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vFlash is a tool for easily and quickly programming electronic control units (ECUs) over various communication protocols like CAN, FlexRay, LIN, and Ethernet. It supports flashing for more than 130 ECU specifications from various vehicle manufacturers. Key features include high transfer rates, support for compressed and encrypted data, validation of the flash bootloader, flashing multiple ECUs simultaneously, and remote flashing of ECUs from any location.

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VFlash FactSheet en

vFlash is a tool for easily and quickly programming electronic control units (ECUs) over various communication protocols like CAN, FlexRay, LIN, and Ethernet. It supports flashing for more than 130 ECU specifications from various vehicle manufacturers. Key features include high transfer rates, support for compressed and encrypted data, validation of the flash bootloader, flashing multiple ECUs simultaneously, and remote flashing of ECUs from any location.

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Diagnostics

vFlash
Flashing ECUs Easily and Quickly – over CAN, CAN FD, FlexRay, LIN or Ethernet

What is vFlash? ming based on container formats like ODX-F and


vFlash is a very easy-to-use tool for programming ECUs. OEM-specific formats
It supports already more than 130 different flash specifica- >>Quick and uncomplicated creation of flash projects for
tions (= platform flash bootloader) and is simply expand- different bootloader based on the vFlash Templates
able via a plugin concept. >>Documentation of flash actions in flash reports
>>Tracing of CAN raw data for later analysis in case of
Overview of Advantages an error
>>Flashing via CAN, CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet >>Flashing of compressed and encrypted data
(DoIP, SoAd = AUTOSAR Socket Adaptor) >>Interactive flashing via the GUI as well as automated
>>Simple exchange of pre-configured flash projects in one flashing over a programming interface (C API / C# API)
package (.vflashpack) >>Validation of the flash bootloader in the ECU in combi-
>>High transfer rate: Example: transfer of 1.000 kByte nation with CANoe.DiVa (via CAN, FlexRay, DoIP, LIN)
data in 36,6 s (27,3 kByte/s) in idealized reference ECU >>Standalone flashing with the Intelligent Diagnostic
over CAN at 500 kBit/s with STmin = 0, BS = 0 Device VN8810
>>Support of numerous flash specifications (protocols and >>Simultaneous flashing of several ECUs each on a sepa-
flash sequences) simply expandable via plugin concept rate communication channel with “vFlash Station”
with so-called vFlash Templates >>Remote flashing of ECUs from any location with vFlash
>>Direct “native” programming of data in Intel hex, Remote
Motorola-S and binary format or alternatively program-

Flashing an ECU with vFlash


Fact Sheet vFlash

Highlights of Version 5 vFlash Bootloader Support


Remote Flashing with vFlash Remote Vector offers prepared vFlash Templates for a large number
>>Easy reprogramming of ECUs remotely - entirely of different automotive OEMs and bootloaders.
independent of location and without much organi- Please contact us at: [email protected]
zational effort or cost.
>>Can be used, for example, by experts at the devel- Supported Hardware
oper workstation to directly update the ECU soft- >>CAN FD/LIN: e.g. VN16xx, VN8950, VN7572, VN8970,
ware on remote test drives or in the development VN8972, VN7640
workshop that is far away. >>CAN FD/FlexRay: e.g. VN7610, VN7572, VN8970, VN8972,
>>High level of security and reliability VN7640
>>Increase efficiency and reduce costs by reusing >>Ethernet: e.g. VN5610A, VN5640, VN7640, VX0312
existing vFlash packages >>VN8810 (as standalone flash device)
Parallel Programming of DoIP ECUs >>VT System
>>Extension of the vFlash Station for parallel repro-
gramming via DoIP. Up to 8 ECUs can now also be More information: www.vector.com/vflash
reprogrammed via Ethernet (DoIP), each via its own
channel.
Enhancement of the “Custom Action” Functionality
Custom Actions are tasks that are processed auto-
matically before or after the flash sequence. Thus, for
example, reports for quality assurance or ECU labels
Flash
Data vFlash
can be printed.
>>Simplified debugging: Seamless coding, compiling
and debugging without restarting vFlash
>>Simplified development with the VisualStudio plugin Network Interfaces
VDS-IDE: Provision of IntelliSence for the selection CANFD
SoAd

of diagnostic identifiers and thus significantly


DoIP

FlexRay
LIN
simplified development of custom actions with Ethernet
diagnostic functions.
>>Execute Custom Actions even without flashing
>>Access to Flash information (e.g. data block properties)
ECU

Communication Tracing for CAN FD IP CAN LIN FlexRay


>>Creation of traces for analyzing the communication
between vFlash and ECU now also for CAN FD
vFlash supports different bus systems when flashing an ECU
Manufacturer Support Further Extended
>>vFlash supports more than 130 different flash boot-
loaders (= specifications) from various vehicle
manufacturers via vFlash Templates, continuously,
new ones are added.
>>Existing vFlash Templates are supplemented with
new additional functions, like for example authenti-
cation with OEM-specific certificate infrastructure.

Application Areas
vFlash is designed for all users at automotive OEMs and
suppliers whose tasks include (re-)programming of ECUs.
vFlash allows users to flash ECUs in the laboratory, at
programming stations, at a laboratory vehicle or in the
vehicle very efficiently.
vFlash can be controlled via a graphical user interface or it
can be simply integrated as a library in an existing environ-
ment. With the special edition “vFlash Station” you may
simultaneously flash up to 8 ECUs each on a separate
V5 | 2019-8

communication channel.

www.vector.com/contact

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