INCA (Integrated Calibration and Application Tool) is a measurement, calibration and diagnostic software published by

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. With its large installation base in the auto industry, this development software is deployed during all phases of the development of electronic control units (ECUs) and ECU software programs for

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Description

Calibrating an ECU software with the aid of INCA enables engineers to adapt the behavior of control and diagnostic functions to a variety of vehicle models and/or model variants, without requiring the modification of calculation routines. As part of this process, characteristic values of function algorithms are entered while simultaneously acquiring signals from ECUs, vehicle data buses and

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. During the calibration process in INCA, the ECU signals are visualized, which means that any change occurring inside the ECU can be followed up by a detailed examination and analysis of system behavior. This type of characteristics calibration may take place on board the vehicle, in the lab, on test benches or in combination with simulation environments, such as

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Feature set

A host of functions required for ECU software calibration, such as interface-dependent calibration methods, calibration data management, measurement data visualization and analysis, ECU programming, vehicle bus monitoring, as well as remote control through standard interfaces, are part of the product's functional complement. Available add-ons facilitate the integration of additional functions, such as the symbolic representation of diagnostic data, the calibration of

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buses, plus software calibration and validation by means of rapid

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hardware. In combination with suitable hardware products, INCA can access standard ECU interfaces, such as CAN, ETK,

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. * ECU access via CAN, using the CCP,

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, UDS and XCP protocols. * ECU access via FlexRay and XCP protocol * ECU access via Ethernet and XCP protocol * ECU access via SOME/IP protocol * ECU access with parallel ETKs via

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* ECU access with serial ETKs, through microcontroller debugging interfaces such as

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* ECU access via J2534 * Simultaneous access to several ECUs Former versions of INCA offered interfaces for K-Line and XCP over USB.

Supported standards

* Supports ASAM MCD standards MCD-1b, MCD-2 MC, MCD-2 D(ODX), MDF, MCD-2 Net (Fibex), ASAP3 and MCD-3 MC, AE CDF * Supports the CANdb for CAN monitoring and transmission of CAN messages * Recording of measurement data in the file formats MDF3,

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, MDF4, DI-ADEM-ATF, FAMOS and

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References

External links

INCA Product Family page on ETAS website

Supported standards, ECU Interfaces and Technical Data
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