Elekrobit, Qt team up for the digital car cockpit
Automotive middleware provider Elektrobit and Finnish software house The Qt Company plan to jointly produce next-generation digital cockpits in the future. To do so, they intend to combine Qt device creation framework and NXP i.MX 8 series application processors with EB tresos autosar development software and UI engineering services from Elektrobit. The offering is expected to provide automakers with a turnkey environment for developing state-of-the-art human machine interfaces (HMIs) using off-the-shelf software and hardware.
Drivers increasingly want immersive digital experiences and advanced features. With this in mind, the digital cockpit has become a fairly central part of the vehicle. Analytics firm Mordor Intelligence forecasts the market for these products to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13 percent through 2027. All automakers are looking for more efficient and cost-effective ways to develop their specific in-vehicle experience, according to Elektrobit.
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As the first commercial solution, the offering from Qt and Elektrobit enables HMI runtime in Autosar architecture. It eliminates the cost, complexity and time requirements of using a hypervisor and is executable on a multi-core processor. The streamlined approach accelerates the overall development process and time-to-market for advanced HMIs. The Qt device creation framework enables the development of rich user interfaces for embedded platforms. The Autosar architecture stack EB tresos provides the latest safety and security features. It supports requirements up to ASIL-D both on microcontrollers with limited resources and in multicore SOCs. Access to Elektrobit’s team for UI engineering services is part of the offer. Additional functional software from vendors such as Continental Automotive can also be integrated. This includes applications such as the Linux-based instrument cluster, software defined radio, driver monitoring and the eTravel.Companion.
“We are excited about our collaboration with Elektrobit. The unique joint solution combines our HMI development software with Elektrobit’s field-proven expertise in Autosar software and integration,” said Miao Luo, product management director at The Qt Company. “With the pre-integrated approach, we offer the fastest and easiest way to produce software-defined vehicles.”
“We are proud to bring our decades of extensive Autosar experience, as well as Elektrobit’s ECU software and services, to our collaboration with Qt,” explained Joerg Scherer, Director of User Experience at Elektrobit. “Together, we offer the first commercial solution that brings HMI runtime to the Autosar architecture. It makes it easier for OEMs to develop state-of-the-art cockpits for their next-generation vehicles.”
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