Rapid Prototyping for the Vehicle Control Unit of a Full Drive-by-Wire Electric Vehicle

Abstract:

This paper presents a full drive-by-wire vehicle named Urban Future Electric Vehicle (UFEV) and introduces the detailed design of its vehicle control unit (VCU). The LabVIEW and PXI solution is selected for the rapid prototyping of VCU, which also acts as a real-time test, measurement and control platform for UFEV. To address its unique features, the design and transition of specific driving modes are introduced. Experiments show that omnidirectional moving can be implemented accurately and reliably by using the proposed design.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 694-697)
• Pages: 1573-1581
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.694-697.1573
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Pan Song*, Chang Fu Zong, Hong Yu Zheng, Lei He
• Keywords: Full Drive-by-Wire Electric Vehicle, Vehicle Control Unit, Virtual Instrument (VI)

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