An Intelligent Auxiliary Vacuum Brake System

Tong Chia-Chang

Lin Jhih-Yu

Li Shih-Fan

Li Jiun-Yi

5th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence & Applications Proceedings : IWCIA 2009

The purpose of this paper focuses on designing an intelligent, compact, reliable, and robust auxiliary vacuum brake system (VBS) with Kalman filter and self-diagnosis scheme. All of the circuit elements in the designed system are integrated into one programmable system-on-chip (PSoC) with entire computational algorithms implemented by software. In this system, three main goals are achieved: (a) Kalman filter and hysteresis controller algorithms are employed within PSoC chip by software to surpass the noises and disturbances from hostile surrounding in a vehicle. (b) Self-diagnosis scheme is employed to identify any breakdown element of the auxiliary vacuum brake system. (c) Power MOSFET is utilized to implement PWM pump control and compared with relay control. More accurate vacuum pressure control has been accomplished as well as power energy saving. In the end, a prototype has been built and tested to confirm all of the performances claimed above.

Intelligent system

Auxiliary Vacuum Brake System (VBS)

Kalman Filter

Self-diagnosis

Programmable System-onchip (PSoC)

Dynamic Reconfiguration

Technology. Engineering [ 500 ]

eng

IEEE SMC Hiroshima Chapter

(c) Copyright by IEEE SMC Hiroshima Chapter.

[ISSN] 1883-3977

[URI] http://www.hil.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/iwcia/2009/