Modified vehicle architecture for rapid prototyping

Authors

  • Jan Sobotka Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Jiří Novák Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Jiří Pinkava Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21014/actaimeko.v13i4.1774

Keywords:

vehicle, rapid, prototyping, software, function, testing, e/e architecture, gateway, CAN, message, manipulation, software-defined

Abstract

A modern car is made up of a considerable amount of software running on many Electronic Control Units interconnected by communication infrastructure. Together, it creates a rigid system that is not easy to modify to run modified or custom code to implement new vehicle functions or collect scientific data. The paper presents a modified (electric) vehicle architecture that allows rapid prototyping of new software-oriented features. The architecture enables the control of a specific vehicle, the acquisition of arbitrary vehicle data, and offers an interface for communication with the driver. The solution is based on the hardware modification of the production car. The vehicle is equipped with an Advantech industrial computer, which creates an environment to run the prototyped software. All platform services are available through the REST API.

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Published

2024-11-22

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2024)

Section

Research Papers

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