RoboSpark India

Today any average car consists of around 60 to 100 sensor units in it for sensing and exchanging information. With car manufactures constantly making their car more smarter with features like Autonomous driving, Airbag system, Tire Pressure monitoring, Cruise control system etc. this number is only expected to go high. Unlike other sensors, these sensors process critical information and hence the data from these sensors should be communicated using standard automotive communication protocols. For example, cruise control system data like speed, throttle position etc are vital values which is sent to Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to decide the acceleration level of the car, a miscommunication or loss of data here could lead to critical failures. Hence unlike standard communication protocols like UART, SPI or I2C, designers use much reliable automobile communication protocols like LIN, CAN, FlexRay etc.