EDGE SimTest

The EDGE SimTest family of simulation tools provides a unique virtual development platform for software engineers, bringing productivity and quality to a new level. Based on the philosophy that an early start for software development before any hardware is available, frequent iterations, early integration and continuous testing leads to a shorter time-to-market and higher-quality code, EDGE SimTest minimizes the configuration needs specific to any given hardware platform. 

Because of superior controllability and observability, a virtual platform is an optimal choice for development, even if the hardware is available. A virtual platform doesn’t suffer from hardware faults and is easy to deploy within an organization and for contractors.

A common pitfall with virtual platforms is the labor-intensive nature of hardware model creation. EDGE SimTest takes this into account by providing the most flexible model creation in the industry. Hardware models can vary from the very abstract to the register transaction level. This gives developers freedom in balancing the models between the accuracy, the amount of development effort and execution speed. Readily available host peripherals can also be used instead of creating custom hardware models.

A turn-key aspect of the EDGE SimTest simulation environment lies in the fact that not only can the hardware models fool embedded applications into thinking that it is running in an actual device, but the models can also relay data. This enables actual data communication between the application instances, for example, over Bluetooth, Ethernet or any other protocol, allowing the applications to be fully tested on the virtual platform.