Title :
A Modular Control Architecture for a Small Electric Vehicle
Author :
Santos, F. ; Trovão, J. ; Marques, A. ; Pedreiras, P. ; Ferreira, J. ; Almeida, L. ; Santos, M.
Author_Institution :
DEE-ISEC, Instituto Politecnico de Coimbra
Abstract :
This paper presents a fault-tolerant modular control architecture for an electrical vehicle (VEIL) equipped with x-by-wire sub-systems. The proposed architecture is based on COTS components and includes steer-by-wire, brake-by-wire and accelerate-by-wire safety critical functions. The communication infrastructure is based on the FTT-CAN protocol, which provides the joint scheduling of message and tasks, according to a holistic approach.
Keywords :
automotive engineering; controller area networks; electric vehicles; fault tolerant computing; road vehicles; COTS components; FTT-CAN protocol; accelerate-by-wire safety critical function; brake-by-wire safety critical functions; communication infrastructure; fault-tolerant modular control architecture; small electric vehicle; steer-by-wire safety critical function; x-by-wire subsystems; Acceleration; Automotive engineering; Costs; Electric vehicles; Fault tolerant systems; Licenses; Mass production; Power cables; Protocols; Safety;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2006. ETFA '06. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9758-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2006.355456
