Overview
What you will study
On successful completion of the Automotive ECU and Software Architecture course offered by Cranfield University you will be able to:
- Explain the main components of vehicle electronic/electrical systems
- Recognize key operational blocks within a typical automotive ECU
- Identify sensor interface types and their signal conditioning requirements
- Operating principles of ECU microcontrollers/microprocessors and peripherals
- Define analog/digital sensor signal processing techniques
- Identify software/firmware control blocks and the interaction with hardware
- Fail safe software techniques
- Define power electronics and actuator control techniques commonly used in modern vehicles, both autonomous and driver operated vehicles
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Vehicle electronic/electrical
- ECU and hardware architecture
- Sensor interfaces and signal conditioning hardware
- Automotive microcontroller/ microprocessors
- Actuator control/electric drive power electronics
- Power electronics semiconductor, applications, and selection
- Embedded software and fail-safe software implementation
- Vehicle real-time system design considerations
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Software Engineering View 53 other Short Courses in Software Engineering in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is aimed at design engineers, technical staff working within automotive industry. It is also suitable for engineers, technology enthusiast, who want to gain in depth knowledge via hands on experience.
Tuition Fee
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International
1925 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1925 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1925 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1925 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.