Adura employs Flexray MCU technology
Adura Systems
Flexray MCU technology
Adura Systems, an electric powertrain company, is using a selection of Freescale Semiconductor's Flexray automotive microcontroller (MCU) technology for high-speed in-vehicle networking.
Freescale's S12XF MCU with integrated Flexray technology is being incorporated into Adura's modular, electric scalable architecture (MESA) powertrain, which offers up to 100 miles of pure-electric range in mass transportation buses.
Marv Bush, chief executive officer of Adura, said: 'Developing the 100-mile pure-electric-range powertrains requires very sophisticated electronics, software and a high-bandwidth communications and control layer.
'Adura selected Flexray technology because it is one of the only automotive networking systems able to handle safety-critical communications and control.
'Also, Flexray provides the communications layer upon which Adura's network, DEFT-net [deterministic, extensible, fault-tolerant network], is built.
'Adura's DEFT-net provides accurate data delivery, distributed control, fault detection and tolerance and on-the-fly reconfiguration,' he added.
Flexray technology, combined with DEFT-net, allows Adura to shift traditional mechanical and electronic complexity into software, which increases efficiency and lowers overall systems costs.
Ray Cornyn, director of automotive microcontrollers at Freescale, said: 'Adura's selection of Freescale's S12XF MCUs is another milestone for Flexray technology, as the communications standard is now being deployed in both conventional and "green" vehicles.'
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