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Eclipse Automotive Tool Platform

This is work package 1 of the Automotive Industry Working Group.

• Project Lead: Bosch (TBD)

Intent

One key activity of the Eclipse Automotive IWG is to define and provide an Eclipse Automotive Tool Platform consisting of selected existing Eclipse components that are typically required and used in the automotive industry. The intention of this platform is to provide a reference for both vendors and users of Eclipse-based automotive software design tools. It does not necessarily include any content that is really specific to automotive (at least not at the beginning), but will still be a great deal of help for the following reasons:

• It points out which Eclipse projects and components are actively used in the automotive industry.
• It gives an orientation regarding the Eclipse releases and component versions which Eclipse-based automotive software design tools are or should be based on.
• It provides a reference enabling Eclipse-based automotive software design tools to be provided as pluggable components (update sites), as opposed to being shipped only in the form of complete products including the tool itself and the whole Eclipse platform.
• It provides the basis for reliably and consistently integrating Eclipse-based automotive software design tools from different vendors and/or complementary in-house tools to user-defined design tool chains.

Implementation

The implementation of the Eclipse Automotive Tools Platform includes the following items:

• An Eclipse package named "Eclipse IDE for Automotive Software Developers" made available for download at Eclipse.org
• A target platform definition

Proposed Components