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BENEFITS APPROACH
The potential benefits of a distributed multiplex Figures 1 through 3 display three comparative
architecture are listed below: architectures applied to a driver’s door of a typical
automotive application. In Figure 1, no multiplexing is
• Simplified vehicle assembly used. Each device interfaces directly with a centralized
• Common application on multiple vehicles body computer and / or bussed electrical center. This
resulting in higher volumes and lower costs architecture possesses the least electronic content, the
• Significantly increased flexibility – the ability to most wires, and the least flexibility to change.
add features to a vehicle in a plug & play manner
• Improved quality and reliability due to a
significant reduction in the number of wires OSRV Driver’s
• Simplified wiring assembly and reduced mass Mirror Switch Door Lock
14 Assembly Assembly
14 9
6
Many of these benefits are compounded when the same
2
Smart Connectors are applied to multiple platforms.
2 Window
CHALLENGES Motor
33 Courtesy
The primary challenge to implementing a distributed Lamp
multiplex architecture remains cost. The cost increase in Electronic Module
Vehicle Body Conventional Connector
electronics must be offset with a decrease in the cost of 33 Wiring
the wiring system and other structural cost
improvements. A cost competitive solution for a Body Computer / Electrical Center
distributed multiplex door sub-system has been
proposed by Delphi. Figure 1: Driver’s door with conventional (non-multiplex) architecture
2
1. Window Motor
Door Window
2 2. OutSide RearView (OSRV) Mirror Assembly
Multiplex Motor
Module 3. Driver’s Door Switch
Courtesy 4. Door Lock Assembly
Lamp
Electronic Module This approach offers the greatest flexibility to change
Vehicle Body Conventional Connector
Power and the greatest potential for inter-platform application.
Ground
Body Computer / Electrical Center CAN data Four doors in a given vehicle can be executed using the
Other wiring
four Smart Connectors detailed above. This four-door
approach is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 2: Driver’s Door with centralized multiplex architecture
Master
Figure 2 depicts the same door loads controlled using a Mirror Mirror
well as different modules on nearly every platform within Driver’s Left Rear Right Rear Passenger’s
Door Door Door Door
an OEM.
Figure 4: Four-door vehicle controlled using 4 types of Smart
Connectors
OSRV Driver’s
Mirror Switch Door Lock
14 Assembly Assembly Content changes in a vehicle can be executed more
easily using this approach. A load can be added to a
vehicle by plugging a Smart Connector to the bus and
modifying the software in the master. This essentially
Window makes the sub-system plug and play. Since the Smart
Motor connectors share a common three-wire bus structure,
Courtesy adding a Smart Connector need not change the wiring
Lamp content. The distributed architecture also offers the
Electronic Module possibility of automated wiring harness assembly
Vehicle Body Smart Connector
IDC Interface
through the use of Insulation Displacement Crimp (IDC)
Conventional Connector terminals
Body Computer / Electrical Center Power
Ground
LIN data
A comparison of the total wiring content can be seen in
Figure 5. As seen in the figure, the distributed multiplex
Figure 3: Driver’s Door with distributed multiplex architecture using
“Smart Connectors” architecture uses the least number of discrete wires and
enables automated assembly of the three-wire data bus.
Of the remaining wires, 14 out of the 21 (66%) are
associated with the mirror pigtail.
Motor Ckt 1
Window Motor
Motor Ckt 2
The four Smart Connectors described above are all
currently under development using Delphi’s Advanced
Development Process (ADP). The project recently
completed a comprehensive requirements review. A
more detailed description of each Smart Connector
follows: Figure 6: Window Motor Smart Connector I/O block diagram
Horizontal
Motor Switch Input Ckt 2
Horizontal Motor
Power
Vertical Position Input
Motor 2
Motor 2 Ckt.
Figure 7: OSRV Mirror Smart Connector I/O block diagram