Patent ID: 7956729
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B60R,G01D,G05B

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus for use in a motor vehicle, comprising: a first network having a first microcontroller and a first supply voltage source; and a second network having a second microcontroller and a second supply voltage source; and a plurality of decoupling elements disposed between the first and second network, each of said plural decoupling elements being configured to decouple interfering influences between the first and second networks; wherein the second network is configured to recognize an error in the first network and at least one of deactivate an output of the first network and provide error signaling when the error in the first network has been recognized, and wherein the second microcontroller is integrated on a chip with a sensor element, the microcontroller being configured to process a measurement signal from the sensor element.