Simulation device
An object of the present invention is to provide a simulation device having a function of adding delay processing for making an execution timing of a personal computer (PC) simulation environment close to that of an actual electronic control unit (ECU). There is provided a simulation device for converting application software into an execution code, verifying the execution code, and porting the verified execution code to another computer device, wherein the simulation device adjusts an execution timing in the other computer device by performing time adjustment processing at the time of starting or ending a function in function units of a source code of an application.
1. A simulation device, wherein the simulation device is a first computer device, configured to:
convert application software into an execution code;
verify the execution code; and
port the verified execution code to a second computer device,
wherein the simulation device adjusts an execution timing in the second computer device by performing time adjustment processing at the time of starting or ending a function in function units of a source code of an application, and
wherein, in a case where a processing speed of the simulation device is slower than a processing speed of the second computer device, calculation of a delay coefficient based on a speed ratio between the simulation device and the second computer device and adjustment of the processing speed of the simulation device based on the delay coefficient is performed as the time adjustment processing.
2. The simulation device according to claim 1 , wherein
any one of C language, C++ language, and JAVA is adopted as a programming language making the time adjustment processing possible.
3. The simulation device according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case where a processing speed of the simulation device is faster than a processing speed of the second computer device, delay processing is performed as the time adjustment processing.
4. The simulation device according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case where a processing speed of the simulation device is slower than a processing speed of the second computer device, time shortening processing is performed as the time adjustment processing.
5. The simulation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second computer device is a multitask-type computer device which operates at a different control cycle, and the simulation device performs the time adjustment processing and reproduces interruption processing for each of a plurality of tasks.
6. The simulation device according to claim 1 , wherein
execution timing adjustment processing is attachable or detachable depending on whether or not a compile option is designated.
7. A simulation device, wherein the simulation device is a first computer device, configured to:
convert application software into an execution code;
verify the execution code; and
port the verified execution code to a second computer device,
wherein the simulation device adjusts an execution timing in the second computer device by performing time adjustment processing at the time of starting or ending a function in function units of a source code of an application, and
wherein the time adjustment processing includes:
calculating a delay coefficient based on a speed ratio between the simulation device and the second computer device; and
adjusting the processing speed of the simulation device based on the delay coefficient.