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Automotive Systems Cost Analysis & ACC Design

The document discusses advanced platforms for automotive systems, emphasizing cost sensitivity in the automotive industry and the impact of savings over time. It covers the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system, detailing its state automaton and the logical and technical architecture required for its operation. Additionally, it categorizes automotive applications into various domains, highlighting safety-critical areas and differentiating between passive and active safety systems.

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Automotive Systems Cost Analysis & ACC Design

The document discusses advanced platforms for automotive systems, emphasizing cost sensitivity in the automotive industry and the impact of savings over time. It covers the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system, detailing its state automaton and the logical and technical architecture required for its operation. Additionally, it categorizes automotive applications into various domains, highlighting safety-critical areas and differentiating between passive and active safety systems.

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Advanced Platforms for

Automotive Systems

Tutorial 1: Basic Concepts

Alejandro Masrur
Cost Sensitiveness
1) The automotive domain is highly cost-sensitive. To
illustrate this let us consider the following example: An OEM
sells 100 million units of a given car model in a year.

a) If 10 cents can be saved up per unit. How much is the total


saving of the OEM for a period of 10 years considering an
annual interest rate of 2%? Hint: Assume the OEM
disposes on the saving on a yearly basis.

b) Compare this with the case of the aeronautic industry


where only 10,000 units are sold in a year.

c) How do costs increase as errors are detected later in a car’s


life cycle? Consider the phases: i) design, ii) development, iii)
production and iv) commercialization. Explain your answer.

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State Automata
2) Let us consider the ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) system.
ACC keeps the car’s speed at a desired constant value
taking traffic flow into account.
Sketch a state automaton for ACC. For this consider the
situation of the following picture with:

i) ACC set at 110 Km/h.


ii) ACC detects a car.
iii) If speed of leading car
less than own speed, then
ACC adapts its speed to
keep a safe distance, and
it resets to the configured
speed if traffic clears.

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Logical and Technical Architecture
3) Different modules/ECUs need to integrated in order to
achieve the desired behavior of ACC. Sketch the logical and
technical architecture of the system. Consider that the
modules/ECUs involved are as follows:

i) ACC: This ECU takes RADAR sensor data to determine the


distance and speed of the leading car. It receives the desired
speed from the driver and controls other modules/ECUs.

ii) ESP (Electronic Stability Program): This ECU controls the


brakes and wheels. It provides ACC with the current speed.

iii) EC (Engine Control): This ECU controls the engine


functions including speed.

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Logical and Technical Architecture
4) Sketch the logical and technical architecture for following
comfort electronics consisting of alarm system, central locking,
remote control, electric windows, and locking control unit:
i) The alarm system should be activated
when doors are forced to open.
ii) The central locking system should close
and open doors on demand
iii) The remote control allows for a remote acti-
vation of the central locking system.
iv) Electric windows are closed automatically when car is
closed by central locking.
v) The locking control unit activates the alarm when car‘s speed
is zero and the driver leaves it unlocked. It locks doors
automatically when speed is greater than a given threshold.
It turns on the LEDs signalizing that doors are open/closed
and that the alarm is engaged or disengaged.

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Automotive Domains
5) Automotive applications are typically divided into
different domains according to their functions.

a) How many automotive domain are there? Explain


them briefly.

b) Which are the safety-critical domains in the


automotive industry? Explain why?

c) What is the different between passive and active safety?


Mention examples of passive- and active-safety systems.

d) Into which domain can we classify ACC?

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