Cars are notoriously hard to code. Coding games is vastly easier, using widely open-source software that’s widely available for download, but while a software bug or defect may be irksome to an electronic gamer, a similar defect in any of the myriad safety critical systems onboard a vehicle could kill people.
Automotive software products and services supplier Elektrobit is introducing the first open-source software development kit certified for safety-critical automotive systems. Part of that compliance is warrantying and protecting the software against present and future bugs, glitches, and cyber attack threats via over-the-air (OTA) updates and continuous development.
