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There currently exists a need for a platform that provides users with the ability to perform extensive, repeatable and meaningful simulation and testing for the hardware and software which compose vehicle/autonomous vehicle systems whilst being broadly accessible, widely supported and provides robust features and development tools. The contemporary implementations of similar systems are either financially exorbitant or highly contained. The system reflected in this paper aims to fill a gap in the industry of vehicle/autonomous vehicle development by extending on currently existing open-source software to provide a highly streamlined platform to support the production of general road vehicle and autonomous vehicle driving systems. The software tools and hardware components chosen for the system will be discussed, followed by the features constructed throughout the development process. The end result of the system is a platform that allows for quick, repeatable, accurate, and nearly endless testing of a digital twin of real life vehicles. This system will allow users to gain valuable simulation and testing data of hardware and software components in a manner which is not always feasible using the traditional methods of autonomous vehicle testing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes a hardware/software strategy for the effective and efficient management of several distributed Memory Built-In Self-Test (MBIST) units orchestrated by a single CPU to enable the parallel testing of several memory banks. Experimental testing of the implementation on an Infineon chip shows up to a 25% test time reduction compared to traditional strategies, especially in cases for which there are a large number of failures affecting several banks. Additionally, it permits balanced failure collection from different banks in cases for which there are limitations to the storage of failure-related information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]