INCA (Integrated Calibration and Application Tool) is a measurement, calibration and diagnostic software published by
ETAS
The ETAS Group is a German company which designs tools for the development of embedded systems for the automotive industry and other sectors of the embedded industry. ETAS is 100-percent subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH.
Business
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. With its large installation base in the auto industry, this development software
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electronic control units (ECUs) and ECU software programs for
measuring,
calibration,
diagnostics
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programming.
Description
Calibrating an
ECU software with the aid of INCA enables engineers to adapt the behavior of control and diagnostic functions to a variety of vehicle models and/or model variants, without requiring the modification of calculation routines. As part of this process, characteristic values of function algorithms are entered while simultaneously acquiring signals from ECUs, vehicle data buses and
measuring instruments. During the calibration process in INCA, the ECU signals are visualized, which means that any change occurring inside the ECU can be followed up by a detailed examination and analysis of system behavior. This type of characteristics calibration may take place on board the vehicle, in the lab, on test benches or in combination with simulation environments, such as
Simulink.
Feature set
A host of functions required for
ECU software calibration, such as interface-dependent calibration methods, calibration data management, measurement data visualization and analysis, ECU programming, vehicle
bus monitoring, as well as remote control through standard interfaces, are part of the product's functional complement. Available add-ons facilitate the integration of additional functions, such as the symbolic representation of diagnostic data, the calibration of
Simulink® models, the integration of
LIN
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and
FlexRay buses, plus software calibration and validation by means of rapid
prototyping hardware.
In combination with suitable hardware products, INCA can access standard ECU interfaces, such as
CAN
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K-Line
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, ETK,
USB,
Ethernet and
FlexRay.
* ECU access via CAN, using the
CCP,
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,
UDS and
XCP protocols.
* ECU access via FlexRay and XCP protocol
* ECU access via Ethernet and XCP protocol
* ECU access via USB and XCP protocol
* ECU access via K-Line, using KWP2000 and Mc-Mess protocols
* ECU access with parallel ETKs via
address bus and
data bus
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* ECU access with serial ETKs, through microcontroller debugging interfaces such as
NEXUS,
JTAG
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and
AUD
* ECU access via J2534
* Simultaneous access to several ECUs
Supported standards
* Supports
ASAM MCD standards MCD-1b, MCD-2 MC, MCD-2 D(ODX), MDF, MCD-2 Net (Fibex),
ASAP3 and MCD-3 MC, AE CDF
* Supports the CANdb for CAN monitoring and transmission of CAN messages
* Recording of measurement data in the file formats
MDF3,
ASCII,
MDF4, DI-ADEM-ATF, FAMOS and
MATLAB®-M
*
COM
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Computing
* COM (hardware interface), a serial port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers
* COM file, or .com file, short for "command", a file extension for an executable file in MS-DOS
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-API enable interaction with
Windows® PC-based applications
* MATLAB®-API for access to MATLAB® as a control and analysis application
* Exchange of calibration data in physical representation, using the
DCM, CVX and
CDF2.0 formats
* Supports numerous HEX file formats, e.g.,
Motorola-S or
Intel HEX
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References
External links
INCA Product Family page on ETAS websiteSupported standards, ECU Interfaces and Technical Data
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Computer-aided engineering software
Data analysis software