Convergence trends within automation, automotive and office - Generic platform for automotive and automation

Applications in the automobile sector, wired or unwired, are today often integrated into a network of sensors and actors as well as in service functions, visualization, and entertainment. The paper presents an innovative platform, which is applicable for automative and automation applications. IT systems for autombiles and for business applications took a very different development direction. In the automotive sector a lot of proprietary IT systems have been developed. The increasing requirements of automotive applications require platform concepts, which are based on open standards.