Course Title:

Automotive Electrical Architectures Communication & Networking  Design Considerations

Instructor:

To Be Assigned

Course Description:

The need for in-vehicle communication systems has increased rapidly in recent years due to technological advances and customer demand. This seminar provides background on the most important issues related to automotive embedded systems operating in a network environment including hardware and software issues. While the widely-used CAN protocol is primarily cited in examples and applications, emerging protocols such as TTP/C and FlexRay will be also discussed.

Attendees will be able to analyze different automotive applications in terms of their communication requirements and will develop skills to assess the advantages and disadvantages of competing communication technologies. New trends in automotive communication systems and the growing demands for safe, reliable, real-time, and secure networks and software will also be covered.

 

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Organize, differentiate and interpret the fundamental concepts, features, and applications (as well as the physical, logical, and functional architectures) of Distributed Embedded Systems.

Contrast and differentiate the concepts of event-driven and time-driven communications.

Design software that takes into account timing constraints.

Evaluate requirements for safe and reliable software in automotive applications.

Contrast and differentiate the fundamental features and applications of the CAN, TTP/C, and FlexRay protocols.

Compare and appraise the various application software architectures: process and state-based, cyclic executives.

 

Main Topics to Be Covered:

Typical applications of distributed automotive embedded systems

Real-time local embedded software

Real-time networks and protocols

Real-time distributed systems

Design of automotive distributed embedded systems

Implementation, test, and verification of automotive embedded systems

 

 

Intended Audience:

This seminar is targeted to engineers responsible for the design, analysis, implementation, test and verification of in-vehicle communications systems (and those involved with automotive functions that need communications technology).

Method of Delivery:

Live

Course Duration:

Half Day (overview), One Day (Essentials), Two Days (complete course)

 

Prerequisites:

Some familiarity with microprocessors and/or micro-controllers and an engineering degree is recommended. Previous background or basic knowledge of communications or networking is beneficial but not required.

Computer Requirements:

None

 

Enrollment Size:

Minimum #:

10

Maximum #:

None

Course Content:

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