VEHICLE COMPUTING MODULE
First Claim
1. A vehicle computing module configured for connection to a main system board of a vehicle computing system, the vehicle computing module comprising:
- a computing module circuit board with conducting paths;
computing components mounted to the computing module circuit board and including at least a central processing unit and a main memory;
an edge connector provided at an edge of the computing module circuit board and adapted to connect the computing module circuit board to an edge connector socket on the main system board; and
a plurality of computing function interfaces connected to the edge connector, the plurality of computing function interfaces including a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit and, via the edge connector, to a controller on the main system board to configure the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board for operation in the vehicle computing system by enabling specification of the computing function interfaces during a vehicle computing module configuration, the computing function interfaces being configured during the vehicle computing module configuration to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces.
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Abstract
A vehicle computing system is provided that includes a vehicle computing module mounted on a main system board. The vehicle computing module includes a computing module circuit board with conducting paths. Computing components are mounted to the computing module circuit board and include at least a central processing unit and a main memory. An edge connector is provided at an edge of the computing module circuit board and adapted to connect the computing module circuit board to an edge connector socket on the main system board. A plurality of computing function interfaces are connected to the edge connector. The plurality of computing function interfaces includes a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit and, via the edge connector, to a controller on the main system board. The controller is used to configure the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board for operation in the vehicle computing system by enabling specification of the computing function interfaces during a vehicle computing module configuration. The computing function interfaces are configured during the vehicle computing module configuration to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces.
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25 Claims
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1. A vehicle computing module configured for connection to a main system board of a vehicle computing system, the vehicle computing module comprising:
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a computing module circuit board with conducting paths; computing components mounted to the computing module circuit board and including at least a central processing unit and a main memory; an edge connector provided at an edge of the computing module circuit board and adapted to connect the computing module circuit board to an edge connector socket on the main system board; and a plurality of computing function interfaces connected to the edge connector, the plurality of computing function interfaces including a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit and, via the edge connector, to a controller on the main system board to configure the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board for operation in the vehicle computing system by enabling specification of the computing function interfaces during a vehicle computing module configuration, the computing function interfaces being configured during the vehicle computing module configuration to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle computing system comprising:
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a main system board having system interfaces to components of the vehicle and an edge connector socket adapted to receive an edge connector; a controller mounted on the main system board; and a vehicle computing module connected to the main system board by connection to the edge connector, the vehicle computing module including; a computing module circuit board with conducting paths; computing components mounted to the computing module circuit board and including at least a central processing unit and a main memory; an edge connector provided at an edge of the computing module circuit board and adapted to connect the computing module circuit board to the edge connector socket of the mainboard; and a plurality of computing function interfaces connected to the edge connector for providing an interface to the vehicle computing module, the plurality of computing function interfaces including a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit on the vehicle computing module and, via the edge connector, to the controller on the main system board to configure the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board for operation in the vehicle computing system by enabling specification of the computing function interfaces during a vehicle computing module configuration, the computing function interfaces being configured during the vehicle computing module configuration to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A vehicle computing module connected to a main system board of a vehicle computing system, comprising:
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a computing module circuit board with conducting paths; computing components mounted to the computing module circuit board and including at least a central processing unit and a main memory; an edge connector provided at an edge of the computing module circuit board and adapted to connect the computing module circuit board to an edge connector socket of the mainboard; and a plurality of system interfaces provided by the edge connector for interfacing the computing module the system interfaces including a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit on the vehicle computing module and, via the edge connector, to a controller on the main system board, and at least a Universal Serial Bus interface, a Secure Digital Input Output interface, and a Low-voltage differential signalling interface; where the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board is configured for operation in the vehicle computing system by enabling specification of the computing function interfaces during a vehicle computing module configuration, the computing function interfaces being configured during the vehicle computing module configuration to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces.
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25-1. A vehicle computing module adapted to be connected to a main system board of a vehicle computing system, the vehicle computing module comprising:
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a computing module circuit board with conducting paths, the computing module circuit board comprising one or more ball grid areas and being configured such that in areas of the computing module circuit board different from the ball grid areas, trace to pad, via to pad and pad to pad distances are larger than 200 μ
m;computing components mounted to the computing module circuit board and including at least a central processing unit and a main memory; an edge connector provided at an edge of the computing module circuit board and adapted to connect the computing module circuit board to an edge connector socket of the main system board; and a plurality of system interfaces provided by the edge connector for interfacing the computing module a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit and, via the edge connector, to a controller on the vehicle computing system to configure the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board for operation in the vehicle computing system by configuring the computing function interfaces to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces; a plurality of computing function interfaces connected to the edge connector for providing an interface to the vehicle computing module, the plurality of computing function interfaces including a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit on the vehicle computing module and, via the edge connector, to the controller on the main system board to configure the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board for operation in the vehicle computing system by enabling specification of the computing function interfaces during a vehicle computing module configuration, the computing function interfaces being configured during the vehicle computing module configuration to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces.
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