Course detail

Control units design

FSI-QECAcad. year: 2024/2025

The course of Control units design is intended to acquaint students with basic topics in the field of design of electronic control units - ECU. This means software and hardware design focusing on key areas such as control unit peripherals, manufacturing, development and testing, programming, calibration and diagnostics.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Pavel Kučera, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering (ÚADI)

Entry knowledge

Fundamentals of Systems, Control and Mechatronics of Vehicles, the basics of programming.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The conditions for granting credit are active participation in the exercise and completion of the task. The exam tests knowledge of the entire material, including practical skills. The exam consists of a written part (the written exam can also be in the form of e-learning) and, if necessary, an oral part. The classification assessment includes: assessment of work in exercises; the result of the written part of the exam; the result of any oral part of the exam.

Aims

The aim of the course Control units design is to acquaint students with contemporary trends in the area of development of control units. The aim of the course is to achieve basic knowledge of the given problems so that students are able to apply them in their profession and orient themselves in the wide possibilities of contemporary development in this area of automotive technology.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DIETSCHE, Karl-Heinz a Konrad REIF. Automotive Handbook. 11. Karlsruhe: Robert Bosch, 2022. ISBN 978-1-119-91190-6. (EN)
SELECKÝ, Matúš. Arduino: uživatelská příručka. Brno: Computer Press, 2016. ISBN 978-80-251-4840-2. (CS)
ŠANDERA, Josef. Návrh plošných spojů pro povrchovou montáž. 1. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2006. ISBN 80-730-0181-0. (CS)
SKŘIVÁNEK, Vojtěch. Programujeme STM32: zdolejte jednočipy profesionálů [online]. 2. Hradec Králové: TZ-one, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7539-131-5. (CS)
SKŘIVÁNEK, Vojtěch. Používáme FreeRTOS: na mikrokontroleru STM32. 1. Hradec Králové: TZ-one, 2023. ISBN 978-80-7539-153-7. (CS)

Recommended reading

DIETSCHE, Karl-Heinz a Konrad REIF. Automotive Handbook. 11. Karlsruhe: Robert Bosch, 2022. ISBN 978-1-119-91190-6. (EN)
SELECKÝ, Matúš. Arduino: uživatelská příručka. Brno: Computer Press, 2016. ISBN 978-80-251-4840-2. (CS)
ŠANDERA, Josef. Návrh plošných spojů pro povrchovou montáž. 1. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2006. ISBN 80-730-0181-0. (CS)
SKŘIVÁNEK, Vojtěch. Programujeme STM32: zdolejte jednočipy profesionálů [online]. 2. Hradec Králové: TZ-one, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7539-131-5 (CS)
SKŘIVÁNEK, Vojtěch. Používáme FreeRTOS: na mikrokontroleru STM32. 1. Hradec Králové: TZ-one, 2023. ISBN 978-80-7539-153-7. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-AAE-P Master's, 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Kučera, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the development of control units.
2. Testing of control units.
3. ECU programming in SPC studio I.
4. ECU programming in SPC studio II.
5. ECU programming in SPC studio III.
6. Software Design I – ECU.
7. Software Design II – ECU.
8. Software Design III – ECU.
9. Hardware design I – ECU.
10. Hardware Design II - ECU.
11. Production – ECU.
12. Calibration – ECU.
13. Diagnostics - ECU.

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Kučera, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. – 2. Introduction to laboratory exercises.
3. – 4. ECU programming - basic project, peripherals.
5. – 6. ECU programming - bus.
7. – 8. Work on task I.
9. – 10. Work on task II.
11. – 12. Work on task III.
13. Presentation of assigned tasks, credit.