The new edition of this comprehensive reference for automotive engineers, compiled by one of the world's largest automotive equipment suppliers, includes new and updated material. 

As in previous editions, different topics appear in a compact, but descriptive way backed up by diagrams, graphs, photographs, and tables allowing the reader to understand the subject better. 

This fifth edition updates the standard topics of the vehicle electrical systems such as system architecture, control, components, and sensors. 

There is now greater detail on electronics and their application in the motor vehicle, including electrical energy management (EEM) and addresses the topic of inter-system networking within the vehicle. 

It also includes a description of the concept of a hybrid drive, a topic that is especially popular due to its ability to reduce fuel consumption and therefore CO2 emissions. 

This book serves automotive engineers and design engineers, automotive technicians in training and mechanics and technicians in garages. It may also be of interest to teachers, lecturers, and students at vocational colleges, and enthusiasts.

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SAE J1939 ECU Simulator Board With USB Port

The jCOM.J1939.USB gateway board is a high-performance, low-latency vehicle network adapter for SAE J1939 applications. It allows any host device with a USB COM port to monitor SAE J1939 data traffic and communicate with the SAE J1939 vehicle network.

The board supports the full SAE J1939 protocol according to J1939/81 Network Management (Address Claiming) and J1939/21 Transport Protocol (TP). It is also supported by an extensive programming interface for Windows and Linux/Ubuntu applications, including full C/C++/C# source code for short time-to-market developments.

The strength of the board lies in the fact that the entire SAE J1939 protocol, including all timing requirements, is stored on-chip, thus taking the burden off the main system. The board uses a USB COM port to communicate with the main system, i.e. all data transfer is handled through a standard COM port access. 

The communication protocol between the board and the main system is well documented and thus allows a porting to any computer system with a USB connection. Working source code libraries exist for Windows (C# under Visual Studio 2012/2013), Linux and its derivatives (C++ using Code::Blocks), and Raspberry Pi (C using the standard gcc compiler).

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