The DCI-GSI2 (dSPACE Connection Interface – Generic Serial Interface) is a high bandwidth, low latency on-chip debug interface to connect your ECU with Rapid Prototyping Hardware, Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulators or Host PCs. It offers a generic approach to connect to a broad range of ECU Microcontrollers by using a connector adapter concept, making it reusable for different projects. By supporting the DAP interface of Infineons TriCore Microcontrollers and the use of XCP on Ethernet for host connection, fast access to internal RAM variables is guaranteed.

dSPACE ECU Interface Software includes the ECU Interface Manager and an Interface (Blockset) for Simulink:
The ECU Interface Manager enables the user to automatically integrate service calls for bypassing, calibration and measurement purposes directly into the binary of an ECU application without the need to access source code, knowledge of software details or the build environment. It features an intuitive graphical representation of the ECU application and a powerful search and filter mechanism to comfortably navigate through complex ECU applications. With its Microcontroller-centric approach that goes beyond support for only single ECUs the dSPACE ECU Interface Manager offers a powerful and cost efficient solution for your projects.
The Interface for Simulink is realizied by a blockset used to read values from and write values to signals of an ECU. In order to do so the A2L file of an ECU application with an integrated XCP or dSPACE Calibration and Bypassing Service is loaded to the blockset making all signals from the A2L available in your Simulink model. If no service is available on the ECU, the dSPACE ECU Interface Manager can be used to integrate the dSPACE Calibration and Bypassing Service. dSPACE also offers an XCP Service to integrate in your ECU applications source code.