Course

Automotive Fundamentals – Vehicle functional domains and requirements – Automotive Electrical subsystems- The systems approach to control and automotive instrumentation – Sensors and Actuators in various vehicle domains. Systems in Power Train Electronics: Engine Management Systems in Chassis control: ABS, ESP, TCS, Active Suspension Systems, Cruise Control and Adaptive Cruise control systems – Body Electronic systems – Automotive Safety systems HVAC – Electric Hybrid Vehicles and their configurations- Drive-by-wire systems – Autonomous and Connected Vehicles and their challenges-Introduction to Embedded Automotive Protocols: CAN, LIN, Flex-Ray, MOST-AUTOSAR standard and its applications – OSEK VDX Open Systems in Automotive Networks.

Learning Objectives

LO1    To understand basics of automotive systems

LO2    To understand the automotive sensors and actuators

LO3    To understand and develop automotive control architecture

Course Outcomes

CO1    Understand various automotive subsystems

CO2    Introduce Automotive sensors and actuators

CO3    Develop automotive control systems in embedded platform.
CO4    Understand various automotive communication protocols and software architecture

CO-PO Mapping

Textbooks/References:

1. William Ribbens, “Understanding Automotive Electronics – An Engineering

Perspective”, Eight Edition, Elsevier Inc., 2017.

2. Robert Bosch GmbH, “Bosch Automotive Electrics and Automotive Electronics – Systems and Components, Networking and Hybrid Drive”, Fifth Edition, Springer Vieweg,
3. Najamuz Zaman, “Automotive Electronics Design Fundamentals”, Springer,
4. A. W. Hillier and David R. Rogers, “Hillier’s Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology on Chassis and Body Electronics”, Fifth Edition, Nelson Thrones, 2007.
5. Tom Denton, “Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems”, Fifth edition,

Routledge, 2017.