An FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems

Growing interest in intelligent vehicles is leading automotive systems to include numerous electronic control units (ECUs) inside. As a result, efficient implementation and management of automotive systems is gaining importance. Flexible updating and reconfiguration of ECUs is one appropriate strate...

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Autores principales:	Kwonneung Cho, Jeongeun Kim, Do Young Choi, Young Hyun Yoon, Jung Hwan Oh, Seung Eun Lee
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	automotive systems electronic control units hardware-reconfigurable ECUs in-system reconfiguration Zipwire controller Mechanical engineering and machinery TJ1-1570
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b939949e19bd468d8f86a085fabda50c2021-11-25T18:23:00ZAn FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems10.3390/mi121113092072-666Xhttps://doaj.org/article/b939949e19bd468d8f86a085fabda50c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/12/11/1309https://doaj.org/toc/2072-666XGrowing interest in intelligent vehicles is leading automotive systems to include numerous electronic control units (ECUs) inside. As a result, efficient implementation and management of automotive systems is gaining importance. Flexible updating and reconfiguration of ECUs is one appropriate strategy for these goals. Software updates to the ECUs are expected to improve performance and bug handling, but there are limitations due to the fixed hardware circuit. By applying hardware-reconfigurable ECUs to the automotive system, patches that are not able to be handled with only software updates are enabled. In this paper, a remotely hardware-reconfigurable ECU for automotive systems is proposed. The proposed ECU is implemented with a field programmable gate array (FPGA) and microcontroller unit (MCU) to support in-system reconfiguration (ISR). The communication interface between the FPGA and MCU employs Zipwire communication for high speed and resilient communication. For the Zipwire communication, a Zipwire controller is designed and implemented in the FPGA. The proposed hardware-reconfigurable ECU was successfully implemented, and feasibility was demonstrated.Kwonneung ChoJeongeun KimDo Young ChoiYoung Hyun YoonJung Hwan OhSeung Eun LeeMDPI AGarticleautomotive systemselectronic control unitshardware-reconfigurable ECUsin-system reconfigurationZipwire controllerMechanical engineering and machineryTJ1-1570ENMicromachines, Vol 12, Iss 1309, p 1309 (2021)
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description	Growing interest in intelligent vehicles is leading automotive systems to include numerous electronic control units (ECUs) inside. As a result, efficient implementation and management of automotive systems is gaining importance. Flexible updating and reconfiguration of ECUs is one appropriate strategy for these goals. Software updates to the ECUs are expected to improve performance and bug handling, but there are limitations due to the fixed hardware circuit. By applying hardware-reconfigurable ECUs to the automotive system, patches that are not able to be handled with only software updates are enabled. In this paper, a remotely hardware-reconfigurable ECU for automotive systems is proposed. The proposed ECU is implemented with a field programmable gate array (FPGA) and microcontroller unit (MCU) to support in-system reconfiguration (ISR). The communication interface between the FPGA and MCU employs Zipwire communication for high speed and resilient communication. For the Zipwire communication, a Zipwire controller is designed and implemented in the FPGA. The proposed hardware-reconfigurable ECU was successfully implemented, and feasibility was demonstrated.
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author	Kwonneung Cho Jeongeun Kim Do Young Choi Young Hyun Yoon Jung Hwan Oh Seung Eun Lee
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title	An FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems
title_short	An FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems
title_full	An FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems
title_fullStr	An FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems
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publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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An FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems

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