EHANDBOOK significantly simplifies calibration tasks

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ETAS EHANDBOOK is a software tool designed to understand complex software better and work more efficiently. It provides interactive, lightweight documentation tools that visually display function logic at various abstraction levels. This clear presentation of functional relationships makes calibration tasks significantly easier.

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Your benefits

Intuitive and user-friendly

Effortless, dynamic navigation and exploration of ECU software without the need to turn pages.

Faster processes

Simplified initial calibration, with the ability to identify root causes of calibration issues using only documentation.

Optimized collaboration

Simple collaboration between OEMs and Tiers in joint ECU software development projects.

EHANDBOOK – Understand vehicle software faster!

Nothing is more frustrating than navigating through confusing documents. Experience firsthand how a developer escapes this nightmare and finds clarity.

> 10,000 users

Over 10,000 users worldwide already benefit from ETAS EHANDBOOK.

EHANDBOOK solution portfolio

The EHANDBOOK solution comprises three key components:

EHANDBOOK Container-build for the automatic generation of interactive graphical models and the compilation of documentation.

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EHANDBOOK Container-build toolbox for Simulink for a fast generation of EHANDBOOK containers within Simulink.

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EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR, the user-friendly tool for end users.

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Why OEMs and Tier-1 choose EHANDBOOK

An abstract illustration of men in front of a computer screen that displays an automotive model. The image highlights EHANDBOOK's role in documenting distributed ECU software, integrating measurement and calibration tools, offering an interactive, graphical view of complex system interactions.

55% working time saved
Calibration engineers save 55% working time per year, that is 222 to 122 hours per year.

2/3 more efficient
Browsing specifications is 2/3 more efficient, as Honda developers prove.

Applied in relevant safety processes
Successfully implemented and qualified in many safety-critical processes in accordance with ISO26262.

Solve everyday calibration and application problems

Navigate seamlessly between overview and details

1. Graphical display of interdependencies among ECU functions. Additional links are mapped showing the dependencies across systems and subsystems.

Identify signal flows and calibration errors efficiently

2. Use the intelligent quick search and the navigation history feature to move back and forth between start and end point flexibly.

Easy integration into your development environment supported by ETAS

3. Interactive, graphical display of ASCET, MATLAB®/Simulink® and C code models. Direct interaction with ETAS INCA.

Trusted and highly valued by customers in leading companies

The image shows Yui Nishio, the assistant chief engineer in the Energy system design development supervisory unit at Honda motor corporation in Japan.

“The efficiency of our analysis and investigation work has increased significantly compared to the time before EHANDBOOK was introduced.”

Yui Nishio, Assistant Chief Engineer in the Energy System Design Development Supervisory Unit at Honda Motor Corporation in Japan

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A journey of discovery through ECU software

A fundamental understanding is key to familiarizing oneself with ECU functions. With its user-friendly interface and seamless graphical overviews of ECU software, EHANDBOOK provides the necessary clarity. Helpful features include a cross-functional display that shows individual ECU functions within an overall context.

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Technical data

Compatible Products
Compatible Products	ASCET	ETAS ASCET is used for model-based software development. It is possible to display ASCET models interactively in EHANDBOOK.
Compatible Products	INCA software products	ETAS INCA is the powerful, state-of-the-art calibration tool. It can be directly connected with EHANDBOOK to show real-time values from an INCA experiment and build up INCA experiments faster.
Compatible Products	MATLAB Simulink	Simulink is a MATLAB-based graphical programming environment for modelling, simulating, and analysing multidomain dynamical systems. Simulink models can be displayed interactively in EHANDBOOK.
Compatible Products	Vector CANape	Vector CANape is software used to calibrate and diagnose automotive ECUs via the CAN bus, enabling real-time measurement and analysis.

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ETAS EHANDBOOK is an interactive documentation solution for automotive software. It makes automotive software easier and faster to understand so that developers can do their work more efficiently.

To help you use ETAS EHANDBOOK as efficiently as possible, we offer a wide range of helpful tutorials, how-to guides, explanations and references for your specific EHANDBOOK components and versions.

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