Vector Informatik
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Vector Informatik develops software tools and components for networking of electronic systems based on the serial bus systems CAN, LIN
, FlexRay
, MOST, Ethernet
and SAE J1708
as well as on CAN-based protocols such as SAE J1939
, SAE J1587
, ISO 11783
, NMEA 2000
, ARINC 825
, CANaerospace
, CANopen
and more. The headquarters of the company Vector Informatik GmbH is in Stuttgart, Germany. Subsidiaries include Braunschweig
, Munich
, Regensburg
along with international subsidiaries in the USA
, Japan
, France
, Sweden
, England
, South Korea
, India
, China
. Vector Informatik also includes Vector Consulting Services GmbH, a consultation firm specializing in optimization of technical product development. Altogether, these companies are referred to as the Vector Group.
license was sold and the company attained sales of one million Euros for the first time. In 1996, the first CANoe and CANape licenses were sold.
In 1998, Vector CANtech (USA) was founded, and in the following year Vector Japan. In 2001, the subsidiary Vector Consulting GmbH was founded, which offers consultation services for engineering development and its cost effectiveness. In 2006, Vector Informatik acquired "Division 4m Software" from Micron Electronic Devices AG. In the same year, sales of the Vector Group exceeded the 100 million Euro mark for the first time. In the following year, Vector Korea was founded, and in 2009 Vector Great Britain, Vector Informatik India and Vector China. 2011 the previous representation office in China was converted into a legally independent business. In August 2011 the four owners of Vector Informatik GmbH have transferred their business shares to a family foundation and a non-profit foundation. In September 2011 Vector has welcomed its 1,000th employee.
Local Interconnect Network
The LIN-Bus is a vehicle bus standard or computer networking bus-system used within current automotive network architectures....
, FlexRay
FlexRay
FlexRay is an automotive network communications protocol developed by the . It is designed to be faster and more reliable than CAN and TTP, but is also more expensive...
, MOST, Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
and SAE J1708
J1708
SAE J1708 is a standard used for serial communications between ECUs on a heavy duty vehicle and also between a computer and the vehicle. With respect to Open System Interconnection model , J1708 defines the physical layer...
as well as on CAN-based protocols such as SAE J1939
J1939
Society of Automotive Engineers SAE J1939 is the vehicle bus standard used for communication and diagnostics among vehicle components, originally by the car and heavy duty truck industry in the United States....
, SAE J1587
J1587
J1587 is an automotive diagnostic protocol standard developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers for heavy-duty and most medium-duty vehicles built after 1985. The J1587 protocol uses different diagnostic connectors. Up to 1995, individual OEMs used their own connectors. From 1996 to 2001, the...
, ISO 11783
ISO 11783
ISO 11783 is a communication protocol based on the SAE J1939 protocol for the agriculture industry.It is managed by the ISOBUS group in VDMA....
, NMEA 2000
NMEA 2000
NMEA 2000 is a combined electrical and data specification for a marine data network for communication between marine electronic devices such as depth finders, nautical chart plotters, navigation instruments, engines, tank level sensors, and GPS receivers...
, ARINC 825
ARINC 825
- ARINC Specification 825 - The General Standardization of CAN for Airborne Use :Controller Area Network increasingly found its way into aerospace applications because of its cost effective and efficient networking capability for systems employing the Line-replaceable unit concept to share data...
, CANaerospace
CANaerospace
CANaerospace is a higher layer protocol based on Controller Area Network which has been developed by Stock Flight Systems in 1998 for aeronautical applications.-Background:...
, CANopen
CANopen
CANopen is a communication protocol and device profile specification for embedded systems used in automation. In terms of the OSI model, CANopen implements the layers above and including the network layer. The CANopen standard consists of an addressing scheme, several small communication protocols...
and more. The headquarters of the company Vector Informatik GmbH is in Stuttgart, Germany. Subsidiaries include Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Regensburg
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
along with international subsidiaries in the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. Vector Informatik also includes Vector Consulting Services GmbH, a consultation firm specializing in optimization of technical product development. Altogether, these companies are referred to as the Vector Group.
History
Vector Software GmbH was founded on April 1, 1988 by Eberhard Hinderer, Martin Litschel and Helmut Schelling. In the year 1992, the company changed its name to Vector Informatik GmbH. In the same year, the first CANalyzerCANalyzer
CANalyzer is an analysis software tool from Vector Informatik GmbH. This development software is widely used, primarily by automotive and electronic control unit suppliers, to analyze the data traffic in serial bus systems...
license was sold and the company attained sales of one million Euros for the first time. In 1996, the first CANoe and CANape licenses were sold.
In 1998, Vector CANtech (USA) was founded, and in the following year Vector Japan. In 2001, the subsidiary Vector Consulting GmbH was founded, which offers consultation services for engineering development and its cost effectiveness. In 2006, Vector Informatik acquired "Division 4m Software" from Micron Electronic Devices AG. In the same year, sales of the Vector Group exceeded the 100 million Euro mark for the first time. In the following year, Vector Korea was founded, and in 2009 Vector Great Britain, Vector Informatik India and Vector China. 2011 the previous representation office in China was converted into a legally independent business. In August 2011 the four owners of Vector Informatik GmbH have transferred their business shares to a family foundation and a non-profit foundation. In September 2011 Vector has welcomed its 1,000th employee.
Fields of Activity
As mentioned above, Vector handles networking of electronic systems based on the serial bus systems CAN, LIN, FlexRay and MOST as well as CAN-based protocols such as SAE J1939 and CANopen. Electronic control modules in vehicles are clearly the company's focus. However, experience gained in this area has also been applied to other areas such as avionics, heavy-duty vehicles, special machines, and embedded systems in general. A selection of press releases provides additional background:- Diagnostic validation with GM
- AUTOSAR PDUs with FlexRay at AUDI
- Optimizing driver assistance systems at BMW
- XCP-on-FlexRay at Audi
- Efficiency and quality in gear drive calibration at ZF
- Wireless interfacing of development and analysis tools at Bomag AG
- Integrated diagnostic and flash solution for LuK GmbH
- Car2xVehicular communication systemsVehicular Communication Systems are an emerging type of networks in which vehicles and roadside units are the communicating nodes; providing each other with information, such as safety warnings and traffic information...
/DSRC communication
Products
Some of the company’s key products are:- The CANalyzerCANalyzerCANalyzer is an analysis software tool from Vector Informatik GmbH. This development software is widely used, primarily by automotive and electronic control unit suppliers, to analyze the data traffic in serial bus systems...
analysis tool for CAN, FlexRay, Ethernet, LIN and MOST as well as other CAN-based protocols. - The CANoeCANoeCANoe is a development and testing software tool from Vector Informatik GmbH. The software is primarily used by automotive manufacturers and electronic control unit suppliers for development, analysis, simulation, testing, diagnostics and start-up of ECU networks and individual ECUs...
development tool with support for simulation, diagnostics and as a test tool for automotive ECUs. Used at most automotive and truck OEMs and suppliers - CANapeCANapeCANape is a software tool from Vector Informatik. This development software, widely used by OEMs and ECU suppliers of automotive industries, is used to calibrate algorithms in ECUs at runtime.- Description :...
is a development software, widely used by OEMs and ECU suppliers of automotive industries to calibrate algorithms in ECUs at runtime. - Embedded software components for CAN, FlexRay, LIN, CANopen and others. These components can be found on nearly all automobiles with networked electronics throughout the world.