Bosch has developed a new ECU which has an integrated ESP controller as well as all the necessary sensors such as yaw-rate measurement sensors and lateral acceleration sensors. This results in a more compact ESP setup as the ESP control box and controllers are no longer separate items that take up engine bay space.
The new more compact system will allow ESP stability control to be offered in smaller cars with limited engine bay space, and the system’s first customer is Volkswagen, who has already implemented it in a producion car: the recently unveiled 4th gen SEAT Ibiza.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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Nice Ibiza there. Hopefully our local car manufacturers come out with this. An integrated ECU mean more complicated design. If one is jammed or broken down, the rest will follow.
reminds me of computer motherboards with integrated soundcard, graphic cards etc. Once 1 of the broad is screwed, all need to be changed.
some time vehicle with too high techy stuff is also not a considerable choice as one of them fail then the rest will be follow. This is what we do not want most as it will cost a boom when visit maintenance. But let’s hope with today’s technology, these things will last long and minimum repair required.
Yes, thats what reminds you off. A pc motherboard. Once destroyed whole car cannot move. Cons of having all in one box