An apparatus for controlling operations of one or more slave controllers connected via a LIN communication includes a controller configured to generate a control message to control the operations of the one or more slave controllers and a status request message to request status information of the one or more slave controllers, a transmitter configured to transmit the control message and the status request message to the slave controllers, and a receiver configured to receive a response message from a response slave controller when the response slave controller included in the one or more slave controllers generates the response message including status information thereof by referring to the control message and status request message.

Among serial communication systems between vehicle-mounted communication units, a serial communication system for improving use efficiency of a communication bandwidth in a communication standard LIN has been required. In order to solve this problem, in a serial communication system of LIN, a response of a master node as a write request transmitted from the master node to a slave node and a response of the slave node transmitted from the slave node to the master node are combined into a time base, and a certain period for receiving a response from the slave node is provided after the write request from the master node.

Methods and transceivers are provided for enabling fast-data messages on a local interconnect network (LIN) compatible bus. One illustrative slave transceiver embodiment includes: a comparator and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The comparator detects amplitude modulation of a bias voltage at a first baud rate on a serial bus line to receive a first LIN frame header having a frame identifier for a fast-data frame. The DAC responsively drives a fast-data response message having an expanded payload and/or a higher baud rate on the serial bus line.

A semiconductor device capable of performing filter processing while suppressing an increase in processing time is provided. The semiconductor device includes a microcontroller. The microcontroller comprises a CPU, a memory and a CAN-controller. The memory stores software. The CPU executes the software stored in the memory. The CAN controller is configured to add label information to the message information. The CAN routing software stored in the memory implements a filtering function for performing a filter processing for determining whether or not to route the message information by using the label information.

A method for detecting and identifying modules of a bus system is provided. The bus system includes a control unit, a bus starting from the control unit, and a plurality of modules connected to the bus. The method includes providing a current sink associated with each of the one or more modules. The current sink includes a transistor. The method includes providing a hall sensor associated with each of the one or more modules. The hall sensor detects a current on a low-side data line of the bus. For each one of the one or more modules: when the hall sensor detects a current on the low-side data line, the method includes maintaining a closed position of the transistor; and when the hall sensor fails to detect a current on the low-side data line, the method includes opening the transistor such that current does not flow to the module.

What is presented is a control device for a multi-voltage on-board electrical system of a vehicle, wherein the multi-voltage on-board electrical system has a first electrical subsystem, which is configured to be operated with a first supply voltage from a first voltage supply source, and a second electrical subsystem, which is configured to be operated with a second supply voltage from a second voltage supply source. The control device comprises: a transceiver, which is connected to ground via a first ground terminal of the first electrical subsystem and which is configured for communicating with a communication component of the first electrical subsystem; a control unit, which is connected to the same ground via a second ground terminal of the second electrical subsystem and which is configured for controlling a power component of the second electrical subsystem; a transmission path, which couples a signal output of the control unit to a signal input of the transceiver, wherein the transmission path is configured for transmitting a control signal provided by the control unit at the signal output towards the signal input of the transceiver; a diode arranged in the transmission path, the cathode terminal of said diode being coupled to the second ground terminal. Provision is furthermore made of a number of field effect transistors, wherein the number of field effect transistors on the one hand couples the transmission path to the first voltage supply source and/or to the second voltage supply source and on the other hand couples said transmission path to the first ground terminal and/or to the second ground terminal.

In one embodiment, a computing system of an autonomous vehicle may receive a first set of data packets on one or more networks. The computing system may analyze the data packets to determine, for each packet, one or more of an authenticity, a validity, or a correctness of the data packet. The computing system may perform a first action for the first set of data packets based on the analysis. The first action may include signaling a safety driver of the autonomous vehicle to take over manual control of the vehicle in response to the data packets failing to satisfy the one or more of the authenticity, the validity, or the correctness criteria.

A monitoring device includes a comparison unit and a clock control unit. The comparison unit is configured to compare a signal level of a transmission signal and a signal level of a monitoring signal that has received the transmission signal with each other at a timing synchronized with a clock signal. The clock control unit is configured to detect the signal level of the monitoring signal and synchronize the clock signal with a timing when the signal level of the monitoring signal changes.

The present application relates to a system and a method for determining relative positions slave units along a stub bus with at least a power line and a ground line. Each slave unit is operable in different power modes, which are differentiated by effective resistances between the power and ground lines. A reference voltage potential drop is determined for each slave unit while the slave units are operating in a first power mode. A positioning voltage potential drop is determined for one or more slave units while a selected slave unit is operating in a second power mode. Relative positions of the slave units are determined based on the relative voltage potential drops obtained from the reference and positioning voltage potential drops.

A system having a plurality of devices configured in a daisy chain network including a communication bus connecting the devices and adapted to exchange address-setting information. Each device includes an input pin adapted to receive via an input signal line different from the communication bus a signal comprising configuration information for configuring at least the device; a configuration handling unit adapted to detect a configuration mode and to configure the device according to the configuration information; an indicator adapted to indicate whether the configuration handling unit has finished configuring the device; an output pin adapted to forward the configuration information to the daisy chain network when the indicator indicates the configuration of the device is done; and a safety handling unit adapted to be operable in a safety handling mode when the indicator indicates the configuration of the device is done.