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Post here all questions and answers for the 32bit FlexRay Starter Kit.

Experiment with CAN, Controller Area Networks, and LIN (Local Interconnect Network), the standard network technology for in vehicle LAN in every automotive.

Experiment CAN communication and control a brushles DC motor like in real world mechatronic systems.

The new automotive network communications protocol under development by the FlexRay Consortium which is already in production and meant to replace CAN.

Controller–area network (CAN or CAN-bus) is a vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer.

The LIN-Bus (Local Interconnect Network) is a low cost vehicle bus standard or computer networking bus-system used within current automotive network architectures.

Fault tolerant old predecessor of FlexRay used mainly in avionics.

Ethernet is a family of frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks (LANs) which is getting increasingly more popular also in automation and vehicle production.

AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) is an open and standardized automotive software architecture, jointly developed by automobile manufacturers, suppliers and tool developers.

ISO 26262 („Road vehicles – Functional safety“)is a new ISO standard for safety relevant electric and electronic systems in vehicles.

Disscuss ideas about vehicle architecture design.

This forum deals with the art of wire harness design.