EMBEDDED SYSTEMS WORK

I spent far too much time in college working on embedded systems projects with a racecar team. Even though I never even wanted to be on the team, I ended up leading the development for the Distributed Battery Management System (left), and later all vehicle firmware.

I led a very strong team,

• Cam Stone, Qualcomm.
• Abhinav Akavaram, Boeing.
• and Eli Nicksic, Boeing.

Left is the Low-Voltage Electronics Box,

• Drive Control Unit (top left) handles various critical functions,
  • check plausibility for accelerator pedal position sensors (APPS),
  • calculate safety parameters and transmit to motor controller,
  • torque and traction control, etc.
• RoadLink (top right) is a telemetry device that publishes CAN frames over LTE in realtime.

Left is a better view of the Distributed Battery Management System (DBMS). The DBMS Segment boards are on top, while the DBMS Controller board is on the bottom.

Closeup of the DBMS Controller board (Left).

Closeup of the DBMS Segment boards (left).

Back of the DBMS Segment boards (left).

PitLink (Left), basically a CAN to Ethernet bridge.

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