Development of a Brake-by-wire System at TRW Automotive

Company: TRW Automotive, Germany
Published: dSPACE NEWS 2002/2, Jun 2002

The concept of "x-by-wire" – originally used for aircraft only – has enormous potential for implementing new car design concepts. The "x" is a wildcard for automotive systems like gearshifting, steering, braking or damping. TRW is developing a new brake-by-wire system using one MicroAutoBox per wheel as an electronic control unit (wheel ECU) and an AutoBox as the main electronic control unit (main ECU).



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