Hardware Objects
The Hardware tab displays the hardware topologies, racks, and EE components.
EE Components
EE components are the following devices:
- ECUs, Actuators, Sensors, Electrical Devices, Other Devices
- Subsystems
- Buses and Wires
- Switches
- Virtual Links
- Networks
- Connector Types
- Generic Connector Types
Topology and Rack
- Topology
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A network topology is a schematic description of the arrangement in the way EE component instances are interconnected to each other through communication channels.
- Rack
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Note:
A rack is a constrained topology with spatial placements of constrained device instances (ECU, Sensor, ...). It is a matrix defined by a number of rows and a number of columns. Each matrix entry is subdivided in slots. Coordinates are attached to a rack to enable the placement of the devices instantiated into the rack.
A rack can contain the same EE components as the topology, except the subsystems.