Grand entrance at embedded world 2013

At embedded world we would like to make clear the capabilities of our tools to facilitate the daily life of the users”, underline Hans Bartmann, CEO of SparxSystems Software and Daniel Siegl, CEO of LieberLieber Software.

Sparx Systems` Enterprise Architect is a powerful UML model platform used by over 300.000 users all over the world. Enterprise Architect 10 provides powerful new tools for user interface simulation, impact analysis, improved model documentation, enhanced project management and much more. New tools and technologies include SysML 1.3, GML, Document Fragments and Profile Helpers for extending UML.

New tool: EnArSys
For the first time LieberLieber`s EnArSys - Systems Engineering and Functional Safety Management (FSM, ISO 26262) with Enterprise Architect – will be presented at the embedded world. EnArSys combines methodology with a supporting tool chain to allow Systems engineers using SysML and FSM compliant engineering with Enterprise Architect.

Moreover LieberLieber will present new capabilities of data integration between requirements management and Enterprise Architect as part of systems engineering by using Requirement Interchange Format (ReqIF) standardized by Object Management Group.

Plug-In for c-code generation
For all embedded systems developers seeking an easy and lean c-code generator, LieberLieber enhanced its plug-in for Enterprise Architect. The solution works without a framework and needs only minimal resources on the target. Developers may use the plug-in to generate and even visualize c-code directly from state machines and activity diagrams. “We recognized demand for a lean tool to generate and visualize c-code focused on small embedded systems with Enterprise Architect. Our solution will be shown at embedded world 2013”, underlines Siegl.

AMUSE 2.2 and EnArWeb 1.0
LieberLieber supports system engineers with the free version of AMUSE 2.2 in the creation of solutions with UML and SysML. AMUSE (Advanced Modeling Using Simulation & Execution) is an add-on for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. The most important features of AMUSE are the validation and auto correction of models, the execution and simulation of UML state machines and activity diagrams, as well as optimized code generation. “We strongly believe that model-driven approaches are very successful when parts of the final product are generated from the model. AMUSE supports engineers in developing robust behaviors. We want to show this value and hope that many systems engineers accept our new offer and convince themselves of these benefits”, say Bartmann and Siegl. At embedded world AMUSE will be presented on a multitouch screen of LieberLieber business partner Pyramid to give visitors a better insight in the tool.

LieberLieber`s EnArWeb 1.0 enables web-based access to software and system models in Enterprise Architect repositories. EnArWeb enables people, which are only slightly familiar with Enterprise Architect, to access information in models in an easy way. For the use of EnArWeb no installation is required by the user, the information can be accessed via a secure channel through any web browser. The solution is scalable depending on the requirements and can also be purchased through the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Conference Presentation about variants control
LieberLieber expert Dr. Oliver Alt will hold a presentation at the embedded world conference in Nuremberg, February 27th 2013 (14.30 – 15.00). The lecture titled “Get your variants under control with Feature Model-based Variant Management” gives an introduction in the handling of variability and variants as a main challenge in production and product development in different domains for embedded systems. Whenever a product has similarities with other products developed before, it makes sense to develop the new product as a variant instead from scratch. This concept is called product line development and is often used in the industrial practice - e.g. automotive industry. Here the car may be configured individually (e.g. color, engine type etc.) Unfortunately the management and definition of variants is often done manually with different methods. Also the variant management approaches are often not used consequently for development, production and customer requirement elicitation in the entire product life cycle. Feature model-based variant management is a standardized approach - developed in the 1990s - for handling and managing variants and product lines. With the data included in such a feature model it is possible to control variant generator tools for deriving variants of products or/and product development artifacts fully automatically. The feature model is work product independent and can be used to configure all kind of work products in product development and production. The presentation shows what a feature model is, and how it can be used in practice to configure and generate work product variants automatically (e.g. software, hardware, mechanics, documentation, specifications, test cases etc.).