Armando Antônio Maria Laganá

Teaching microcontrollers using automotive electronic systems

Teaching an undergraduate course on microcontrollers using real examples from automotive embedded electronics helped to motivate students. This course was implemented using a set of didactic kits, which allowed students to explore real applications. In the first part of the course, students explored single microcontroller functionalities, also developing control software. In the final part of the course, students developed term projects, integrating several electronic devices found in a real engine. This course is part of a three-year undergraduate program on automotive electronics, offered at Faculdade de Tecnologia of the State of São Paulo, in collaboration with the University of São Paulo. A survey was applied to certify the pedagogical efficiency of this course.

A didactic platform to study of CAN FD bus

This project aims to build a development kit to help engineering undergraduate students to explore the CAN (Controller Area Network) FD bus applied to vehicular control. This protocol has restricted access, generally used by carmakers, and our goal is to present a message transmission and reception simulation on an electronic kit, in order to show the reliability of the system. The CAN bus could replace most of the wires inside the vehicle, allowing flexible management of car electronic modules.