• DocumentCode
    3297127
  • Title

    The BluePost - a smart car heating system

  • Author

    Kaila, Lasse ; Lehti, Lauri ; Häkkinen, Tero ; Myllymäki, Pasi ; Mäkinen, Ville ; Vanhala, Jukka

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electron., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-10 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    523
  • Lastpage
    528
  • Abstract
    The BluePost is an enhanced car heating post, an electrical distribution box used for heating car engines during cold weather. We saw a need for enhancement of current models, since the design has been relatively unchanged for decades and the user interface is somewhat restricted to simple mechanical on/off control. The BluePost provides additional functionality and a more intuitive user interface, and its energy saving features helps us to save electricity. The BluePost features wireless control and a distributed architecture, utilising both embedded systems and wireless networks.
  • Keywords
    automobiles; embedded systems; internal combustion engines; BluePost; distributed architecture; electrical distribution box; embedded system; energy saving feature; smart car engine heating system; user interface; wireless control; wireless network; Bluetooth; Clocks; Control systems; Heat engines; Mobile handsets; Network servers; Resistance heating; Temperature control; User interfaces; Web server;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, 2005. 25th IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2328-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICDCSW.2005.131
  • Filename
    1437220