Hardware Development of the In-Vehicle System Modules for the EU Emergency Call

Abstract

This paper presents the hardware design and implementation of the in-vehicle system (IVS) for the European Union (EU) emergency call (eCall) system. Modules of the IVS are developed and implemented on a field programmable gate array (FPGA) device. The modules are simulated, synthesized, and optimized to be loaded on a reconfigurable device as a system-on-chip (SoC) for the IVS electronic device. Benchtop test is completed for testing and verification of the developed modules. The hardware architecture and interfaces are discussed. The IVS signal processing time is analyzed for multiple frequencies. A range of appropriate frequency and two hardware interfaces are proposed. A state-of-the-art FPGA design is employed as a first implementation approach for the IVS prototyping platform. This work can be used as an initial step to implement all the modules of the IVS on a single SoC chip.