In the Internet of Things era, automotive infotainment’s primary role is to intelligently connect the car and all of its subsystems to the driver and passengers’ world; enriching the driving experience and enhancing the safety of the vehicle. Yet the rapid growth in audio and video devices, such as federally mandated backup cameras, lane-departure warning systems, traffic light recognition and collision avoidance sensors, will require more robust in-car networks – as Lucas Merian noted in a Computer World article, Ethernet is coming to cars.
Freescale’s SABRE (Smart Application Blueprint for Rapid Engineering) for Auto Infotainment development system based on our i.MX 6 series applications processors is to speed and simplify Ethernet Audio Video Bridging (AVB) deployment. SABRE is a high-performance, market-focused development system for automotive infotainment and offers a solid foundation for next generation converged telematics and infotainment platform designs. This comprehensive hardware/software development system enables automotive grade Ethernet connectivity for next generation infotainment, instrument cluster, camera telematics and rear seat entertainment designs. This new solution will support real-time data transport throughout the vehicle and replace expensive digital technologies and other alternatives and save OEMs considerable hardware system cost and cabling weight by leveraging 2-wire CAN cabling to replace more expensive connectivity technologies.
H/T Freescale