Title :
Automotive electronics I: Smaller and better: Electronics may be the only cost-effective solution to the performance challenge of today´s autos
Author_Institution :
General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI, USA
Abstract :
The paper looks at how electronics is meeting the demands that government restrictions in the USA are putting on automobiles. And such things as closed loop engine control spark timing control, knock limiting and electronic data centres are feasible and how they can be realized.
Keywords :
automobiles; internal combustion engines; large scale integration; automobiles; closed loop engine control; electronic data centres; government restrictions; knock limiting; spark timing control;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1977.6501648
