Yes like everything else. HAL and host-based simulation usually lets you start developing the software earlier in the product cycle, which can make available a

Yes like everything else. HAL and host-based simulation usually lets you start developing the software earlier in the product cycle, which can make available a lot of time. If one doesn't have the capacity to invest in automated QA then things might get tricky no matter how things are done... Trying to simplify the problem / reducing scope might be best course of action.