Automotive Embedded Systems & Applications - Course Curriculum
Automotive Safety Standards
Automotive Embedded Applications
Introduction to Automotive Systems
Vehicle Informatics Introduction
Serial Interfaces
CAN and LIN Bus
TTP FLEXRAY
Vehicle Control
Car Communication based on Bluetooth Link
Wireless Networking Technologies
Bluetooth Security
ZigBee 802.15.4
Bluetooth Low Energy
Context Aware and Wearable Computing
Components of Automotive Systems
Input Output Interfacing
Network Interface Cards
Internet Standardization
Jini Architecture
IEEE 1394
MOST Cooperation
Survey of MOST System Architecture
Survey of MOST Specifications
MOST Application Framework
MOST Protocols
MOST Physical Layer
MOST Network and Fault Management
MOST Network Diagnostics
MOST Network Services
MOST Network Interface Controller
MOST Tools
MOST Compliance Tests
Testing MOST based Infotainment Systems
Introduction to MOST150 in Series
MOST150 Migration
Manufacturing and Processing of MOST Components
State-of-the-Art Automotive Embedded Systems
ELECTRIFICATION
As mentioned earlier, many vehicle manufacturers are shifting to hybrid or electric vehicles to reduce pollution and use alternative vehicular fuels. Such vehicles will have a modified engine that brings in further challenges like battery storage and energy optimization.
HMI
Apart from the integrated digital cockpit, the other features that are being developed in the HMI category are gesture or voice-based controls (tuned to handle local languages and accents as well) and virtual assistants.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
With an incline in the use of digital and electronic tools, there is also a higher rate of cybercrime. In the case of automobiles, safety systems must be kept in place so that hackers cannot take remote control of your vehicle through the ECUs. Driver monitoring systems and vehicle health monitoring systems are other recent developments, especially for commercial vehicles.
Some devices scan the driver's eyes for signs of abnormal behavior like drunken driving or fatigue and other tools that track engine parameters and usage to predict when the vehicle must be serviced next. Similarly, devices that track how a driver uses a car can help them get cheaper insurance policies based on the actual distance driven.
CONNECTED VEHICLE
Telematics and IoT devices help companies like Uber and logistics businesses track their fleet across locations. Vehicle tracking, along with GPS technology, can help fleet managers route their vehicles optimally to avoid traffic or deliver the goods in the shortest time.
Truck platooning is another feature that has picked up relevance recently. Here, if several trucks or vehicles are travelling on the same route, only the first truck communicates with the outside world while all the trucks that follow only talk to the first truck, creating a chain of trucks, interspersed in one long line.
LATEST TECHNOLOGIES
Some of the futuristic trends that will be embedded in automobiles in the future are:
Computer Vision: Image and pattern recognition for sensors and cameras.
Sensor Fusion: How multiple sensors can interact with each other to achieve a common goal.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Any form of data analysis, language processing, and decision-making involves AI.
Autonomous Driving (not commercially available yet): Complete or partial control of driving without human intervention.
Augmented Reality (AR): AR headsets and models are available in other domains like gaming and entertainment. In vehicles, AR can be used to display information for the driver on the windshield.
Vehicle Ethernet: A robust enough Ethernet network that accommodates all these high-bandwidth features.
