AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS: UNRAVELLING THE FUTURE

This book investigates how embedded controllers might radically enhance automobile electronic systems by examining their topology. They are the building blocks of modern automotive electronics. In this unique resource, rather than merely teaching electrical principles, it concentrates on the core concepts of vehicle electronics architecture and covers the huge array of Electronic Control Modules (ECMs) that enable the increasingly sophisticated "bells & whistles" of today's vehicles. For automotive design engineers, personnel in automotive electronics service facilities and students taking automotive electronics courses, this guide provides clear and simple advice on how to build and optimise car electronics with embedded controllers. Engine, drivetrain, suspension, steering, brakes and instruments are all included in the automobile components/systems described. Everything in this section is explained in terms of the first and second chapters' theoretical frameworks. Computer simulations are used extensively in the modern day. For the vast majority of electrical systems and components, specific examples are provided in the form of component models and performance assessments. Simplicified models and linear system theory are used to demonstrate the fundamental principles of these systems without the burdensome mathematical intricacies (and nonlinearities) that are commonly encountered in the analysis of actual production vehicle systems in real-world settings