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The migration of many vehicle security features from mechanical solutions (lock and key) to electronic-based systems (transponder and RF transceiver) has led to the need for purely electrically operated locking mechanisms. One such example is a steering column lock, which locks and unlocks the steering wheel movement via a reversible electric motor. The safety case for this system (in respect to ISO26262) is highly complex, as there is no single safe state of the steering column lock hardware because there is a wider system-level interlock required. The employed control platform uses ASIL D capable multicore microcontroller hardware, together with the first implementation of AutoSAR® version 4.0 operating system to demonstrate a real-world usage of the newly specified encapsulation and monitoring mechanisms using the multicore extensions of AutoSAR and those of PharOS.

Today's requirements for engine management controllers are increasing in various aspects. Stronger emission standards and diagnosis requirements demand more complex control algorithms, faster system response times, better usage of sensor information throughout the system and higher accuracy of actuator stimuli. Despite that, new solutions are needed to answer the requirement for higher cost effectiveness, flexibility and reusability. The trade-off between cost and functionality is constantly being reviewed when choosing the right microcontroller to operate with an ECU. Integration of more complex and flexible functionality into the microcontroller helps to reduce the need for custom ASICs and thus reduce the overall system cost. In order to reduce the demands on CPU throughput within the microcontroller, manufacturers have introduced smart peripherals that off-load some of the work of the CPU into the peripherals.

Accuracy of clutch torque model which converts target torque to target stroke is essential to control the dry clutch system. Continuous Adaptation algorithm requires micro slip control during in-gear driving. Clutch judder during micro slip control can cause detrimental effect on the output of controller as slip speed is calculated by deviation of engine speed and clutch speed. Conventional approach to avoid clutch judder is using low pass filter to the input of controller which is slip speed. But this affect to the overall response time of slip controller. In this paper, signal processing algorithm is design and tested for the clutch speed(Input shaft speed). With low pass filter in clutch speed, clutch judder signal is decreased but overall time delay creates static error during acceleration. Several phase advance algorithm is designed to overcome the static error during acceleration without disadvantage of decreasing clutch judder signal.