Advancing the Software Defined Vehicle with Remote Controlled Edge Nodes
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
Why This Architecture Works
As vehicles move toward centralized architectures, TI enables easier software management with remote-controlled edge nodes.
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
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The next step in the software-defined vehicle evolution: Remote-controlled edge nodes
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
Software-defined vehicles (SDVs) are transforming automotive design, and TI is at the forefront with new remote-controlled edge node technology. This breakthrough architecture shifts real-time control from distributed edge nodes to centralized commander electronic control units (ECUs), eliminating the need for microcontrollers (MCUs) within individual edge nodes. TI provides a diverse portfolio of standards-based solutions across multiple protocols including 10BASE-T1S, CAN FD Light, and UART over CAN, providing designers the flexibility to select the right option for their next-generation design.
With TI’s remote-controlled edge technology, automakers are able to reduce system complexity and cost and simplify software management and updates, enabling them to easily add new features to SDVs and scale software across vehicle platforms.
Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
Why remote-controlled edge architecture? Three key benefits.
As automotive markets embrace SDVs and ECU consolidation through zone architectures, the push to centralize software continues to increase in order to allow for enhanced scalability and wire reduction. This shift requires automakers to fundamentally rethink vehicle architectures. TI’s remote-controlled edge node technology addresses this need with three critical advantages for next-generation vehicles:
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Benefit No. 2
Benefit No. 3
Benefit No. 1
Creating software for the commander ECUs help simplify architecture across models.
With one commander ECU, you can optimize software management and over-the-air updates.
Centralizing software into fewer ECUs decreases software development and management overhead.
Key Components & Building Blocks
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Enhanced Scalability
Streamlined Updates
Centralized software
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Choosing the right protocol for remote-controlled edge implementation
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
TI offers a comprehensive suite of networking protocols to power remote-controlled edge architectures, each optimized for specific application needs:
Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
Paired with TI's smart drivers featuring integrated real-time control, our comprehensive portfolio of remote-controlled edge solutions deliver optimized performance, reliability and flexibility to meet specific application requirements.
The Building Blocks of Remote-Controlled Edge Nodes
TPS92544-Q1
4V to 18V input, 50A, stackable PMBus synchronous step-down converter
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TCAN5102-Q1
CAN FD Light Responder to SPI/UART/I2C/GPIO Controller
View Product
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
TPS929160-Q1
You can use the photograph, Automotive 16-channel 40-V high-side LED and OLED driver
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DRV3946-Q1
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Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
TPS929240-Q1
You can use the photograph, Automotive 24-channel 40-V high-side LED and OLED driver
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MCF8316C
Automotive, 40-V max, 8-A peak, sensorless field oriented control (FOC) 3-phase BLDC motor driver
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10BASE-T1S
IEEE 802.3cg-compliant solutions deliver 10Mbps speeds with payloads up to 1,500 bytes in a round-robin topology. As an Ethernet protocol, 10BASE-T1S can incorporate Ethernet features such as Media Access Control Security (MACSec), Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), Audio Video Bridging (AVB) and Power over Data Line (PoDL).
UART over CAN
Cost-effective solutions deliver 0.1-1Mbps speed with payloads up to 64 bytes in a commander-responder topology.
CAN FD Light
ISO 11898-1:2024-compliant solutions deliver 1-5Mbps speeds with payloads up to 64 bytes in a commander-responder topology. Since many preexisting architectures already use CAN FD transceivers to communicate with edge nodes, integrating CAN FD light into current architectures is easy.
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Advancing the Software Defined Vehicle with Remote Controlled Edge Nodes
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
Why This Architecture Works
As vehicles move toward centralized architectures, TI enables easier software management with remote-controlled edge nodes.
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
Start
The next step in the software-defined vehicle evolution: Remote-controlled edge nodes
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
Software-defined vehicles (SDVs) are transforming automotive design, and TI is at the forefront with new remote-controlled edge node technology. This breakthrough architecture shifts real-time control from distributed edge nodes to centralized commander electronic control units (ECUs), eliminating the need for microcontrollers (MCUs) within individual edge nodes. TI provides a diverse portfolio of standards-based solutions across multiple protocols including 10BASE-T1S, CAN FD Light, and UART over CAN, providing designers the flexibility to select the right option for their next-generation design. With TI’s remote-controlled edge technology, automakers are able to reduce system complexity and cost and simplify software management and updates, enabling them to easily add new features to SDVs and scale software across vehicle platforms.
Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
Why remote-controlled edge architecture? Three key benefits.
As automotive markets embrace SDVs and ECU consolidation through zone architectures, the push to centralize software continues to increase in order to allow for enhanced scalability and wire reduction. This shift requires automakers to fundamentally rethink vehicle architectures. TI’s remote-controlled edge node technology addresses this need with three critical advantages for next-generation vehicles:
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Benefit No. 2
Benefit No. 3
Benefit No. 1
Creating software for the commander ECUs help simplify architecture across models.
With one commander ECU, you can optimize software management and over-the-air updates.
Centralizing software into fewer ECUs decreases software development and management overhead.
Key Components & Building Blocks
Title
Title
Title
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Enhanced Scalability
Streamlined Updates
Centralized software
Subtitle
Subtitle
Subtitle
Choosing the right protocol for remote-controlled edge implementation
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
TI offers a comprehensive suite of networking protocols to power remote-controlled edge architectures, each optimized for specific application needs:
Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
Paired with TI's smart drivers featuring integrated real-time control, our comprehensive portfolio of remote-controlled edge solutions deliver optimized performance, reliability and flexibility to meet specific application requirements.
The Building Blocks of Remote-Controlled Edge Nodes
TPS92544-Q1
4V to 18V input, 50A, stackable PMBus synchronous step-down converter
View Product
TCAN5102-Q1
CAN FD Light Responder to SPI/UART/I2C/GPIO Controller
View Product
Remote-Controlled Edge Overview
TPS929160-Q1
You can use the photograph, Automotive 16-channel 40-V high-side LED and OLED driver
View Product
DRV3946-Q1
You can use the photograph, Automotive, current sensing 40V, contactor driver with integrated current regulation
View Product
Why This Architecture Works
Protocol Options for Designers
Key Components & Building Blocks
TPS929240-Q1
You can use the photograph, Automotive 24-channel 40-V high-side LED and OLED driver
View Product
MCF8316C
Automotive, 40-V max, 8-A peak, sensorless field oriented control (FOC) 3-phase BLDC motor driver
View Product
10BASE-T1S
IEEE 802.3cg-compliant solutions deliver 10Mbps speeds with payloads up to 1,500 bytes in a round-robin topology. As an Ethernet protocol, 10BASE-T1S can incorporate Ethernet features such as Media Access Control Security (MACSec), Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), Audio Video Bridging (AVB) and Power over Data Line (PoDL).
UART over CAN
Cost-effective solutions deliver 0.1-1Mbps speed with payloads up to 64 bytes in a commander-responder topology.
CAN FD Light
ISO 11898-1:2024-compliant solutions deliver 1-5Mbps speeds with payloads up to 64 bytes in a commander-responder topology. Since many preexisting architectures already use CAN FD transceivers to communicate with edge nodes, integrating CAN FD light into current architectures is easy.