Course

Unit 1

Electronic Systems in Automotives, Introduction to E/E Architecture, Connected cars, Types of E/E architectures: Flat Architecture, Domain Architecture, Zonal Architecture: Topologies, Networking and Simulators used for Autonomous Vehicles, Case Studies on Domain Oriented and Zone Oriented E/E Architecture, Centralized architecture to Software Defined Vehicles

Unit 2

Overview of Automotive-Specific Communication protocols: CAN, CAN-FD, Automotive Ethernet, TCP/IP, SOME/IP, DDS, Protobuff, Introduction to Vehicular Networks: Controller Area Networks (CAN) – field of application- physical layer and bit -coding-frame types and format-Bit stuffing and synchronization- error management

Unit 3

OBD Standards – Interface Controller – Applications – Overview of Automotive Ethernet protocols- Introduction to AUTOSAR – Classic and Adaptive, Automotive Ethernet, OBDII Diagnostic standards: UDP, SDV Diagnostic standards: DOIP.

Text Books / References

1. Richard Zurawski, Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2014.
2. Thomas Königseder and Kirsten Matheus, Automotive Ethernet, 3rd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
3. Gilbert Held, Inter- and Intra-Vehicle Communications, Auerbach Publications, 2007.
4. Dominique Paret, Roderick Riesco, Multiplexed Networks for Embedded Systems: CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Safe-by-Wire, John Wiley and Sons, 2007.
5. Andreas Grzemba, MOST- The Automotive Multimedia Handbook, Franzis Verlag GmbH, 2011.
6. Olaf Pfeiffer, Implementing Scalable CAN Security with CANcrypt Authentication and encryption for the Controller Area Network (CANcrypt), Embedded Systems Academy GMBH, 2017.
7. Wilfried Voss, Controller Area Network Prototyping with Arduino, Copperhill Technologies Corporation, 2014

Course Objectives

• To introduce understand the Fundamental Concepts of Automotive Electronic Systems and Architectures
• To introduce automotive-Specific Communication Protocols and Networking
• To enable analyze Diagnostic Standards and Protocols in Automotive Systems

Course Outcomes:

• CO01: Understand E/E Architecture and Connected Car Systems
• CO02: Understand Automotive Communication Protocols
• CO03: Analyze and Apply OBD Standards and Diagnostic Protocols
• CO04: Evaluate Advanced Diagnostic Standards

CO-PO Mapping

Skills Acquired: E/E architecture, Automotive Communication Protocols, On-board Diagnostics