PARD Workshop
Workshop Title:
Automotive Electrical and Electronics Overview
( Duration: 1 day )
Who should attend?
New starters & recent recruits in Electronic & Electrical disciplines,
Engineers & Managers from Electrical and Electronic departments,
Engineers & Managers from other related engineering departments, staff
working in non-technical areas.
Prior Knowledge required?
A general knowledge of engineering principles.
Who will deliver the workshop?
WMG Embedded Systems Group
Description of Course:
This course is aimed at people working within the automotive industry and provides a broad appreciation and
understanding of automotive electrical and electronic systems and technologies. The course provides a general foundation
together with a more detailed insight into key technologies and developments, concluding with an appreciation of the
future direction and challenges for the automotive industry. The course includes:
Embedded Electronic Control Systems
Automotive Networking (CAN, LIN, MOST and FlexRay)
Design and Testing of Complex Automotive Control System
Automotive Diagnostics
Future challenges
Objective:
By the end of the course attendees will have a general appreciation of current automotive electrical and electronics and an
understanding of potential future developments.
Location of Workshop:
University of Warwick.
Timetable:
0845 Registration
0900 Introduction
0910 Embedded Electronic Control Systems
1030 Tea / Coffee
1045 Automotive Networks
1200 Lunch
1245 Lab Car practical session (automotive networks & analysers)
1400 Design and Testing of Complex automotive control systems
1500 Tea / Coffee
1515 Automotive Diagnostics (including lab-car demonstration)
1600 Future Challenges
1630 Course finish and wrap-up