Every automobiles these days is coming with smart dashboards and infotainment units. These are powered by the Linux distribution designed for automobiles called Automotive Grade Linux (AGL). The Automotive Linux Summit was held from 31st May till 2nd June, 2017. All the major roll outs and implementations regarding AGL will be uncovered in this summit.
The AGL foundation has announced that the first automobile with AGL based Unified Code Base (UCB) infotainment stack will be released into the market in a few months. The AGL director Dan Cauchy has announced that Toyota 2018 Camry powered by the AGL IVI will be launched in summer 2018, in the US market. Following this launch, still more Toyota and Lexus vehicles will be powered by AGL IVI. If an automobile powered by ALG IVI is launched into the market, then you will be seeing the IVI based on Yocto project instead of AGL's ancestor Tizen IVI.
Recently, Google has also announced its infotainment service through Android Auto. But, the launch of Android Auto powered vehicles into the market is expected to take two more years. The Android Auto will be available with Audi and Volvo cars.
In the summit, Cauchey has listed the partners of AGL project - Toyota, Mitsubishi, Ford, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Mazda, Nissan, and Subaru. Alongside these reputed brands, most of the Tier I system integrators are into AGL system. He mentioned that the first summit back in 2015 was comprised only of four partners - Honda, JLR, Nissan and Toyota. By the end of 2015, the list grew to 55 members, which is 98 now!
Cauchey compared the rise of AGL to GENIVI, yet another Linux distribution foundation for autmotive infotainment. Almost, GENIVI also had the same line of partners. In comparison with GENIVI, AGL has the ability to reuse the code, which results in faster time to market. AGL derives the advantage in connected devices. The objective of this foundation is to confine the user to the infotainment unit rather than the mobile device. The AGL foundation is planning to have a release every six months instead of one year cycle.
Cauchy also announced release candidate 1 of Daring Dab, which will be available in a final release on July 22. As Miner explained at ELC, Daring Dab will tap Yocto Project 2.2 code, as well as secure signaling and notifications, smart device link, and application framework improvements such as service binders for navigation, speech, browser, and CAN. An Electric Eel release will follow in six months with features like back ends for AGL reference apps working in both Qt 5 and HTML5.
The AGL foundation is also planning to move into instrument cluster and heads up displays by ADAS, on par with infotainment systems.
Recently, Google has also announced its infotainment service through Android Auto. But, the launch of Android Auto powered vehicles into the market is expected to take two more years. The Android Auto will be available with Audi and Volvo cars.
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| AGL foundation partners |
In 2015, we had 55 members, and we now have 98. We’re seeing a whole range of companies including middleware and services developers, voice recognition and navigation companies, and telecom companies that want to be part of the connected car. We have over 750 developers on the primary AGL mailing list. - Dan Cauchey.
Cauchey compared the rise of AGL to GENIVI, yet another Linux distribution foundation for autmotive infotainment. Almost, GENIVI also had the same line of partners. In comparison with GENIVI, AGL has the ability to reuse the code, which results in faster time to market. AGL derives the advantage in connected devices. The objective of this foundation is to confine the user to the infotainment unit rather than the mobile device. The AGL foundation is planning to have a release every six months instead of one year cycle.
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| AGL Sample UI |
The AGL foundation is also planning to move into instrument cluster and heads up displays by ADAS, on par with infotainment systems.
Beyond that, AGL will move into instrument cluster and heads up displays, followed by ADAS and eventually autonomous driving.We want to be in every processor and every function in the car. This is really taking off. - CaucheySource: Linux blog
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