Robust testing is crucial for ensuring the reliability and performance of automotive networking and communication systems
A wide range of off-the-shelf and tailored solutions are available to validate network connectivity and interoperability, confirm compliance with industry standards, meet customer expectations, and deliver market-leading performance throughout the entire development process, from R&D to production.
We understand the critical role of reliable in-vehicle communication. Our off-the-shelf devices for media conversion, networking, and tapping of automotive data empower you to capture, analyze, and optimize your systems. But before hitting the road, ensuring your Automotive Ethernet network performs flawlessly is essential.
Here are some key test requirements to consider:
- Validate your network adheres to industry standards like IEEE 802.3bp (100BASE-T1) or IEEE 802.3bw (1000BASE-T1) for Automotive Ethernet.
- Tools like protocol analyzers and conformance testers can verify proper signal integrity, frame format, and error handling.
- Verify the integrity of your physical connection using tools like Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) and oscilloscopes.
- These tests ensure minimal signal distortion, crosstalk, and noise within acceptable tolerances.
- Confirm seamless communication between different devices on your network, regardless of vendor.
- This ensures smooth data flow across your entire in-vehicle ecosystem.
- Evaluate network behavior under extreme conditions, like high data loads or temperature fluctuations.
- This helps identify potential bottlenecks and areas for improvement before real-world deployment.
By incorporating these test requirements into your development process, you can ensure optimal performance and reliability for your Automotive Ethernet network. Additionally, our off-the-shelf devices can further enhance your testing capabilities:
Seamlessly convert between different physical media types within your network.
Facilitate efficient data flow with our robust networking solutions.
Gain valuable insights into network behavior by capturing real-time data traffic.
Contact Techteal Engeneering today! Explore our portfolio of devices and discover how we can help you achieve flawless in-vehicle communication performance.
The ANDi Free is a reduced and free version of the software tool ANDi Premium from Technica Engineering.
In 2009, Technica Engineering started the development of a software tool called ANDi (Automotive Network Diagnoser) for the evaluation and validation of Automotive Ethernet. Since then, ANDi has been evolving and improving, addressing the upcomingchallenges faced in testing automotive technologies and is used in real Automotive usage (SOP) 2013.
To operate safely, the in-vehicle network itself must be tested and each device’s performance needs to be validated individually and as a complete system. Proper testing of Automotive Ethernet should include the following:
Conformance testing makes sure that various vendors' data communication interoperates
Stress testing devices to determine their breaking points
Verifying resilience by testing worst-case scenarios
Understanding performance under different impairment conditions
Validating security features under attack conditions
Targeted solution areas:
Automotive Ethernet Testing
100/1000Base-T1
2,5/5/10 Gbps (NGBASE) Base-T1
10/100/1000Base-T MultiGig Copper/Fiber & 10G (SFP+)
AVB/TSN, including Automotive gPTP, development and testing
RFC2544 (throughput, latency, frame loss)
AUTOSAR conformance
OPEN Alliance SIG conformance and compliance (TC8, TC11) testing
Performance testing (by traffic generation from thousands of simulated sources)
Security and vulnerability testing using an extensive library of malicious attacks
