Fact Sheet: Autosar

General

Short description/ Transmitted information	Applications, SW components, diagnostic and configuration data
Normative document	The standard is splitted up into several specifications: Home AUTOSAR
Version/ Release state	-
Release date	-
Application scope	All kinds of vehicles Non automotive like rail, vessels, power stations, … No military, hazardous applications and air crafts
Goals	Improve complexity management of integrated E/E architectures through increased reuse and exchangeability of SW modules between OEMs and suppliers.
Promoting bodies	Autosar GbR
Type	Autosar Standard
IT Standard classification	Interoperability Standard Integration Standard
Data format	Text Format (ASCII/XML)
Additional available resources	Use Cases, Guidelines, Best Practice, Examplesm, Standard presentation, Demonstrators, Autosar Open Conference see www.autosar.org
Relevant prostep ivip project groups	-

AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecure) …

is a worldwide development partnership of car manufacturers, suppliers and other companies from the electronics, semiconductor and software industry with more than 280 partner companies
aims to improve complexity management of integrated E/E architectures through increased reuse and exchangeability of SW modules between OEMs and suppliers.
provides the specification for a standardized SW architecture for automotive electronic control units considering configurability and scalability to different vehicle - and platform variants,
supports safe solutions according to ASIL D (ISO26262) and provides methodology and features to implement secure solutions
enables collaboration between various partners based on formalized, template based data exchange
considers updates during lifetime also over the air and
enables maintainability throughout the whole product life cycle.