Two-Mode Hybrid CAN Development and Implementation into Vehicle with Digital Display
Carl R. Gabriel · ThinkTech (Texas Tech University) · 2010
Texas Tech University’s Advanced Vehicle Engineering team continues it development of a hybrid vehicle in preparations of competing in the EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge. The competition is sponsored by the Department of Energy, General Motors, and supported by various other companies and agencies. This thesis gives a quick insight to the EcoCAR competition and explains in detail Texas Tech’s chosen Two-Mode Hybrid Architecture. In doing so controller development from Software In Loop to Hardware In Loop is covered and the process of establishing a Controller Area Network.