Vector computer science

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Vector group

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legal form Company with limited liability
founding April 1, 1988
Seat Stuttgart , Germany
management Executive Director:
  • Thomas Beck
  • Thomas Riegraf
Number of employees 1,453 (GmbH, 2017)
2,500 (with daughters, 2018)
sales € 408.6 million (GmbH, 2017) €
654 million (with subsidiaries, 2018)
Branch Software, automobile
Website www.vector.com

View from the south of the main building of the Vector Campus in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf, Holderäckerstr. 36

The Vector computer science GmbH develops software tools and components u. a. for networking in electronic systems based on the serial bus systems CAN , LIN , FlexRay , Ethernet , AFDX , ARINC 429 and MOST as well as on CAN-based protocols such as SAE J1939 , CANopen , ARINC 825 and others. In addition, other software tools are offered, such as the calibration data management vCDM. The company's headquarters are in Stuttgart , with further branches in Braunschweig , Hamburg , Munich , Regensburg and Karlsruhe . In addition to the foreign subsidiaries in Brazil , China , France , Italy , England , India , Japan , Korea , Austria , Sweden and the USA, there is also Vector Consulting Services GmbH , a consulting company for the optimization of technical product development. These are collectively referred to as a vector group. In the market, however, Vector is known almost without exception as Vector Informatik.

With regard to the term Vector Group, it should be noted that companies with the name Vector exist in completely different industries.

history

The Vector Software GmbH on 1 April 1988 by Eberhard Hinderer , Martin Litschel and Helmut Schelling founded. Martin Litschel and Helmut Schelling had previously worked on the development of the CAN bus at Bosch . In 1992 the company changed its name to Vector Informatik GmbH , in the same year the first CANalyzer license was sold and the first million DM in sales was achieved. In 1996 the first CANoe and CANape licenses were sold.

Vector CANtech (USA) was founded in 1998, and Vector Japan the following year . In 2001 the subsidiary Vector Consulting GmbH was founded, which offers advice on technical development and its cost efficiency. In 2006 Vector Informatik acquired the "Division 4m Software" from Micron Electronic Devices AG . In the same year, sales of the Vector Group exceeded broke through the 100 million euro limit. Vector Korea was founded in 2007, followed by Vector Great Britain , Vector Informatik India and Vector China in 2009 . In 2011, the previously existing Chinese representative office was transferred to a legally independent company. In August 2011, the four owners handed Vector Informatik GmbH into the hands of a family foundation and a non-profit foundation. In addition, the 1,000th employee could be welcomed. Vector Austria was founded in 2013, followed by Vector Brazil and Vector Italy in 2014 . Vector GmbH is now represented at 24 locations.

Fields of activity

As mentioned above, Vector deals with networking in electronic systems based on the serial bus systems CAN, LIN, FlexRay and MOST as well as on CAN-based protocols such as SAE J1939, CANopen and others. Control units in cars are the clear focus here. The experience gained in this way is also used in other areas such as aviation technology, commercial vehicles, special vehicles, special machines through to general embedded systems. A selection of specialist articles provides further background:

  • Integration of virtual hardware prototypes in CANoe at the Fraunhofer Institute IIS
  • Diagnostic validation with GM
  • Without a secure key, there is no security control devices protect with standardized key management
  • Optimizing driver assistance systems at BMW
  • XCP on FlexRay at Audi
  • Wireless connection of development and analysis tools at Bomag GmbH
  • Integrated diagnosis and flash solution for LuK GmbH
  • Car2X communication

Products

Some key products are

  • The analysis tool CANalyzer for CAN, FlexRay, Ethernet, LIN etc. a. m.
  • The CANoe development tool with support for simulation, diagnostics and as a test tool for car ECUs. Used by most car and truck OEMs and suppliers
  • Embedded software components for CAN, FlexRay, LIN, CANopen etc. a. m. These components are part of almost all cars worldwide with networked electronics.
  • The CANape software for calibrating ECUs supports various protocols (CCP, XCP, ...) and bus systems (CAN, FlexRay, ...).
  • The PREEvision software for modeling electrical / electronic systems

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint of the Vector Informatik website
  2. ↑ a b see annual and consolidated financial statements and 2017 in the Federal Gazette
  3. ↑ a b see hanser-automotive [1]
  4. ↑ a b Brief overview of CAN-based avionics protocols on avionics-networking.com , accessed on March 5, 2015
  5. ↑ Professional Calibration Data Management , accessed April 22, 2019
  6. ↑ Software for the information superhighway in automobiles . In: presseservice.region-stuttgart.de . June 13, 2007 ( region-stuttgart.de ).
  7. ↑ Holger Zeltwanger: "Controller Area Network - introduced 25 years ago" on the history of CAN online at CiA, research in the depatisnet of the DPMA
  8. ↑ Addresses of the Vector group
  9. ↑ Press release "Vector Informatik opens subsidiary in China" (PDF; 226 kB)
  10. ↑ Press release Vector website
  11. ↑ Press release "Vector Informatik opens branch in Austria" (PDF; 361 kB)
  12. ↑ Press release "Vector Informatik opens subsidiary in Brazil" (PDF; 316 kB)
  13. ↑ Vector company history , accessed on January 24, 2020
  14. ↑ https://assets.vector.com/cms/content/know-how/_case-studies/FraunhoferInstitut_CANoe_CaseStudy_DE.pdf Integration of virtual hardware prototypes in CANoe at the Fraunhofer Institute IIS
  15. ↑ https://assets.vector.com/cms/content/know-how/_technical-articles/diagnostics/DiVa_GME_ATZelektronik_200811_PressArticle_DE.pdf Diagnostic validation with GM
  16. ↑ Eduard Metzker, Falco K. Bapp, Antonio Almeida: Without a secure key there is no security - control devices protect with standardized key management. Automobil-Elektronik, September 2019, accessed on January 24, 2020 (German).
  17. ↑ https://assets.vector.com/cms/content/know-how/_technical-articles/BMW_Fahrerassistentsysteme_HanserAutomotive_200809_PressArticle_DE.pdf Optimizing driver assistance systems at BMW
  18. ↑ https://assets.vector.com/cms/content/know-how/_technical-articles/XCPonFlexRay_Audi_HanserAutomotive_200807_PressArticle_DE.pdf XCP on FlexRay at Audi
  19. ↑ https://assets.vector.com/cms/content/know-how/_technical-articles/commercial_vehicles/BOMAG_ElektronikAutomotive_200803_PressArticle_DE.pdf Wireless connection of development and analysis tools at Bomag AG
  20. ↑ Werner Schmitt, Andreas Patzer: Integrated diagnosis and flash solution with script control. Automotive Electronics, February 2008, accessed February 27, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Barbara Lange: CANoe.IP supports car-to-car development in iX . No. 9 . Heise Verlag , 2009, ISSN  0935-9680 .