Device for controlling electrical systems with a test module
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Abstract
A device for controlling electrical systems of a means of transportation that is encapsulated within a housing provided with an external interface and that has a microcomputer for executing control programs and storage means on which control programs for actuating an electrical component and signals of the component can be stored, the signals being exchanged via an internal interface by actuation software of the electrical component. According to the invention, a test module is provided within the housing and at the internal interface of the component, which test module evaluates the signals of the component which are exchanged via the interface, in order to test the satisfactory functioning of an internal component or of the control program.
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23 Claims
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1-7. -7. (Canceled)
- 8. A device for controlling electrical systems of a means of transportation, which is encapsulated within a housing provided with an external interface and which has a microcomputer for executing a control program and storage means on which control programs for actuating an electrical component and signals of the component can be stored, the signals being exchanged via an internal interface by actuation software of the electrical component, and a test module being provided within the housing and at the internal interface of the electrical component in order to evaluate the signals of the electrical component which are exchanged via the interface and in order to test a satisfactory functioning of the electrical component or of the control program, wherein an internal sensor or internal actuator is arranged as an internal component within the encapsulated housing, in that the test module is arranged between the control program and the internal component where an entire data flow to and from the electrical component or internal component to be tested runs and in that the test module checks the incoming or outgoing signals of the internal component for faults.
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15. A vehicle control device, said device having a storage means and being encapsulated within a housing having an external interface, comprising:
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a microcomputer for executing a control program;
an internal component;
an internal interface; and
a test module;
wherein said storage means stores said control program and signals of said internal component or an external component, wherein said test module evaluates signals sent to and from said internal component or said external component, wherein said test module tests said internal component or said external component or said control program, and wherein said internal component or said external component communicates with said test module via said interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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