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News Release from: Ansoft Europe | Subject: Simplorer
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 November 2007
Simulation software runs German
automotive models
VHDL-AMS models from the FAT-AK30 working group of the German Association of the Automotive Industry now run in Simplorer.
Ansoft Corporation has certified the VHDL-AMS models available from the FAT-AK30 working group of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie - VDA) to run in Simplorer, the company's widely used multidomain system simulation software The library is targeted for use by automotive OEMs and suppliers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The German Association of the Automotive Industry consists partly of automobile manufactures and their development partners.
The working group FAT-AK30 is organised within the German Association for Research in Automobile Technology (FAT) of the VDA.
Speaker of the group is Ewald Hessel from Hella KGaA Hueck and Co Lippstadt.
The group provides its open-source VHDL-AMS model library to support the interchange of models between car manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers.
Hessel says: "The support of VHDL-AMS and its application by the EDA companies is well appreciated, and Ansoft's Simplorer is one of the tools used by members of AK30 for verification and test of new models".
Supporting the VDA/FAT-AK30 VHDL-AMS libraries along with the Simplorer VHDL-AMS SML (Simplorer Model Language) and C-Model libraries helps design teams reduce risk and enable first-pass system success in complex automotive system design, contributing significantly to the safety and success of the product design stage through virtual hands-on experience.
"Simplorer's support of the VDA/FAT-AK30 VHDL-AMS models provides our users with access to standardised automotive component models that can be readily placed within a design", says Dr Marius Rosu, Ansoft's Manager of Simplorer Modelling Development.
"This greatly simplifies the process of simulation, allows it to be used far earlier in the development process and supports the seamless exchange of data between automotive suppliers and manufacturers".
Simplorer customers can download the FAT-AK30 model library from the Ansoft website.
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