Elasis continued development of instruments for the design and simulation of electrical systems for the Fiat Group. This included support to Fiasa and Chrysler. In particular, a new design tool was created that can automatically generate electrical circuit diagrams based on existing design data. The new tool was tested on a pilot project and then, in November 2009, was officially adopted by FGA for all new projects.
For CNH, the Virtual Tractor was also used for the first time. This “hardware-in-the-loop” simulator, designed to test software used in on-board control units, forms part of the Model Based Engineering (MBE) project. This methodology, already in wide use in the automotive sector, offers all the advantages of developing and validating control software in a virtual environment, making the process both faster, compared to creation of physical prototypes, and more reliable, as testing is performed in laboratory conditions.