Document Type
Conference Paper
Date of this Version
10-1-2011
Abstract
In 2010, over 20.3 million vehicles were recalled. Software issues related to automotive controls such as cruise control, anti-lock braking system, traction control and stability control, account for an increasingly large percentage of the overall vehicles recalled. There is a need for new and scalable methods to evaluate automotive controls in a realistic and open setting. We have developed AutoPlug, an automotive Electronic Controller Unit (ECU) test-bed to diagnose, test, update and verify controls software. AutoPlug consists of multiple ECUs interconnected by a CAN bus, a race car driving simulator which behaves as the plant model and a vehicle controls monitor in Matlab. As the ECUs drive the simulated vehicle, the physicsbased simulation provides feedback to the controllers in terms of acceleration, yaw, friction and vehicle stability. This closedloop platform is then used to evaluate multiple vehicle control software modules such as traction, stability and cruise control. With this test-bed we highlight approaches for runtime ECU software diagnosis and testing of the stability and performance of the vehicle. Code updates can be executed via a smart phone so drivers may remotely “patch” their vehicle. This closedloop automotive control test-bed allows the automotive research community to explore the capabilities and challenges of safe and secure remote code updates for vehicle recalls management.
Recommended Citation
Utsav Drolia, Zhenyan Wang, Yash Pant, and Rahul Mangharam, "AutoPlug: An Automotive Test-bed for Electronic Controller Unit Testing and Verification", . October 2011.
Date Posted: 17 November 2011
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Suggested Citation:
Drolia, U.;Wang, Z.; Pant, Y. V.; Mangharam, R.; , "AutoPlug: An automotive Test-bed for Electronic Controller Unit Testing Verification," IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), 2011.
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