Patent ID: 7319925
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: B60W,H04L

Abstract:
1. A device for controlling electrical systems of a means of transportation, which is encapsulated within a housing provided with an external interface and which has a microcomputer for executing a control program and storage means on which control programs for actuating an electrical component and signals of the component can be stored, the signals being exchanged via an internal interface by actuation software of the electrical component, and a test module being provided within the housing and at the internal interface of the electrical component in order to evaluate the signals of the electrical component which are exchanged via the interface and in order to test a satisfactory functioning of the electrical component or of the control program, wherein an internal sensor or internal actuator is arranged as an internal component within the encapsulated housing, in that the test module is arranged between the control program and the internal component where an entire data flow to and from the electrical component or internal component to be tested runs and in that the test module checks the incoming or outgoing signals of the internal component for faults.