Highly automated driving platform provides faster track to mass production

Renesas and TTTech have announced they have developed a highly automated driving platform (HADP). The new HADP is an prototype electronic control unit (ECU) for mass production vehicles with integrated software and tools, which demonstrates how to use their technologies combined in a true automotive environment for autonomous driving. The HADP accelerates the path to mass production for Tier 1s and OEMs. The newly released HADP is the first outcome of the collaboration between the two companies announced in January 2016, and is an extended version of the HAD solution kit released in October 2016. It is based on dual R-Car H3 SoCs and the RH850/P1H-C MCU. The HADP has been developed based on an ASIL-D functional safety concept. It supports a highly efficient integration process for complex highly automated driving systems. The HADP can be used by Tier 1s and OEMs to immediately prototype their functions in an embedded automotive ECU. It shortens time to market by enabling system developers to verify and integrate software easily on the prototype ECU designed to deliver a faster track to mass production vehicles. “With the automotive industry's increasing focus on autonomous driving, OEMs are set to play a key role in ensuring the safety and robustness of innovative functions,” said Jean-Francois Chouteau, vice president, Global ADAS Centre, Renesas Electronics Corporation. “The HADP offered by TTTech and Renesas enables OEMs to drastically reduce both development efforts and the time needed to bring autonomous driving on the road.” “We are delighted to present the first joint platform of the cooperation between Renesas and TTTech,” said Dr. Stefan Poledna, member of the executive board at TTTech. “Renesas’ expertise as a leading semiconductor solution supplier and TTTech’s proven experience as a provider of scalable safety ECU platforms are a perfect match enabling customers to develop highly performant autonomous driving solutions much quicker.”