A transparent online test approach for time-triggered communication protocols
Eric Armengaud · reposiTUm (TU Wien) · 2008
This thesis was carried out during my employment as research assistant within the Embedded Computing Systems group at the Technical University of Vienna.The first round of thanks goes to my supervisor, Prof. Andreas Steininger, for introducing me to the area of testing and supporting this work with stimulating discussions.He gave me motivation when mine was down, and also helpful critiques when my enthusiasm lead me to forget some of the basics.Further I would like to thank my colleagues at the department for the good atmosphere and the fruitful discussions that help me to improve the quality of this work.Hereby special thanks to Thomas Handl for his time, for listening and providing precious assistance in all those everyday annoying problems, and for the high-quality hints, reviews and comments.This work wouldn't have obtained this quality without the help of my former colleagues from Elektrobit Vienna (formerly Decomsys).They introduced me to the fascinating world of FlexRay and supported me during my first industrial experiences with digital design.I would like to thank more especially the chip design team for teaching me the "Viennese way-of-life" and helping me to understand the subtleties of the Viennese dialect.Many thanks to Oliver Maischberger, Wolfgang Forster, Hannes Friedl and Florian Rothensteiner for their support during the organization and improvement of the prototype and for the interesting discussions.Moving to the more private part of the acknowledgments, I would like to thank my parents for their support during my studies in France and for providing me the possibility to come abroad to Austria.Special thanks goes to my daughter for coming to me each morning with her smile and saying "ayo papa!", thus giving me the energy required during the hard work of writing this document.Last but not least, my best thanks goes to