To meet the performance requirements of next generation emission standards, Infineon Technologies has launched the industry's highest performing and most integrated microcontroller family for automotive powertrain and chassis applications.
The new Infineon AUDO FUTURE family of 32-bit microcontrollers uses the TriCore core that combines microcontroller functions with digital signal processing and the industry's highest density flash memory. The family also includes the first FlexRay communications block that has been approved by TÜV Nord Group's Institute for Vehicle Technology and Mobility, Germany, combined with industry-proven AUTOSAR software and a peripheral control processor that offers additional system performance.
The AUDO FUTURE family is fully compatible with the company's previous AUDO Next-Generation family of 32-bit microcontrollers, allowing developers of powertrain applications to easily upgrade their designs with existing tools to handle new emission standards, particularly EURO5 and EURO6 (e.g. with piezo direct injection engines).
With up to 66 percent higher performance than the previous AUDO Next-Generation products, the AUDO FUTURE family is ideally suited for the upcoming OBD2 (OnBoard Diagnostics for the vehicle's self-diagnostic functions, such as emissions monitoring) requirements and emission standards such as EURO6 and Tier2 Bin5 in the US. These new emission standards require more complex algorithms and more performance, and the industry-leading density of embedded flash allows all the code to sit in the single chip. The higher performance also allows AUTOSAR standard software to be used without impacting the control algorithms, allowing developers to access the ecosystem of existing software development tools and develop higher quality code more quickly.
Every second automobile in Europe and every third car made worldwide contains an Infineon microcontroller for diesel or gas engine and transmission control systems, which is used to control functions such as injection, ignition and exhaust gas recirculation.
A family of three with up to 180 MHz and up to 4 MBytes
The scalable AUDO FUTURE family ranges from the 180 MHz TC1797 with 4 Mbytes (MB) of flash and integrated FlexRay controller, to the 133 MHz or 80 MHz TC1767 with 2MB of flash, to the entry level 80 MHz TC1736 with 1MB of flash. A wide range of on-chip peripherals are handled by a dedicated, programmable peripheral control processor (PCP) engine, allowing the TriCore core to focus on engine management, transmission control and other powertrain functions. The FlexRay core integrated into the TC1797 is a proven design using Infineon's discrete CIC-310 FlexRay controller, saving space and system cost.
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