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The Eclipse SDV Compendium

Open source technologies for software-defined vehicles. A practical view of how specialised Eclipse SDV projects form a modular system, from orchestration and communication to middleware, real-time systems, open silicon, toolchains, functional safety, and AI.

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Edited by Christian Heissenberger and Sara Gallian, with contributions from across the Eclipse SDV community.

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WHAT’S INSIDE

From individual projects to an open and collaborative SDV architecture

Reference architecture & example deployment
Eclipse SDV Blueprints09
Orchestration
The Eclipse SDV orchestration landscape19
Eclipse Ankaios24
Communication layer
An SDV communication layer with Eclipse Zenoh and Cyclone DDS29
Why Eclipse uProtocol matters34
Eclipse Kuksa as a standardised vehicle abstraction layer39
Vehicle software & application layer
How Eclipse Velocitas accelerates SDVs43
On the necessity of an application framework for SDV projects48
Middleware & platform services
Eclipse S-CORE: The open source middleware foundation for the SDV54
Low-level software & hardware abstraction
Eclipse ThreadX57
Silicon & hardware platform layer
Open source silicon: The new frontier of software-hardware co-design62
Cloud, tooling & lifecycle management
An open development toolchain to support SDV stack development67
Eclipse Capella and SysOn: MBSE for SDVs73
Safety, security & compliance
Functional safety in the era of open source81
Outlook & future evolution / AI
SDVs in the age of AI: The rise of Skynet86
“Open collaboration goes further than publishing code. It combines open licences with transparent development, fair participation, shared intellectual property rules, and vendor-neutral governance.”
Christian Heissenberger & Sara Gallian, Editorial