Seoul, August 21, 2014 – K2L (K2L GmbH & Co. KG) announced an Automotive Test System (ATS) that combines hardware and software into a single tool.

The newly released ATS supports all major automotive buses for all operations related to testing and simulation, including non-operational bus simulation, device simulation, testing during system development, and rapid prototyping. Furthermore, ATS meets all the necessary requirements for performing analysis and verification. By combining these capabilities with support for CAN, LIN, FlexRay®, and MOST® networks into a single tool, ATS offers the most cost-effective and flexible option to the automotive industry. In addition, the system enables automated testing and all types of simulation, ensuring quality from the initial design phase.

The automotive industry is constantly adding more features to enhance competitiveness, which means an increase in the number of interconnected electronic devices in each vehicle. To bring these sophisticated automotive systems to market in a timely manner, a complete team consisting of designers, developers, testers, and system integrators is required, and ATS meets all requirements as a single tool supporting all automotive buses. This integration enables reduced complexity and costs while accelerating time-to-market.

ATS enables system integrators or developers to monitor traffic or single devices in a complete multi-bus network environment in a real or simulated state using a PC. Test engineers can verify system and device reliability by testing functions and performance throughout the entire design cycle, and verification teams can ensure high-quality devices by using ATS to detect network errors.

Matthias Karcher, Senior Manager at K2L, stated, "This ATS integrates a complete set of features that help developers and inspectors easily configure and execute test scripts and simulations for all multi-bus networks within a vehicle," adding, "This automotive test system enables automakers and suppliers to shorten process cycle times and reduce costs."