Importance of timing for automotive ECU development

Andrew Coombes, Head of Marketing at Rapita Systems delivered a presentation at the Inaugural Vehicle Electronics Conference at the Birmingham NEC from 21st - 22nd April 2015. The presentation focussed on ensuring the correct timing behavior of embedded software as an important aspect of automotive ECU development, especially for those created to meet ISO 26262 functional safety requirements. The full article is published in the Vehicle Electronics magazine, which can be downloaded here: http://vehicle-electronics.biz/content/issue-17-may-2015