Patent ID: 11858441
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A method for preparing a startup of control units, the control units being for activating a personal protection device of a vehicle, the method comprising:
storing a first processing instruction in a memory unit of a first of the control units and storing a second processing instruction different from the first processing instruction in a memory unit of a second of the control units;
wherein the control units are for activating a personal protection device of a vehicle, and wherein each of the control units includes a compute module, which is in one-piece and which includes a first area including a permanently wired processing structure and a second area including a programmable processing structure, the compute module being configured to carry out a processing instruction for activating the personal protection device in at least the second area, and
wherein the control unit includes a clock generator, which is formed or situated outside the compute module, and wherein the clock generator is a quartz oscillator or includes a quartz oscillator.