You control steering, throttle, braking without wires:
Reason: cost savings! In car wireles local area network.
Utilizing the ARM© microprocessor architecture. Demonstrations include:
* Automotive "cockpit" with MP3 player, LINUX-based infotainment system, speech recognition software, virtual dashboard and GPS navigation, all utilizing ARM core-based or related technologies
* ARM automotive development platform featuring the ARM7TDMI? processor core, and AMBA-based Bosch CAN and TTTech Time-Triggered Protocol bus interfaces Software developer Realogy, a division of Northern Real-Time Applications, will also be available to discuss their OSEK 2.1-compliant SSX5 real time operating system for automotive applications.
An example of 'in-car-bluetooth': X-by-wire systems.
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Warrendale, PA February 17, 2000 - What types of vehicle options will consumers demand in the next century? While no one is quite sure, one thing is certain?consumers will want entertainment features that are easy to operate and affordable, and automotive electronics will enable this to happen.
In "A Vision of the Future of Automotive Electronics," Daniel K. Ward and Harold L. Fields of Delphi Delco Electronics Systems, address these issues in a paper presented at SAE 2000 World Congress.
Ward and Fields say electronic technology will enable the vast majority of automotive improvements desired by consumers. While this is great news for the auto electronics industry, they say the real challenge is to produce electronic systems that are not only desirable, but also marketable and able to be manufactured.
In the paper, they stress the importance of a clear visioning process to identify and develop innovative products that consumers will actually want to buy. They also share Delphi Automotive Systems' list of "next century winners" such as X-by-Wire Control Systems, Collision Avoidance, and Advanced Energy Systems.
X-by-wire systems will help eliminate the need for excessive maintenance over the life of a vehicle. X-by-wire systems, which can control steering, throttle, braking and suspension, eliminate mechanical links from driver's controls to the control actuator. By eliminating mechanical links, X-by-wire systems reduce raw material and labor costs in the manufacturing process. They also help improve fuel efficiency because vehicles can be made lighter.
Collision avoidance systems inform drivers of impending danger such as a possible crash or a dangerous out-of-control situation. Consisting of radar and vision sensors, warning displays, brake, throttle, steering control systems (X-by-wire), and processors and software, collision avoidance systems could eventually control the vehicle, making corrective action to advert danger.
Advanced energy systems provide power and range required by the highly automated vehicles of the future. To power new options such as in-car computing, new energy generation/storage and control systems are needed. In addition, as engines move toward hybrid and fully electric designs, new motors/generators, converters/inverters and storage batteries must be developed.
Real-time system
Products and services from TTTech aid in the development of highly dependable real-time systems based on the paradigm of time-triggered technology. Target applications include automotive x-by-wire systems, industrial control, and aerospace. The firm offers hardware products including TTPchip, TTPnode, and TTP Evaluation Cluster for evaluation, prototyping, and small-to-medium series production. Development tools and a dedicated operating system permit translation of TTP concepts of fault tolerance and composibility into real-life products. TTTech is displaying a drive-by-wire RC model car and other time-triggered demonstration and evaluation systems.
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