Cost concerns related to the development and manufacturability of multichip modules have limited the widespread use of MCM’s for high-volume, low-cost applications. This paper discusses the many elements necessary to evaluate fully the financial effects of MCM programs. In particular, this paper evaluates a development program for a multichip module design targeted for a high volume automotive ...

Automotive products carry a high level of mechatronic (electromechanical) components. Mechanical operations are controlled by embedded software that runs on electronic devices. The ever increasing complexity of electronic products of modern cars like drive-by-wire systems means that a very broad range of simulation must be used in the early phases of the development process to predict the produ...

Statement of interest Different studies show (e.g., [1]) that over 80% of today’s innovations in the automotive industry are based on car electronics and its software. These innovations can be categorized into hidden technologies (e.g., ASP, ESP), comfort functions (e.g., navigation, communication, entertainment) or driver assistance (e.g., distance checking). Especially the last two categories...

Electronics play a key role in improving vehicles safety. Use of electronics has made possible the introduction and integration of a wide range of new safety and environmental devices in cars. Nowadays, both customer demands and government legislation continue to improve traffic safety. Safety awareness for vehicles has been increasing strongly since the 1980s. It started with simple seat-belt ...

Mobile Multi-Media (MMM) is a term used in the automotive industry to describe the growing use of consumer electronics, satellite-based navigation systems and Internet applications in the automobile. As an example of the thermal challenges that confront the use of such systems in the automotive environment, the mounting of a digital video disc (DVD) player on the roof of an automobile is consid...

Many innovations in the automotive sector involve complex electronics and embedded software systems. Testing techniques are one of the key methodologies for detecting faults in such embedded systems. In this paper, a novel cross-platform verification framework including automated test-case generation by model checking is introduced. Comparing the execution behavior of a program instance running...

In today’s world of advanced communication, industrial process control and automotive systems, the reliance on batteries to ensure power delivery is always available is becoming increasingly critical. Because of this, the ability to monitor the battery life-span and predict failure points is also becoming ever more important, but this is completely addressable with off the shelf microprocessor ...

Modern vehicles offer a raw territory for designing security solutions as the over-increasing design complexity demanded massive advances in electronics in the absence of a crisp vision over the adversary model. The vehicle Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) is a sub-system that recently triggered some attention in the light of several reported attacks. In this work we start from analyzing ...

A real-time simulator is an essential means for swiftly designing and verifying embedded time-sensitive and/or real-time applications especially in automotive and transportation. A cost-effective real-time simulator platform for research in automotive electronics has been developed and performed both hardware-/software-inthe-loop (HIL/SIL) simulations of an automated collision prevention (ACoP)...

With the announcement of BMW and DaimlerChrysler to 15 develop the new time-triggered protocol FlexRay for safety critical “Xby-Wire” applications, the time-triggered technology is moving into the mainstream of the automotive electronics market. This paper compares the established protocol TTP/C with the new protocol FlexRay from BMW and DaimlerChrysler. This comparison is based 20 on the spars...