1.1 Overview Over the past two decades, the design of complex chips has undergone a series of transformations. In the 1980s, language-based circuit design and synthesis emerged. In the 1990s, design reuse and IP became mainstream design practices. In recent years, low power design has begun to change the way designers handle complex SoC designs … Read more
Low Power Design Techniques: Data Gating (Data Gating) and Operand Isolation (Operand Isolation) Previously, we discussed Clock Gating (Clock Gating), which is a well-known low power design technique. It can be easily applied during the logic synthesis stage without requiring changes to the RTL, making it one of the more straightforward methods for achieving low … Read more
Low Power Design 5.1 Power Consumption Sources Surge、Static Power Consumption and Dynamic Power Consumption are the three main sources of power consumption. • Surge current refers to the maximum instantaneous input current generated when the device is powered on, and is also known as startup current in applications. • Standby current refers to the current … Read more
In order to allow everyone to relax fully amidst their research work, PMIC organized a team-building event at a camping base in the mountains. Everyone set aside their heavy academic burdens, took a break, deeply felt the gifts of nature, released their inner joy, and enjoyed a day filled with happiness. PMIC Team Building Everyone … Read more
Join the professional industry group for intelligent vehicles (autonomous driving, connected cockpit, commercial vehicles) by adding WeChat:17157613659, show your business card, limited to intelligent connected software and hardware suppliers and OEMs. The upgrade of the vehicle electronic architecture (from distributed to centralized) is imperative. However, there are still significant challenges behind it, such as development … Read more
The ECU, or Electronic Control Unit, can be understood as the vehicle’s computer. It is a microcomputer controller specifically designed for automobiles, consisting of a microprocessor (CPU), memory (ROM, RAM), input/output interfaces (I/O), analog-to-digital converters (A/D), and large-scale integrated circuits for shaping and driving. The working principle of the ECU is to collect various operational … Read more
This article is approximately 5,400 words long, recommended for saving and reading. Author | Zuo Chenggang Produced by | Automotive Electronics and Software Introduction: This article is the tenth piece in the series of articles titled “Automotive Grade Testing of ECUs” (click to view all articles). Continuing from the previous articles, there is a lot … Read more
Translation Functional Safety of Domain Controller (DC) ECUs Original: Functional Safety for Domain Controller (DC) ECUs Translation Review: Lu Ping ➡ (Approximately 3000 words, 10 minutes reading) 01 Functional Safety of Domain Controller (DC) ECUs In this article, we will explore the following aspects: • What is a domain controller? Why are OEMs shifting to … Read more
Flashing software onto hardware and directly delivering the hardware. This has been a common black-box delivery model in the automotive electronics software industry. At the same time, the main line of the ECU development process is basically centered around sample delivery. Of course, nowadays, with the increasing decoupling of software and hardware, the popularity of … Read more
After a month of waiting, tens of thousands of car owners finally received the final response from Dongfeng Honda! On February 12, Dongfeng Honda officially announced the investigation report and solution regarding the “oil dilution” incident. Dongfeng Honda announced that to reduce the increase in oil levels, they will perform an ECU upgrade (with recalls … Read more