IVI Software Update - Challenges and Strategies - Webinar Presentation (updated)

IVI Software Update

Challenges & Strategies

July 31, 2013

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20+ OEMs

100+ Tier 1’s

20+ Semi-con Companies

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300+ Vehicle Production

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About the Speaker


Sriram G.

• 15 years of rich experience in Automotive

Electronics including Infotainment

• Senior Solution Architect at KPIT

• Leads the Infotainment Platform Development

Group

• Responsible for the architecture of KPIT’s KIVI

platform

• Architect & Topic Lead, CE Connectivity Expert

Group at GENIVI

• Leads the Device Management topic


We will cover…

Software update

• Trends

• Need in vehicle Infotainment

• Challenges

• Strategies

• KPIT’s Approach

• Best Practices

• Q&A



Software update related trends


• Mainly diagnostics,

IVI ECU & map data

updates

• Via DVD or

proprietary tools

• Full software re-flash

2000-2008

• Post sale firmware

update eg. Ford Sync

• Via DVD/ SD Card/

Proprietary tools

• Full software re-flash

2008-2010

• Technology drops

• Component or

feature level updates

• Via USB/ Ethernet

2011-2013

• Features, Apps,

Content updates

• via USB, Ethernet,

FOTA, SOTA

2014-2020

OEMs want to shift to less expensive and more seamless software

updates facilitated with connectivity


Software update need in IVI


Increasing software complexity in IVI

Faster introduction of new CE devices

& features

Rising importance of App updates for

IVI

Buggy IVI software leading to

customer complaints


Without software updates…


In One Year

TODAY


Key stakeholders & Workflow


It is critical that automotive OEMs implement User Experience

centric software update strategies

Software

Update Sta

kehold

ers

OEM

End Customer

Service Technician

Dealer

Tier #2

Tier #1

Telecom Partners

App Developers

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

Work

flow

How?


Software update: key challenges


Providing

seamless

updates

Varied levels of

user technology

awareness

Expensive

software update

campaigns

Maintainability

over the life of

vehicle

Common

approach across

product stages

End user,

vehicle safety &

security


Important software update strategies


Platform

approach

Over the Air

update

Beta testing

Thorough

audit trailing

Software

partitioning

Variant

management

Unified

approach for

production

to post sale

updates


Update centric architecture


modular, component based

+

package & variant centric

modular, component based


KPIT’s Platform Approach


Beyond FOTA &

Head Unit

Inside Head Unit: Software Update

System of Systems

Build

Management

Configuration

Management

Variant

Management ……

Cloud Hosted

Server

Infrastructure


Top 5 best practices


Idiot proof update mechanism

Support multiple update methods

Optimum update package size

Align deployment architecture with part numbering

Periodic refresh & defragmentation


What we do…


Strategy

Consulting

Architecture

Consulting

Implementations Integration

Questions?

www.kpit.com

Thank you

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