THE ELECTRICAL

CONTROL UNIT OF
THE LIGHTWEIGHT
UTILITY VEHICLE

ELECTRICAL CONTROL UNIT

THE ELCTRICAL CONTROL UNIT IS A
GENERIC TERM FOR ANY EMBEDDED
SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS ONE OR
MORE OF THE ELCTRICAL SYSTEMS
OR SUBSYSTEMS IN A TRANSPORT
VEHICLE

 AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM IS
A COMPUTER SYSTEM
WITH A DEDICATED
FUNCTION WITHIN A
LARGER MECHANICAL OR
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

TYPES OF ECUS FOUND IN A

CAR

DOOR CONTROL UNIT

ENGINE CONTROL UNIT
HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE
SPEED CONTROL UNIT
TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT
BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

THERE CAN BE UP TO 80 ECUs IN A CAR

THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL UNIT

IN THE LIGHTEWEIGHT TRUCK
WE HAVE A CUSTOM, PRIMITIVE
(CRUDE) ECU OR CONTROL BOX
WE REFER TO IT AS
TRAFFICATING CONTROL UNIT
(TCU)

COMPONENTS OF THE TCU

A MICROCONTROLLER (PIC 2520, 28 PINS)

LATCHED SWITCHES
PULL DOWN RESISTORS
TRANSISTORS
THE TRAFFICATOR LIGHTS
7805 VOLTAGE REGULATOR
TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPRESSION (TVS)
DIODE

HOW THE TCU WORKS

PROGRAMMING THE
MOCROCONTROLLER
PDE (PROGRAMMING
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT) IS
THE mikroC PRO for PIC v6.0.0
MICROCONTROLLER
PROGRAMMED PIC
MICROCONTROLLER 2520, 28 PINS

START

PORTB.B0=1?

PORTB.B7~1

PORTB.B7=0

PORTB.B1=1?

PORTB.B6=0
END

PORTB.B6~1

CURRENT CHALLENGES
UNRELIABLE LIGHT
BULBS