AURIX (Automotive Realtime Integrated Next Generation Architecture) is a 32-bit
Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG is a German semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1999, when the semiconductor operations of the former parent company Siemens AG were spun off. Infineon has about 50,280 employees and is one of the ten largest semicond ...
microcontroller
A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable i ...
family, targeting the automotive industry. It is based on
multicore
A multi-core processor is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit with two or more separate processing units, called cores, each of which reads and executes program instructions. The instructions are ordinary CPU instructions (such a ...
architecture of up to three independent 32-bit
TriCore
TriCore is a 32-bit microcontroller architecture from Infineon. It unites the elements of a RISC processor core, a microcontroller and a DSP in one chip package.
History and background
In 1999, Infineon launched the first generation of AUDO (Au ...
CPUs.
Applications
The AURIX series has been used in some artificial intelligence applications, in
electric vehicle
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...
s, and in the navigation systems of
self-driving car
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s.
Technical features
System performance
The AURIX family devices range from a 300 MHz three-core device with 8MB embedded Flash down to 130 MHz and 80 MHz single-core and single core lockstep devices with 1.5MB, 1MB and 0.5MB of embedded Flash. The package portfolio includes a BGA-516 package with a ball-compatible BGA-292 package (I/O subset), and compatible QFP-176, QFP-144, QFP‑100 to QFP-64 packages.
TRICOR DSP functionality
*Multicore
*TriCore with up to 300 MHz per core
*1.72.4 DMIPS/MHz
*DSP with up to 1.8 GFLOPS
*Supports floating point and fixed point operations with all cores
*Fast Fourier accelerator
*Pixel Preprocessor
*Embedded
EEPROM
EEPROM (also called E2PROM) stands for electrically erasable programmable read-only memory and is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers, usually integrated in microcontrollers such as smart cards and remote keyless systems, or as a ...
*Generic Timer Module (GTM)
*Advanced timer unit for totally flexible
PWM generation and hardware input capture
*Redundant flexible 12-bit ADC
*Delta sigma converters
*Single supply 5V or 3.3V
*Availability of
AUTOSAR 4.x and 3.2.1
*Ta = -40 °C ... 145 °C
Safety Features
The AURIX architecture has been developed according to an audited ISO26262-compliant process and designed to meet ASIL-D on an application level. The platform uses up to 2 cores in TriCore lockstep mode, a lockstep architecture combined with safety technology such as internal communication buses or distributed memory protection systems. Hardware level encapsulation techniques allow integration of software with various safety levels (QM to ASIL-D) from different sources, reducing the system complexity of implementing those safety levels.
The AURIX architecture offers the following features:
*Hardware-focused safety concepts for reduced SW overhead
*Lockstep with clock delay
*Access permission system
*Safety management unit
*Safe
DMA
*I/O, clock and voltage monitors
*Safety Software for checking the functionality of the core
*
ISO 26262
ISO 26262, titled "Road vehicles – Functional safety", is an international standard for functional safety of electrical and/or electronic systems that are installed in serial production road vehicles (excluding mopeds), defined by the Interna ...
conformance to support safety requirements up to ASIL-D
Security Features
Infineon has integrated a programmable Hardware Security Module (HSM) into the AURIX family in line with EVITA (E-safety vehicle intrusion protected applications). This “embedded chipcard” protects against IP infringement, fraud and software hijacking.
*Hardware Security Module (HSM)
*Secure software updates, Secure Boot, Secure Key Update, Secure Communication
*Immobilizer
*Tuning protection
*Mileage protection
*Component protection
*IP protection
Scalability
*From Single Core to Triple Lockstep Core
*80300 MHz
*256KB 8MB
Flash
Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional aliases
* Flash (DC Comics character), several DC Comics superheroes with super speed:
** Flash (Barry Allen)
** Flash (Jay Garrick)
** Wally West, the first Kid ...
*48KB 2.7MB
SRAM
*
ASIL
Asil may refer to:
*Asil (name)
* American Society of International Law (ASIL)
* Asil, Arabian horses who have pedigrees that can be traced to identifiable desert-bred horses from the Middle East
* Asil chicken, a breed of chicken
* Asil Kara, a s ...
Level from QM up to ASIL D
*HOT Package Option
Connectivity
*
Ethernet
Ethernet () is a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN). It was commercially introduced in 1980 and first standardized in 198 ...
100Mbit
*
FlexRay
*High-Speed Serial Link IF
*
SPI,
CAN
Can may refer to:
Containers
* Aluminum can
* Drink can
* Oil can
* Steel and tin cans
* Trash can
* Petrol can
* Metal can (disambiguation)
Music
* Can (band), West Germany, 1968
** ''Can'' (album), 1979
* Can (South Korean band)
Other
* C ...
(FD),
LIN
Lin or LIN may refer to:
People
*Lin (surname) (normally ), a Chinese surname
*Lin (surname) (normally 蔺), a Chinese surname
* Lin (''The King of Fighters''), Chinese assassin character
*Lin Chow Bang, character in Fat Pizza
Places
*Lin, Iran, ...
,
UART
A universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART ) is a computer hardware device for asynchronous serial communication in which the data format and transmission speeds are configurable. It sends data bits one by one, from the least significan ...
*Hardware
SENT
Sent is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol. interface for low CPU load
*Camera Interface (up to 16-bit)
*External
ADC
ADC may refer to:
Science and medicine
* ADC (gene), a human gene
* AIDS dementia complex, neurological disorder associated with HIV and AIDS
* Allyl diglycol carbonate or CR-39, a polymer
* Antibody-drug conjugate, a type of anticancer treatm ...
IF (up to 16-bit)
*External Bus Interface for Memory Extension
Supply security
Infineon has set up dual-fab manufacturing using two local separated Frontend production sites. Both sites are using identical certified processes and tooling. All products from both sides will be AEC-Q100 qualified and are manufactured in a 65 nm technology.
Tools and software
Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG is a German semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1999, when the semiconductor operations of the former parent company Siemens AG were spun off. Infineon has about 50,280 employees and is one of the ten largest semicond ...
has several full-featured evaluation boards for their TriCore product line. Development tools for evaluation such as compilers, debuggers and AURIX Development Studio
IDE are included, as well as technical documentation: user manuals, architecture manuals, application notes, data sheets, board documentation.
References
External links
Infineon Microcontroller Page
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