Modern vehicles use electronic control units (ECUs) to perform their functions. The ECUs are becoming more powerful and more complex in terms of their functionality. Moreover, many functions are distributed across several interconnected ECUs. It is this interconnection via data bus (CAN) that enables sensors, calculated information and actuators to be shared. ECU manufacturers eliminate many errors during the project and testing phases of a single ECU, but many others are very difficult to detect without performing testing at integration and system level. This paper describes a concept and a powerful tool VirtualCar, which allows a wide range of automatic tests to be performed on networked ECUs. The VirtualCar tool presented is based on hardware-in-the loop (HIL) technology from dSPACE. It was designed and realized in a joint project by ELASIS, a FIAT-owned engineering company; dSPACE GmbH Germany; and Tesis GmbH, Germany. More precisely, it represents a complex system for connecting and testing all the networked ECUs in a modern car of the compact class. This involves more than twenty ECUs divided into two separate CAN networks.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Testing networked ECUs in a virtual car environment


    Contributors:
    Plöger, M. (author) / Sauer, J. (author) / Büdenbender, M. (author) / Held, J. (author) / Costanzo, F. (author) / Manes, M. de (author) / Mare, G. di (author) / Ferrara, F. (author) / Montieri, A. (author)


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    14 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 8 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Testing networked ECUs in a virtual car environment

    Caraceni,A. / Costanzo,F. / de Manes,M. et al. | Automotive engineering | 2004


    Testing networked ECUs in a virtual car environment

    Ploeger,M. / Sauer,J. / Buedenbender,M. et al. | Automotive engineering | 2004


    Testing Networked ECUs in a Virtual Car Environment

    Ploger, M. / Sauer, J. / Budenbender, M. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2004


    Testing Networked ECUs in a Virtual Car Environment

    Montieri, A. / Costanzo, F. / Ferrara, F. et al. | SAE Technical Papers | 2004


    2004-01-1724 Testing Networked ECUs in a Virtual Car Environment

    Ploger, M. / Sauer, J. / Budenbender, M. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2004