NXP sees burgeoning FlexRay growth

Written by Rick DeMeis September 09, 2009 Hits: 856 Favorites

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By 2015, automotive applications of the FlexRay high-speed, deterministic data bus should be in 8% of new vehicles. That is up from less than 1% today, according to NXP's Rob Hoeben, FlexRay marketing manager, in an interview with TechBites.

FlexRay Growth Projection

The company recently shipped its one millionth FlexRay transceiver. Today FlexRay is on several BMW models for ABS braking and stability control. Hoegen say BMW has traditionally "explored technology for its high end cars, which is what their customers expect." So it's no surprise the automaker initiated FlexRay applications.

He adds FlexRay could next see use in power steering, lane-departure warning, and automatic cruise control. And the protocol is rugged enough to withstand high gearbox temperatures, as on a planned introduction in 2013 of a yet-to-be-named European model for automatic transmission control.

FlexRay Data Bus

Japanese car makers are finalizing their FlexRay spec, which includes a CAN component. Their schedule for adoption includes a 2012 pilot project, with incorporation in production vehicles in 2014-2015. U.S. cars, many of which share the same suppliers as BMW and use the same active-star network topologies, could see use of FlexRay in 2012-2013. (Japanese vehicles generally use node-only networks.)

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Thank you, Good Marketing piece for FlexRay.

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