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The automotive industry is becoming more and more focused on the necessity of a robust and efficient software development process. The lack of common standards right at the "software…

The CO²-targets defined by the European Commission can barely be met by improving standard internal combustion engines while today’s hybrid vehicles meet this technical criterion, they are not yet…

Connectors are a prerequisite for electrical and electronic connections. In an increasingly digitized world, connectors are the key to networking. The brochure describes the complexity of plug-in…

As semiconductors are most complex and test needing devices the new test approach is described exemplarily for those, which could also be transferred to all other components. Many companies,…

It emphasizes that modern, automotive-ready solutions depend on strengths that have already been defined during the technology, housing and component solutions in order to achieve targets for…

​Early integration of the Robustness Validation [RV] approach in the development phase is a key factor for successful qualification. This Manual supports the application of RV as described in the…

With this 3rd publication the focus is drawn to the validation of robustness of a group of two or more interacting Electronic Control Units respectively Electrical/Electronic Modules. This brochure…

Electric mobility is a dynamic field of development. New technologies stand alongside traditionally reliable approaches to electrical engineering and electronics and the systems which connect them…

The progress report 2013/14 of the Application Group (APG) Automotive in the ZVEI provides a comprehensive overview of the main automotive-specific activities of the Electronic Components and…

Robustness validation of stand-alone Electronic Control Units. More than 140 pages documented the practical application, methods of extrinsic reliability detection and prevention of failures. It…