Automotive Electronics

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Department of Microelectronics

Synopsis:

The course is mostly limited to deal with the electronic equipment of European-standard personal automobiles. The corse tackles individual components of the control, supervision and security systems in the vehicle. A special attention is devoted to the design of control units, applicable device types, activities of these units in relation to the sensors and actuators appearing in the vehicle at large. Another case of special attention deals with the self-testing and automatic servicing of the electronic equipment.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Electronic systems in the vehicle, their operation, properties and influence on the vehicle operation.

2. Engine control systems.

3. Sensors for the engine control unit, input overload protections.

4. Actuators for the engine control unit, fuel injection, ignition.

5. Engine control unit types, their operation, external connections, specific circuit solutions.

6. Supervising systems of the vehicle, data acquisition, systems for door locking, remote control, searching, identification, alarm systems and their sensors.

7. Security systems in the vehicle, data acquisition , data processing for the dashboard displays.

8. Vehicle air conditioning, sensors, data acquisition, data processing.

9. Cruise and navigation (GPS) control systems, driving radars.

10. Signals distribution in the vehicle, processing of input signals.

11. Electronic devices for vehicular applications, resilience to mechanical and environmental loads.

12. Consumer electronics on board of a motor vehicle, mechanical and environmental specifics.

13. Advanced concepts of the motor vehicle electronic instrumentation.

14. Self-servicing activities of electronic systems in an automobile.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Measurement methods for automotive electronic systems.

2. Measurement of a Hall sensor for engine speed readout.

3. Measurement of temperature sensors.

4. Sensors of mechanical elements setup.

5. Measurement of characteristics of the engine control unit.

6. Measurement of the ignition system.

7. Measurement of the injection equipment.

8. Measurement of alarm system sensors.

9. Measurement of the GPS system.

10. Testing of an engine control system.

11. Testing of an air-condition unit.

12. Diagnostics of electronics faults in an automobile.

13. Measurement of engine interference to the electronic signal transmission network.

14. Final assessment/grading.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. SGS Thomson - Monolitic microsystems division: Automotive ICs and technologies, firemní publikace 1998,

2. Becker N., Lippert E., Szengel R.: Neue motoren fur den VW Polo, MTZ 57, l996, No.9,

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electronics - Electronic Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Electronics - Electronic Applications- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Electronics - Electronics and Photonics- structured studies (compulsory elective course)