ECU pushes ADAS technology boundaries to ‘new levels’

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With pressure on functional safety, connectivity and computing capacity in active and passive driver assistance systems claimed to be reaching ‘new levels’, Audi, Infineon and TTTech Automotive responded by developing the zFAS central platform control unit.

Said to integrate a number of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) functions, the ECU features Infineon’s Aurix TC297T MCUs, linked using TTTech’s Deterministic Ethernet technology, enabling high throughput of data with different levels of importance. Aurix TC297T MCUs have a lockstep architecture and a safety management unit that can host multiple safety-related functions up to ASIL D.

TTTech has also developed an evaluation platform for driver assistance system ECUs. Called TTA Drive, the platform enables customers to integrate different application modules early in the development process. The integration process is supported by TTIntegration software and a specially developed toolset.

“We are delighted to provide our Aurix MCUs for zFAS,” said Thomas Boehm (pictured), who is responsible for autonomous driving MCUs at Infineon. “We are further expanding a fruitful partnership with TTTech.”

“zFAS marks a milestone for highly integrated platform control units for advanced driver assistance,” said Marc Lang, TTTech Automotive’s director of sales and marketing. “Infineon’s microcontrollers and TTTech’s real time Ethernet solutions are key components for this innovative ADAS solution.”