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Product Brief
Automotive Zone Controller – Application Brief
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White Paper
Automotive Zonal Architectures
Automotive Zone Controller
Zonal architectures enable efficient power and data distribution around the vehicle, while improving wire cost, weight, and manufacturing. A key component in this architecture is the zone controller, it is responsible for connecting the high number of actuators and sensors to a central compute ECU and, depending on application distribution, can have a significant role in strategy within a zone.
OEMs are looking for more scalable and cost-efficient solutions to evolve the E/E architecture and meet future requirements for connected, electric, self-driving vehicles, as the number of services/ECUs within the vehicle grows. This evolution can come via logical distribution of functions onto less diverse software/hardware platforms, and through physical changes to a zonal-based network.
Application Details
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Central Brain
Zonal Gateway
Designs
Reference Design
NXP BlueBox 3.0 for Automotive High Performance Compute (AHPC)
Development platform series providing required performance, functional safety and automotive reliability for engineers to develop automotive high-performance compute solutions for self-driving cars and zonal control architectures.
Reference Design
NXP GoldBox for Vehicle Networking
For vehicle service-oriented gateway (SoG), domain control applications, high-performance processing, safety and security applications.
Reference Design
S32G Reference Design 2 for Vehicle Network Processing
Engineered for central gateway, domain controller, FOTA, secure key management, smart antenna and high-performance central compute nodes.
Design Resources
Software
1 software file
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Host Device Drivers
Inter-Platform Communication Framework (IPCF)
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Training
4 trainings
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On-Demand Webinar
Electronics Innovation Enabling Vehicle Evolution
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On-Demand Webinar
Trends for Audio and Radio Processing in a Zonal Architecture
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On-Demand Webinar
Zonal Architecture for Future Cars