THE DESIGN OF AUTOMOTIVE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM

THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

AMIT SINGH (M110280EE)

INTRODUCTION


BACKGROUND: The Automobile Is No Longer Just For Transportation.

Today s Connected Vehicles Need Telematics Capabilities Such As, Navigation, Internet Access, Wireless Communication and Vehicle Safety Along With Streaming TV and Entertainment Systems. The Need To Put Safety Is Also Of Paramount Importance. This Technical Proposal Presents Both The Issues In Brief And Proposes An Infotainment System That Can Be Incorporated In Automobiles To Meet Both Ends I.E, Entertainment And Safety.

 PURPOSE: Connectivity Seems To Be The Mantra Of The Successful. The

Explosion Of The Smart Phone Market Holds Testimony To That. Even When Far From Home Or Office, People Like To Be Able To Access Information About Sports, Business, And Traffic Updates. Although It s Easy To get These Updates On Smart Phones It Can Turn Out To Be Equally Deadly When One Tries To Have Them While Driving. The Statistics On Road Accidents Speak For Themselves. This Calls For The Urgent Need To Integrate Features That Solves The Problem Of Driver Distraction While The Connectivity Options In An Automotive Infotainment System Are Being Used.

SCOPE:

New Driver Assist And Safety Technologies That Combine

Electronic Vision Or Digital Cameras With Sensors Such As, Radar, Lidar,Or Ultrasound To Create Advanced Safety System That Helps Driver To Predict And Avoid Accidents, Traffic Sign Recognition, Lane Departure Warnings, Night Vision and Bird s Eye View Are Few Examples Of Vision Based Technologies That Can Help Make Automotive Infotainment Systems Safe And Reliable. The Infotainment Systems, In Near Future, Will Help Drivers

Navigate Safely To Their Destination While Entertaining Passengers With Theatre Quality Audio And Video. 

ABBREVIATIONS/DEFINITIONS:
y McASP: MULTICHANNEL AUDIO SERIAL PORT y UART: UNIVERSAL ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER y UPP: UNIVERSAL PARALLEL PORT y USB: UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS y GPS: GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM y EDR: ENHANCED DATA RATE y VPIF: VEDIO PORT INTERFACE y EMIFA: EXTERNAL MEMORY INTERFACE A y EMAC: ETHERNET MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL y SDIO: SERIAL DATA INPUT OUTPUT y ADC: ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER y IC: INTEGRATED CHIP y LCD: LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

 DOCUMENT REFRENCES:
y y y y www.ti.com www.intel.com www.national.com/automotive www.analog.com

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
 DISPLAY: 7 Inch TFT 16 Bit Color Display WVGA With Projected Capacitive Touch Screen Providing Excellent Interface At A Resolution Of 800x400 Pixels. Uses:y Interface For Selection Of Different Functions Like Navigation, Entertainment, Car Information, Communications Etc. y Acts As Display To See Efficient Routes To Destination, Latest Weather And Traffic Updates. y Acts As A Display Assist While Parking, Changing Lanes Instead Of Rear View Mirror.  PLATFORM: The TMS320C6748Q IC Efficiently Handles And Audio Processing Tasks. It Consists Of : y DSP Subsystem And Associated Memories. y A Set Of I/O Peripherals. y A Powerful DMA Subsystem And SDRAM EMIF Interface.
 STORAGE: y HDD: Features: - 2.5 inch SATA, 120 GB HDD

Communication

Uses: - Store maps for navigation, music, videos, Games, Audio books.
y SD CARD:

Uses: - Transfer Information Like Contacts, Photos, Videos, Music Etc From Smart Phones To Infotainment System  INTERFACES: The Interfaces Are Shown In The Block Diagram.  CONNECTORS: y USB CONNECTOR: To Connect IPOD, USB Mass Storage, And Broadband Dongle.

y JTAG CONNECTOR: For Testing Purposes. y AUDIO JACKS: To Connect Headphones.

y OPERATING CONDITIONS: y TEMPERATURE RANGE: -40 To 125 Degree Celsius. y PRODUCT CONFIGURATION: y GPS: They Can Be Used In Positioning Purposes, Allowing The Driver To View His/Her Position On A Map And Receive Directions For Navigation In Real Time. y BLUETOOTH: It Can Be Used To Stream Mp3 Music Files Wirelessly To A Car Stereo System And Can Also Provide A Hands-Free Cell Phone Solution While Driving. They Can Provide Solutions That Can Bring Bluetooth Streaming Of Video To Back Seat Entertainment Units .Connectivity To Various Sensors Is Possible That Will Let Driver Know When The Tire Pressure Is Too Low. y REMOTE KEYPAD: It Can Work Exactly Like A Security System Keypad ,Letting The User Access And Operate His /Her Automotive Infotainment System Remotely From Anywhere In The World Through Smart Phones Or Other Compatible Devices. y COMPOSITE VEDIO: This Being The Most Common Type Of Video Interface For Sending Or Receiving An Analog Video Signal ,Can Be Incorporated In The Infotainment System To Transfer Videos From Phones And Handy cams. y S-VIDEO INTERFACE: It Can Be Used To Interface Laptop To Other Display Units. It Provides Sharper Image And Better Color Than A Composite Video Image. y JTAG CONNECTOR: These Connectors Are Used To Interface Boundary Scan Tools Or JTAG Emulators To The Infotainment System While Testing.

y STEREO INTERFACE: It Is Incorporated In The System To Create An Illusion Of Directionality So As To Create An Impression Of Sound Heard From Different Directions As In Natural Hearing.  PRODUCT FUNCTIONS: y COMMUNICATION o Ability To Access Photos, Videos, Contact, Apps On Your Smart Phone Seamlessly Through Bluetooth And Loaded Into HDD. o Facility To Answer, Reject Call From Friends, Colleagues Through Voice Recognition Software With The Call Routed Through Your Speakers. o Read And Reply Messages And Emails Through The Voice Interactive System. y NAVIGATION o GPS Enabled Road Navigation System To Enable You Find Most Energy Efficient Route To Your Destination; Locate The Nearest Shops, Malls And Places Of Interest. o Store The Most Preferred Route And The Most Energy Efficient Route Based On The Latest Traffic Updates And Road Conditions.
y

CAR INFO AND SAFETY

o Provide The Driver With The Necessary Information About The Various Car Parameters Like Tire Pressure, Fuel Level, Distance To Destination, Distance To Empty, Average Speed, Average Mileage. o Transfer The Data Through Internet To The Service Station Which Might Help In Better Servicing. y ENTERTAINMENT
o High End Speaker System And IPAD Based Monitors That Give A Wholesome Entertainment Experience.

o Enjoy The Latest Videos, TV Shows And Download The Latest Apps On To IPAD And IPOD Through The Broadband Connection.

y INTERFACE WITH MULTIMEDIA DEVICES o USB, Bluetooth Based Interface With Multimedia Devices Like Media Players, Smartphone, IPHONE To Seamlessly Access The Information On Them.

BLOCK DIAGRAM FOR AUTOMOTIVE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM:

AUDIO LINE IN

AUDIO ADC

AUDIO CODEC AUDIO DAC BLUETOOTH 2.0 +EDR MODULE AMPLIFIER BOOST SUPPLY A

REMOTE KEYPAD RS232 GPS MODULE RS485 USB MASS STORAGE

McASP UART1 UART2 VPIF UART3 EMAC USB 2.0 I2C

SATA CONTROLLER

JTAG CONNECTOR

JTAG

VEDIO INPUT

ETHERNET DONGLE POWER UP+DOWN +SLEEP BUTTONS

POWER MANGEMENT IC

USB CONTROLLER

EMIFA
IPOD NAND + NOR FLASH LCD CONTROLLER DDR2 CONTROLLER

120GB HARD DISK

SDIO

SD CARD SPEED INPUT

TFT LCD WITH TOUCH SCREEN

UPP

HIGH SPEED ADC

A DDR2 SDRAM

TEMP INPUT

TMS320C6748Q