XCPlite V5

Copyright 2021 Vector Informatik GmbH

Lightweight implementation of the ASAM XCP Protocol Layer V1.4.

Supports Linux 32/64 Bit and Windows 32/64 Bit. Posix and Windows Sockets or Vector VN5xxx automotive Ethernet devices. 100-Base-T1 or 1000-Base-T1 BroadrReach, XL-API V3 network based access.

List of restrictions compared to Vectors free xcpBasic and commercial xcpProf in source file xcpLite.c.

Supports only XCP on Ethernet, TCP or UDP Thread safe, minimal thread lock and zero copy data acquisition. C and C++ target support.

Achieves up to 100 MByte/s throughput on a Raspberry Pi 4 (jumbo frames enabled).

Quick start with no A2L (ASAP2 ECU description) required. An A2L with reduced featureset is generated through code instrumentation during runtime on target system and automatically uploaded by XCP).

C and C++ measurement demo C_DEMO / CPP_Demo. Calibrate and measure global variables and dynamic instances of classes.

Code instrumentation for measurement:

Only simple code instrumentation needed for event triggering and data copy, event definition and data object definition.

Example:

Definition:

  double channel1;

Initialisation and A2L info generation:

  channel1 = 0;

  A2lCreateEvent("ECU"); // Create a new event with name "ECU""
  A2lSetEvent("ECU"); // Set event "ECU" to be associated to following measurement definitions
  A2lCreatePhysMeasurement(channel1, 2.0, 1.0, "Volt", "Demo floating point signal"); // Create a new measurement signal "channel1" with linear conversion rule (factor,offset) and unit "Volt"

Measurement data acquisition event:

  channel1 += 0.6;
  XcpEvent(1); // Trigger event, timestamp and copy measurement data

Configuration options:

All settings and parameters for the XCP protocol and transport layer are located in xcp_cfg.h and xcptl_cfg.h Compile options for the XCPlite demos are located in main_cfg.h:

Notes:

• If A2L generation and upload is disabled, use CANape address update with Linker Map Type ELF extended for a.out format or PDB for .exe
• Linux Compile with -O2, Link with -pthread
• 64 bit version needs all objects within one 4 GByte data segment
• Enable XL-API on command line: C_Demo -v3 -addr 172.31.31.1 -port 5555

Version History

Version 5:

• C and C++ Demo code seperated
• UDP or TCP support for sockets, UDP support for XL-API (Vector VN56xx Ethernet Interfaces)
• XL-API DLLs not included, download from Vector Website required
• Refactoring to reduce and clarify dependencies, platform.c and xcpAppl.c
• Improved cmake support
• XCP server implementation as a C++ class
• Improved runtime type generation for A2L generator when compiled as C++

Version 4:

• Refactoring to minimize dependencies
• All dependencies to UDP socket library in platform.h/.c
• Support for Vector XL-API removed

Build

Linux x86_64

$ sudo apt-get install cmake g++ clang cmake ninja-build

Release Build

$ cd XcpLite
$ mkdir build_release
$ cd build_release
$ cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
$ ninja

Debug Build

$ cd XcpLite
$ mkdir build_debug
$ cd build_debug
$ cmake -GNinja ..
$ ninja

Windows x86_64

Use the Visual Studio projects or CMake.

For the CMake setup, prepare your command line environment. Set compiler to Microsoft x64 cl.exe and make sure the system finds cmake.exe and ninja.exe. You can also use the Windows clang compiler.

> call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 15.0\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
> set PATH=C:\Tools\ninja;%PATH%
> set PATH=C:\Tools\cmake_3.17.2.0\bin;%PATH%

Release Build

> cd XcpLite
> mkdir build_release
> cd build_release
> cmake.exe -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
> ninja.exe

Debug Build

> cd XcpLite
> mkdir build_debug
> cd build_debug
> cmake.exe -GNinja ..
> ninja.exe