Automotive Application Software Developer - Learning Journey

Learning Journey

With the learning journey we intend to provide you with an orientation for planning your training progress.

It is recommended to go through the e-learning courses in the order in which they are explained.

Embedded Software Basics

Embedded software basics, dives into fixed-point arithmetic and floating-point arithmetic, essential for understanding numerical representation and calculations in embedded systems.

Serial bus systems

As there is serial bus systems are used in embedded systems a geneal knowledge of those topics is very important. You will learn about software and hardware aspects, gain insights into their architecture, protocols, and components. The OSI model is also covered, providing an understanding of layered communication systems.

Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC

CRC is mainly used to check the correct data transfer via serial buses and for memory checks. This course provides you with the concepts and examples for CRC calculation.

Operating System OS

The operating system are explored in-depth, focusing on kernel operations, multitasking, safety considerations, and common challenges in embedded OS development.

Real-Time Operating System RTOS

The operating system in an embedded application has real-time requirements and thus a Real-Time Operating System is needed. We cover different real-time requirements, time and event-based tasks and more.

Automotive Bus Systems

We provide you with extra automotive know-how on serial data transmission by delving into details of SENT.

AUTOSAR

This course provides you with a general understanding of the this Automotive standard which will help you to navigate through the extensive set of specifications.

Information Security

This course provides you with a general understanding of information security. This includes the important term, goals and affected parties but also provides information on practical implementation, risks, threats and measures.

Automotive Cybersecurity

You get introduced to the main reasons for the implementation as well as the top attack points. The course also explains the cybersecurity threat analysis and risk assessment TARA as well cybersecurity controls and requirements and cybersecurity verification and validation testing.

Introduction to Cryptograpy

We begin with a general introduction to the topic including the explanation of the protagonists especially Alice and Bob. Then we move on to explain the three basic types symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, and hybrid encryption.

Mathematics in Encryption

This course is covering the mathematics background for understanding the encrption methods. First, the terms substitution and permutation are explained, then the mathematical background of function and inverse function is illustrated and finally you will be introduced to XOR and modulo..

Encryption Methods

This course is covering the encrption methods DES (Data Encryption Standard), AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange and RSA.

Electronics and Electrical Fundamentals

This course encompassing topics such as electronics and magnetism, circuitry, alternating current circuits, and the basics of power electronics, which are crucial for embedded system developers.

Bridge Circuits

As bridge circuits are used in a variety of embedded systems as well in measurement technology, we provide information on the Wheatstone bridge and their application. 

This course provides you with a general understanding of ASPICE by introducing you to ASPICE including the Process Reference Model PRM and the Process Assessment Model and by providing an example.

In this extensive course the ASPICE processes of the Systems Éngineering Group SYS.1 - SYS.5 and the Software Engingeering Group SWE.1 - SWE.6 are coverd. 

This course covers the supporting processes which are part of the VDA scope namely the most important processes of the management process group namely to Quality Assurance SUP.1, Configuration Management SUP.8, Problem Resolution Management SUP.9, and Change Request Management SUP.10

This course provides you with a general understanding of ASPICE PAM 4.0 by introducing you to ASPICE including the Process Reference Model PRM and the Process Assessment Model and by providing an example. 

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide a sound basic knowledge on which other topics, such as AU-TOSAR, can build.

Course content: This course provides an e-learning on fixed point arithmetic and on floating point arithmetic. Two ways of storing binary numbers are described, and limitations and typical errors of the methods are explained. This helps to avoid beginner mistakes and enables a quick introduction to the basics of embedded software.

Duration: 1 hours, 15 minutes

Study time: 6 hours, 15 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/embedded-software-basics/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHGug84XZY

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to introduce learners to all the important basic terms for the topic of se-rial bus systems.

Course content: This course is designed to introduce you to important basic terms related to serial bus systems. Terms concerning hardware and software are explained.
The focus of the first e-learning lies on very general basic terms that are relevant to most bus systems. For example, the terms bit rate, baud rate, latency, clock signal and router are explained, or what a protocol and a protocol stack actually are. At the beginning of the e-Learning, typical application areas of serial bus systems and their advantages over other systems are de-scribed. The second e-learning deals with the OSI model, which is a reference model for communication systems and protocols. Two components of this model are particularly relevant for bus systems: the so-called physical layer and the data link layer.
The next two e-learning courses are based on these mentioned layers. One of them covers basic terms of the physical layer, the other one those of the data link layer.
Last, but not least an introduction to cyclic redundancy check CRC is given.

Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

Study time: 14 hours, 10 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/introduction-to-serial-bus-systems-en/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWbVq2paRxA

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand how to calculate various CRC checksums.

Course content: The e-learning course consists of three e-learning units:
“CRC Definition," "CRC-8," and "CRC-16." In this course, you will acquire the necessary knowledge to understand the calculation of CRC checksums. The first module imparts the definition and function of the CRC checksum. The modules are organized in ascending order of CRC sums, and the calculations are always explained using examples.
In the "CRC Definition" module, we uncover its significance, explore various CRC lengths, and delve into its principles, including functionality, polynomial representation, and generator polynomial.
In "E-Learning CRC-8," we delve deeper into CRC-8 calculation, explaining steps with examples. Explore how the sender generates the CRC-8 checksum and how the receiver verifies message accuracy.
Continuing the journey, "CRC-16" explores CRC-16 calculation through detailed examples. Learn how CRC-16 is generated and verified, addressing diverse message lengths. Whether new to CRC or seeking a deep dive, this course empowers your understanding.

Duration: 1 hours, 20 minutes

Study time: 6 hours, 40 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/cyclic-redundancy-check-crc/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiuSXBtrtyw

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide a basic knowledge of operating systems and the various components and functions they contain.

Course content: In this course, you learn what an operating system is. Therefore, you are familiarized with the kernel, which holds the core functionality of the operating system and you get to know the scheduler, which controls the execution of multiple tasks and allocates resources to them. This is covered in greater detail in the chapter “Multitasking”. To complete this course, safety and other advanced aspects are covered as well as the characteristics of embedded operating systems.

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

Study time: 5 hours, 25 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/operating-system/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTW3a2du5Ag

Language: English

Course objective:The aim of this course is to provide a basic knowledge of real-time operating systems. The learn-er will understand what a real-time operating system is and how it works.

Course content: You will learn when real-time operating systems are needed and which requirements they have. In particular, we cover the difference between soft real-time requirements and hard real-time requirements. You will also encounter the term “timing analysis” and learn about the difference between time-based tasks and event-based tasks. At the end you will be familiarized with three scheduling algorithms, before we cover three typical problems: task starvation, deadlock and race conditions.

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Study time: 5 hours, 50 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/real-time-operating-system-en/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL9hPi7AHdU

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand what AUTOSAR™ is so that you are able to develop software related to AUTOSAR™.

Course content: The course introduces AUTOSAR™ as an organization, explains the standard it defines and addresses the methodology as well as the classic platform from the release R19-11.
Learners can start with the overview e-learning, which introduces AUTOSAR™ as an organization and explains the standard it defines. In particular, there will be details about the different standards AUTOSAR™ contains.
Another e-learning addresses the classic platform from the release R19-11. There we take a look at the methodology as well as the software architecture. The methodology describes how one proceeds when developing a system with AUTOSAR™ and the software architecture describes the different layers of the layered software architecture.
The e-learning units about the virtual functional bus explain the main communication concept of the classic platform.
And we also offer an e-learning about the operating system of AUTOSAR Classic Platform.

Duration: 3 hours, 50 minutes

Study time:19 hours, 10 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/autosar-en/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-RXqTHb58

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide an overview of information security so that its interrelation-ships and importance become clear.

Course content: The course is divided into 3 parts. First, important terms of information security are defined and the underlying goals are explained. Furthermore, it is clarified who is affected by information security and what it is needed for.
In the second e-learning unit, the practical implementation of information security is explained. Here, risks and threats are presented and explained using examples. Afterwards, the information security management system is defined and its functioning is explained. The introduction of this system is, among other things, the task of the information security officer.
Finally, direct measures are explained based on the 14 reference measure objectives, using the international standard ISO 27001 as a source.

Duration: 1 hour

Study time: 5 hours

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/information-security-en/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv5T-0oTWF0

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand the various encryption methods, how they are used, and which mechanisms are most useful for which application during implementation.

Course content: We begin with a general introduction to the topic including the explanation of the protagonists specially Alice and Bob. 
Then we move on to explain the three basic types symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption and hybrid encryption.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Study time: 6 hours, 15 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/introduction-to-cryptography/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZtzLOlCpK0

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand the various encryption methods which are commonly used in modern cryptography.

Course content: In this course we introduce you to different symmetric and asymetric encryption methods namely DES (Data Encryption Standard), AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), RSA (Rivest Shamir Adleman) and the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange.

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

Study time: 9 hours, 35 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/encryption-methods/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZtzLOlCpK0

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide a basic technical understanding of all relevant topics in the area of electronics and electricity.

Course content: The first e-learning unit of this course is called “Electronics and Magnetism”. It covers the relationship between current, voltage and resistance, which is expressed by Ohm’s law. In addition, electric and magnetic fields are contrasted and different types of magnets are considered.
The second e-learning unit deals with the important components of a circuit, the capacitor and the coil, as well as the resulting phenomena and physical laws, the Lorentz Force, the Hall Effect and the principle of induction.
Furthermore, direct current and alternating current are analyzed. For the analysis of circuits, Kirchhoff’s Laws and the circuit types parallel circuit and series circuit are explained. With regard to alternating current, the Star connection and the Delta connection are considered.
The topic of AC circuits is covered in greater detail. Therefore, the complex numbers are explained in order to then discuss the complex voltage and the complex current. Furthermore, this chapter covers the impedance and the Root Mean Square.
The last part of the e-learning contains an introduction to power electronics, which is based on semiconductor elements. In addition to teaching technical basics, it explains how various components can be constructed using semiconductors. Here, special attention is paid to the di-ode and the MOSFET. The user is therefore familiarized with the concept of the p-n-junction.

Duration: 3 hours, 10 minutes

Study time: 15 hours, 50 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/electronics-and-electrical-fundamentals/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-YlU01z3IE

Language: English

Course objective: The course focuses on the most important bridge circuits currently used in industry. The aim is to identify, understand and use the circuits.

Course content: The e-learning course on bridge circuits first provides a basic introduction to the topic. The structure of the circuit is explained, as well as the calculation of the important variables and typical applications.

Duration: 35 minutes

Study time:2 hours, 55 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/bridge-circuits/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqzJiZ6LrYw 

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get to know the purpose of this standard.

Course content: The course “V3.1 ASPICE – Overview” is divided into two e-learning units and provides basic knowledge about Automotive SPICE. The first E-Learning provides reasons that speak for Auto-motive SPICE and introduces further standards that are relevant to the topic of Automotive SPICE.
The second E-Learning provides an overview of the contents of the process model. The Process Reference Model (PRM) and the Process Assessment Model (PAM) are explained in detail. The concept of the standard is explained using an example process.

Duration: English: 1 hour, 5 minutes and German: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Study time: English: 5 hours, 25 minutes and German: 7 hours, 55 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-overview/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ti08DH6EA8

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get detailed information about the engineering processes.

Course content: The course “V3.1 ASPICE – Engineering” is divided into four e-learning units. Each of them ex-plains one or more processes. It covers all processes of the System Engineering Process Group SYS and the Software Engineering Group SWE.
The first 2 parts are covering the system engineering processes starting with SYS.1: Requirements Elicitation, SYS.2: System Requirements Analysis and SYS.3: System Architectural Design and followed by SYS.4: System Integration and Integration Test as well as SYS.5: System Qualification Test.
The final 2 pars are covering the software engineering processes starting with SWE.1: Software Requirements Analysis, SWE.2: Software Architectural Design, SWE.3: Software Detailed Design and Unit Construction. This is followed by the software processes dealing with integration ant testing, namely SWE.4: Software Unit Verification, SWE.5: Software Integration and Integration Test as well as SWE.6: Software Qualification Test.

Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

Study time: 14 hours, 10 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-engineering-en/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4C89JlH0XE

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to get detailed information about of Supporting Process Group and Supplier Monitoring of V3.1 ASPICE.

Course content: In this course we focus on the processes which are part of the VDA Scope and thus mandatory for more or less every automotive electronics and software project. For the supporting processes this applies to Quality Assurance SUP.1, Configuration Management SUP.8, Problem Resolution Management SUP.9, and Change Request Management SUP.10. The course is divided into several e-learning units. Each of them covers one process and its work products. At the beginning of each e-learning the respective process group is introduced and you get to know the connections between the different processes. The e-learning highlight connection between different topics. This is particularly helpful for practical application work when processes and relationships need to be understood.

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes 

Study time: 8 hours, 45 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-supporting-processes-en/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNr-xyDE_Uo

Language: English

Course objective: The target of this course is to understand V4.0 ASPICE and to get to know the purpose of this standard.

Course content: The course “V4.0 ASPICE Overview” is structured into three e-learning units and provides you with a general knowledge about Automotive SPICE.
The first e-learning presents a motivation for using Automotive SPICE and covers the process dimension of the process assessment model. It focuses in particular on the measurement framework. The most important aspects of the measurement framework are the capability levels, the process attributes and NPLF rating scale.
The second e-learning provides an overview of the contents of the process dimension of process assessment model. In this e-learning, the process reference model is explained in detail.
Finally, the concept of the standard is explained by using the project management process an example. This e-learning provides detailed information about the process purpose, the process outcomes, the base practices and the output information items.

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Study time: 8 hours, 20 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/v4-0-aspice-1-overview/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRHUpieuwvY