - smartphone apps such voice recognition engine customers, and the indus - a car that recognises your are making bold invest - drivers. uct differentiation while as Spotify, Glympse, to deliver a fully inte - try overall, to make it facial features and begins ments in 3D, which Former employees of Page 25: Jaguar helping provide an iHeartRadio, Pandora and grated app experience for easy for smartphones and playing your favourite blends reality with the BMW and Ideo collabo - Land Rover research improved consumer ex - others to be accessed by drivers and passengers. cars to work together music,” said Davis, “or a digital world through rated to build ProGlove, programmes perience through enter - drivers using voice recog - Toyota is engaging with everywhere around the pair of gloves that knows Intel Realsense technol - which is built on Intel tainment, information and nition and dashboard con - the SDL project, and in - world.” the history of your vehi - ogy.” Edison. The sensor-laden Page 30: Altera and navigation app develop - trols. vestigating further collab - Branded as AppLink, cle from the time of its in - The consolidation of glove improves factory Xilinx plans ment. Ford created SDL by oration with Livio and SDL technology is avail - ception as a lone chassis cluster displays with in- efficiency by recognising Toyota’s adoption of contributing the AppLink Ford. Livio, a wholly able on more than five on the factory floor.” vehicle infotainment the vehicle parts the Page 34: Ford sees SDL technology is said to software to the open- owned subsidiary of million Ford vehicles in Intel is working with forms the basis of Intel’s wearer is assembling. round the bend show traction is gaining source community. The Ford, is the project main - North America, South several automotive com - software-defined cockpit. Since the ProGlove has a for the open-source soft - goal is to help drive tainer of SDL technology. America, Europe and the panies including Magneti This approach seamlessly scanner built in, assembly Page 35: Product ware project goal of cre - growth of the automotive “We first introduced Asia Pacific. Three new Marelli, Harman, BMW, merges IoT-connected ex - workers no longer have to news ating an automotive app developer commu - AppLink to serve our cus - markets are slated to Porsche, Jaguar Land periences, both inside and scan each part before it industry-based standard nity and provide car mak - tomers’ desire to access come on board this year – Rover, Fiat Chrysler outside the vehicle, into a goes into a vehicle. Page 40: Contact for integrating smart - ers with a way to their apps inside the car,” Taiwan, New Zealand details phone apps into vehicles. maintain differentiated said Butler. “Then we and Thailand. vehicle-electronics.biz Vehicle Electronics July 2015, Page 2 NEWS NEWS lows third-party applica - Bosch and Daimler partner on PSA picks Sierra for tions to be built and hosted directly on the connected car technology wireless module. automated parking project With integrated Airvan - PSA Peugeot Citroën is to hicles. Since the introduc - said Brigitte Courtehoux, tage cloud service, these Daimler, Bosch and Car2Go. As soon as the starts it and directs it to an car park infrastructure, in - use Sierra Wireless de - tion of its in-vehicle director of connected cars applications can be se - Car2Go are to start a pilot user is ready in the pick- assigned parking space. cluding parking space oc - vice-to-cloud technology emergency notification at PSA Peugeot Citroën. curely downloaded and project this month for au - up-zone of the car park, “Fully automated park - cupancy sensors, cameras in its next generation of systems in 2003, Peugeot, “Sierra Wireless technol - updated remotely over the tomating parking in a car the car drives up inde - ing will be ready for and communications. The connected cars to expand Citroën and DS vehicles ogy provides us with full air. park, with features such pendently and the ride mass-production before communications unit in from emergency notifica - have sent more than automotive-grade wire - This next-generation in - as valet parking via can begin. Returning the fully automated driving”, the vehicle controls the tion into additional value- 13,000 alerts to emer - less connectivity, applica - ternet of things system smartphone. car is just as comfortable. said Dirk Hoheisel from parking process and de - added connected services gency services operating tion support and the will begin to reach the Automated parking is The customer parks it in Bosch. “Low driving fines with Daimler the in - for its customers. in 17 European countries. remote management ca - market within PSA’s made possible thanks to the drop-zone of the car speeds and the informa - terface with existing This will involve the “Our long collaboration pabilities we need to offer 2017 models. an intelligent infrastruc - park and returns the car tion from the car park in - vehicle components. Airprime AR series of with Sierra Wireless has these services efficiently “PSA Peugeot Citroën ture in the car park and a via smartphone. The in - frastructure enable a fast Daimler will adjust the smart automotive mod - enabled us to offer our and cost effectively.” has always been visionary vehicle control unit from telligent system of the car implementation.” sensor systems and the ules, the Legato platform customers leading-edge The additional services in providing value to cus - Bosch in conjunction park registers the vehicle, Bosch is developing the software in the vehicles. and the Airvantage cloud. technology that not only are enabled through the tomers through delivering with the latest Mercedes- PSA has been a Sierra helps keep them safer, but Legato platform, which connectivity to its cars,” Benz on-board sensors Brace, brace! Wireless customer since now could also provide provides an application said Dan Schieler, senior and the car-sharing ex - Virtual software is 2001 and has connected connected services that framework and develop - vice president for Sierra pertise of Car2Go. This more than 1.6 million ve - deliver additional value,” ment environment that al - Wireless. could enable automated no dummy manoeuvring in appropri - ately equipped parking garages in the near future. “Our customers are al - ways the centre of atten - tion and all of our actions are oriented towards them,” said Thomas Weber, a member of the Daimler board. “In future, the car will even go to them. In collaboration with our partner Bosch and our mobility service Car2Go we are develop - No, this isn’t a scene from a horror movie but a virtual crash test dummy, ing and testing an infra - and it is in the brace position, something difficult to achieve with a real structure-based solution dummy. If a car is about to hit something, the driver is likely to hit the for a fully automated brakes and turn the wheel and the passenger, aware of what’s about to hap - valet parking service. For pen, braces for impact. us another step on our These changes in posture – relaxed or braced – aren’t something physical way to autonomous driv - crash test dummies can copy, but Toyota has produced software for its ing – or as in this case to - Thums virtual human modelling that replicates pre-collision reactions.