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SUMMARY
Increased Use of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) Boosts Demand for ECU Testers
Electronic content in present-day automobiles is constantly increasing,
creating the need for ECUs that process the information obtained from
different sensors in a vehicle and pass it on to actuators. This, in turn, is
expected to lead to a corresponding rise in demand for ECU test equipment,
which is becoming increasingly important due to the highly critical nature of
various vehicle functions such as engine control, anti-lock brake system
(ABS), and air bag deployment. However, the growing incorporation of features
that enhance passenger safety and comfort as well as advanced telematics and
in-car entertainment systems call for highly sophisticated ECUs with a large
embedded software component. With ECUs becoming more software intensive, test
equipment vendors need to build test platforms that are capable of handling
these complexities. They need to be flexible enough to handle different types
of tests as well as cost effective, taking into account the mass production
needs of the automotive industry.
This Frost & Sullivan research service is a comprehensive analysis of the
automotive ECU functional test equipment market. This unique study is a
valuable resource for test and measurement companies to understand the
competition in this market as well as its key challenges and trends. It
identifies and discusses new growth opportunities and untapped areas that
companies can potentially explore to gain market share.
Absence of Standardized Network Protocols Challenges Development of Test
Solutions
Test vendors face one of their biggest challenges in the complex wiring
systems currently found in vehicles due to the growing electronic content in
them. With each electronic system including its own wiring harness, vehicles
often have a copious amount of wiring, which could amount to as much as a mile
in the case of some luxury cars. However, from 1999, the market trend has been
moving toward the replacement of individual wiring systems with multiplexed
serial communications networks.
Such networks require protocols to function and to communicate between various
components of the system as well as with the outside environment. "With the
wide variety of protocols used in automobiles, test vendors face a potential
situation in which they have to offer different test solutions to address the
variations that exist not only between vendors but also between models and in
some cases, between model years," remarks the analyst of this research service.
Test Systems Must Be Cost-effective
Vehicle manufacturers constantly demand price reductions for ECUs and other
electronic components used in their vehicles. Automotive electronics
manufacturers are under tremendous pressure to manufacture products with
enhanced functionality at lower costs and shortened development cycles. "The
top challenge is to remain profitable and sufficiently competitive in order to
gain new business while remaining technologically innovative," says the
analyst. "Manufacturers are continuously looking for more innovative ways to
meet rising demands."
This is a prime opportunity for test vendors to provide cost-effective testing
solutions that can be easily upgraded without incurring huge capital
expenditure. Test system designers need to evaluate the performance-cost
equation of their products. This includes not just the purchase price but also
short-term costs such as equipment, training, and maintenance and long-term
costs that depend on various parameters such as development time, scalability,
and reusability.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. Executive Summary
- 1. Market Overview
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Total Forecasts
- 3. Market Drivers
- 4. Market Restraints
- 2. Major Research Findings
- 1. Powertrain Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 2. Air Bag Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 3. ABS/Traction Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 4. Body Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 2. Total Automotive Test Equipment Market
- 1. Overview
- 1. Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market
- 2. Market Engineering Overview
- 3. Sizing Analysis
- 4. Market Research Analysis - Structure Analysis
- 5. Challenges
- 6. Market Drivers
- a. Increased Demand for Electronic Control Units and Networks
Increase Demand for ECU Testers
- b. Continuous Growth in Technology Makes In-car Infotainment Market
Attractive
- c. Development of In-vehicle Communication Drives Demand for ECU
Testers
- d. Driving Advances in Safety and Reliability Lead to Increased
Demand for Tests in the Automotive Sector
- e. Increasing Demand for Automotive Speed and Direction Sensors in
Transmission Applications
- f. Integration of Multiple Functions Into a Single ECU Lowers Cost
of Testing
- g. Optimization of Automotive Functional Test
- 7. Market Restraints
- a. New Car Buyers Desire Increasingly Distinctive Feature Sets
Placing Ever-changing Expectations on OEMs
- b. The Product Life Cycle of Consumer Electronics is Too Short to
Accommodate Automotive Needs
- c. Increased Competition Restrains Tester Revenues
- d. Multiplexing Restrains ECU Unit Shipments Tester Revenues
- 2. Forecasts and Trends
- 1. Revenue Forecasts
- 2. Demand Analysis
- 3. Market and Technology Trends
- 3. Competitive Structure
- 1. Competitive Structure
- 2. Market Share Analysis
- 4. Frost and Sullivan Awards
- 1. Product Differentiation Innovation Award
- 2. Market Penetration Leadership Strategy
- 3. Market Leadership Award
- 3. Powertrain Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 1. Overview
- 1. Powertrain Electronic Control Unit Testers Market
- 2. Market Research Measurements
- 3. Market Drivers
- a. Innovation in ECUs Drives Tester Market
- b. Increased Vehicle Production Projected to Drive Tester Demand
- c. Just Enough Test is Seen as the Panacea by Automotive Test
Equipment Manufacturers
- d. Reduced Total Test Cost Due to System Software and Standardization
- 4. Market Restraints
- a. Functional Integration Reduces ECU Demand Slows Tester Demand
- b. Technology Development Restrains Tester Revenues
- 2. Forecasts Trends and Competitive Structure
- 1. Forecast Trends
- 2. Revenue Forecasts by Sub-segment
- 3. Market and Technology Trends
- 1. Market Trends
- 2. Technology Trends
- 4. Competitive Structure
- 4. Air Bag Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 1. Overview
- 1. Air Bag/Safety Electronic Control Unit Testers Market
- 2. Market Research Measurements
- 3. Market Drivers
- a. Increased Mandatory Requirement Drives Demand for Air Bag ECU
Testers
- b. Increased Vehicle Production Projected to Drive Tester Demand
- c. Technological Advances Drive Air Bag Testers Markets
- 4. Market Restraints
- a. Risk of Air bag-Induced Injuries
- b. Technology Development Restrains Tester Revenues
- 2. Forecast Trends
- 3. Market and Technology Trends
- 1. Market Trends
- 2. Technology Trends
- 4. Competitive Structure
- 5. ABS/Traction Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 1. Overview
- 1. ABS Traction Electronic Control Unit Testers Market
- 2. Market Research Measurements
- 3. Market Drivers
- a. Safety Concerns Drive Demand for ABS ECU Testers
- b. Adoption of Advanced ECU Processors Drives Tester Demand
- 4. Market Restraints
- a. Technology Maturity Restrains Demand for ABS/Traction Control
Tester
- b. Economic Slowdown Restrains Tester Growth
- 2. Market and Technology Trends
- 1. Market Trends
- 2. Technology Trends
- 3. Forecast Trends and Competitive Structure
- 1. Revenue Forecasts
- 2. Competitive Structure
- 6. Body Electronic Control Unit Testers
- 1. Overview
- 1. Body Electronic Control Unit Testers Market
- 2. Market Research Measurements
- 3. Market Drivers
- a. Continuous Growth makes In-car Infotainment Market Attractive
- b. Creature Comforts Drive ECU and ECU Tester Growth
- c. Extended Warranties Drive Advanced Testers
- d. Increased Vehicle Production Projected to Drive Tester Demand
- 4. Market Restraints
- a. Cost-Cutting Restrains Universal High Price Testers
- b. Increased Competition Restrains Tester Revenues
- c. Economic Slowdown Restrains Tester Growth
- 2. Forecasts Trends and Competitive Structure
- 1. Forecast Trends
- 2. Revenue Forecasts by Sub-segments
- 3. Market and Technology Trends
- 1. Market Trends
- 2. Technology Trends
- 4. Forecast Trends and Competitive Structure
- 7. Appendix
- 1. Decision Support Database
List Of Figures
Chapter 2
- Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Impact of Top
Industry Challenges (World), 2005-2011
- Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Market Drivers
Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2005-2011
- Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Market Restraints
Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2005-2011
- Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Unit Shipment and
Revenue Forecasts (World), 2001-2011
- Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Percent of Revenues
by Segments (World), 2001-2011
- Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Competitive
Structure (World), 2004
- Total Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Market Share Trends
of Major Market Participants (World), 2004
- Total Automotive ECU Test Equipment Market: Percent of Revenues by
Geographic Region (World), 2001-2011
- Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (North
America), 2001-2011
- Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts
(Europe), 2001-2011
- Automotive ECU Functional Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (Asia
Pacific), 2001-2011
Chapter 3
- Powertrain ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of
Impact (World), 2005-2011
- Powertrain ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of
Impact (World), 2005-2011
- Powertrain ECU Test Equipment Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts
(World), 2001-2011
- Powertrain ECU Test Equipment Market: Percent of Revenues by Segments
(World), 2001-2011
- Integrated Powertrain ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts
(World), 2001-2011
- Transmission ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World),
2001-2011
- Cruise Control ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World),
2001-2011
- Engine Control ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World),
2001-2011
- Powertrain ECU Test Equipment Market: Competitive Structure (World), 2004
Chapter 4
- Air Bag/Safety ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order
of Impact (World), 2005-2011
- Air Bag/Safety ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Restraints Ranked in
Order of Impact (World), 2005-2011
- Air Bag/Safety ECU Test Equipment Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue
Forecasts (World), 2001-2011
- Air Bag/Safety ECU Test Equipment Market: Percent of Revenues by Segments
(World), 2001-2011
- Air Bag ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2001-2011
- Seatbelt ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2001-2011
- Air Bag/Safety ECU Test Equipment Market: Competitive Structure (World),
2004
Chapter 5
- ABS/Traction ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of
Impact (World), 2005-2011
- ABS/Traction ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order
of Impact (World), 2005-2011
- ABS/Traction ECU Test Equipment Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue
Forecasts (World), 2001-2011
- ABS/Traction ECU Test Equipment Market: Percent of Revenues by Market
Segments (World), 2001-2011
- ABS ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2001-2011
- Traction ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2001-2011
- ABS/Traction ECU Test Equipment Market: Competitive Structure (World), 2004
Chapter 6
- Body ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact
(World), 2005-2011
- Body ECU Test Equipment Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of
Impact (World), 2005-2011
- Body ECU Test Equipment Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts
(World), 2001-2011
- Body ECU Test Equipment Market: Percent of Revenues by Market Segments
(World), 2001-2011
- Power Window ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World),
2001-2011
- Lighting Control ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World),
2001-2011
- Climate Control ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World),
2001-2011
- Entertainment ECU Test Equipment Market: Revenue Forecasts (World),
2001-2011
- Body ECU Test Equipment Market: Competitive Structure (World), 2004
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