This article is intended to help educate the component supplier community, help prepare suppliers for Veoneer’s requirements, and educate readers on the new requirements needed to do business with OEMs developing complex electronic systems.
It describes why and how Veoneer went from solely using PDF engineering documents to specifying and receiving standards-based computer-readable documentation for on-chip registers found in the components that we purchase. The method is similar to how the industry moved from PDF documents for dimensionalized drawings of component bodies to supplying electronic files for component bodies in 3D formats such Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) or Standard for the Exchange of Product (STEP).