FUTURE TRENDS FOR THE DASHBOARD CIRCUITRY: THE MICROPROCESSOR AS A MANAGEMENT UNIT

The increasing number of functions and the growing dashboard complexity make the wiring of the car, and in particular of the dashboard, more and more difficult in terms of weight, set up, reliability. The air of this contribution is to present a solution (especially suitable for medium to high class range of automobiles) which, by means of electronic components, allows a real dashboard wiring simplification and which, in the future, should represent the slave element of a single wire system. A system description is given with particular respect to the hardware problem of modules interconnection and to the software methodology for the development of the control and diagnosis programs; moreover an overview of some technical and technological developments is presented for the future improvement of the proposed system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ISATA 84, "In Pursuit of Technical Excellence". Proceedings Volume 1. International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation with particular reference to Vehicle Management Systems and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Milan, Italy 24-28 September 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Automotive Automotion Limited

  42 Lloyd Park Avenue
  Croydon CRO 5SB, Surrey,   England 

  Alfa Romeo Auto SpA

  Milan,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Rogora, E
  • Scire, G
• Conference:
  • ISATA 84, "In Pursuit of Technical Excellence". Proceedings Volume 1. International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation with particular reference to Vehicle Management Systems and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Milan, Italy 24-28 September
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 37-50

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric circuits; Electronic control; Instrument panels; Management; Microprocessors; Software; Statistical trends; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware; Management systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Circuits
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399880
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: ISATA 84003, HS-038 421
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1985 12:00AM