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17.14 Summary
LIN is an enabling factor for the implementation of a hierarchical vehicle network to achieve higher
quality and reduction of cost for automotive makers. This is enabled by providing best practices of
software development to the industry: abstraction and composability. LIN allows for reduction of
the many existing low-end multiplex solutions and for cutting the cost of development, production,
service, and logistics in vehicle electronics.
The growing number of car lines equipped with LIN and the ambitious plans for the next gen-
eration cars are probably the best prove for the success of LIN. The simplicity and completeness
of the LIN specification combined with a holistic networking concept allowing for a high degree
of automation has made LIN the perfect complement to CAN. The release of LIN . has further
enhanced the reuse of components across car brands, and has added a higher degree of automated
design capability by introduction of Node Capability Description Files and by defining mechanisms
for reconfigurability of identical LIN devices in the same network.
Mentor Graphic Corporation (MGC) is offering the corresponding and highly automated tool
chain to guarantee correctness by design. his shortens the design cycle, and allows for integration
with higher level tools. LIN solutions provide a means for the automotive industry to drive new
technology and functionality in all classes of vehicles.
Acknowledgments
I wish to thank Hans-Christian von der Wense of Freescale Semiconductor Munich; and Anders
Kallerdahl, István Horváth, and homas Engler of Mentor Graphics Corp. for their contributions to
this chapter.
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Additional Sources
The LIN-Specification Package and further Background information about LIN and the
LIN-Consortium is available via the URL:
http://www.lin-subbus.org
Information about LIN products referred to in this chapter is available via the following URLs:
http://www.mentor.com/solutions/automotive
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