Welcome to the December issue of the Vector newsletter, containing the latest information about the following topics: 1. News: 1.1 Survey on professional journals in the German market 1.2 New Application Notes for CANape and ISOBUS users 1.3 CANerator CANopen 2.0 released 1.4 CANape Graph's new video feature accelerates development 2. Trainings & Workshops: 2.1 France : CAN-basics, CANalyzer and CANoe seminar in French 3. Events: 3.1 Sweden: Comdex Scandinavia, Jan 20-22, 2004, Gothenburg 3.2 Germany: IIR conference on "Flash technology in vehicles", Feb 9-10, 2004, Stuttgart 3.3 Germany: Embedded World 2004, 17.-19-02.2004 in Nuremberg 3.4 Germany: Symposium on "Systems for automation and assistance in vehicles", Feb 17-18, 2004, Braunschweig ************************************************************** 1. News: ************************************************************** 1.1 Survey on professional journals in the German market Each year Vector publishes more than a dozen professional articles in journals of the automotive and electronics industry. Therefore we are very interested in learning, which journals you read. Please take 3 minutes to name your favourites from our list. German: www.vector-informatik.de/deutsch/news/umfrage.php ************************************************************** 1.2 New Application Notes for CANape and ISOBUS users The following topics are covered: Migration from Option ISOBUS 2.1 to 3.0 Interface Programming between CANape Graph and Matlab Flash Kernel Programming on a HC12 Microcontroller Please note, that for globalization reasons, all application notes are written in english. CANape: www.vector-informatik.de/canape/appnotes/ ISOBUS: www.vector-informatik.de/j1939/appnotes/ ************************************************************** 1.3 CANerator CANopen 2.0 released The CANerator CANopen tool manages CANopen Source Code configu- ration settings. It also creates Electronic Data Sheets (EDS) and automatically generates appropriate object directories as source code. The improved CANerator CANopen 2.0 supports the software integrator in his integration tasks thus significantly speeding up the development process. German: www.vector-informatik.com/pdf/CANerator.CANopen_DataSheet_DE.pdf English: www.vector-informatik.com/pdf/CANerator.CANopen_DataSheet_EN.pdf ************************************************************** 1.4 CANape Graph's new video feature accelerates development In order to increase the interpretability of measurement data during offline evaluation, GPS data and a video signal can be recorded. During evaluation, the vehicle position is displayed on a map and the corresponding video image is displayed in the video window. Download the video project (CANape GPS Video Demo) additionally to the CANape Graph 5.0 demo version to get an impression. German: www.vector-informatik.com/deutsch/produkte/download.php English: www.vector-informatik.com/english/products/download.php ************************************************************** 2. Trainings & Workshops: ************************************************************** 2.1 France : CAN basics, CANalyzer and CANoe seminar in French On Jan. 27-29, 2004 Vector France conducts a modular training session, composed of two parts: day 1 and 2 are dedicated to the basic knowledge of the CAN-protocol and to the CANalyzer tool. Day 3 imparts a deeper understanding of the CANoe tool. French: www.vector-france.com/training/training.html ************************************************************** 3. Events: ************************************************************** 3.1 Sweden: Comdex Scandinavia, Jan 20-22, 2004, Gothenburg Vector Scandinavia will participate in Comdex 2004 on January 20-22, Svenska Mässan Gothenburg. Demonstrations will focus on automatic testing and automotive diagnostics. Visit us on booth C05:40. English: www.comdex.se ************************************************************** 3.2 Germany: IIR conference on "Flash technology in vehicles", Feb 9-10, 2004, Stuttgart Vector will be represented by a lecture on "Flash programming in practice", highlighting the issues of partial software downloads, flashing of multiprocessors and the peculiarities of internal and external flashing. German: www.iir.de/app/?navi=311&pid=1249 ************************************************************** 3.3 Germany: Embedded World 2004, 17.-19-02.2004 in Nuremberg Also this year Vector showcases its entire range of software tools and services with an emphasis on solutions for customer specific software components and their integration in ECU networks. Visit our booth #223 in hall 12. German: www.embedded-world-2004.de/main/Page.html English: www.embedded-world-2004.de/main/d3zq4a0a/page.html ************************************************************** 3.4 Germany: Symposium of TU Braunschweig on "Systems for auto- mation and assistance in vehicles", Feb 17-18, 2004. In a lecture on "Design of software architectures for complex and distributed automotive electronic networks", Vector illustrates the DaVinci methodology. German: www.gzvb.de/bs-symposium/startseite/home_2.htm ************************************************************** The next issue of the Vector newsletter will be published on Jan 27, 2004. Thank you for your loyalty in reading our newsletter. The Vector team wishes all of you a peaceful start into the new year! Notes: ************************************************************** You receive this newsletter because you have registered your e-mail address or you are a customer of the Vector Group. ************************************************************** [Recommendation] Please forward this newsletter to all interested colleagues in your company. If you are interested in our newsletter and your e-mail address is not registered yet, please go to: www.vector-informatik.com/newsletter or mailto:newsletter@vector-informatik.de?subject=subscribe ************************************************************** [Feedback] Your comments and ideas are welcome. 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