TI Live! at electronica 2022

Nov. 16

11:30 - 12:00

A Functional Safety-Relevant Communication in Automotive Wireless Battery Management Systems

This presentation introduces the topic of functional safety-related wireless communication for hybrid-electric or an electric vehicles (HEV/EVs) to the audience. The presentation is primarily targeted at wireless battery management systems (BMS) in automotive but despite its primary context, the principle is universal and applicable to any safety-relevant wireless data transfer where a safety integrity level is required.
The main purpose of wireless communication in BMS is to transfer measured data from the cell monitoring integrated circuits toward the main BMS controller. Using wireless data transfer between cell monitors and a central controller brings significant savings on cabling, connectors, isolation components as well as on assembly time of the complete battery.
The automotive BMS are classified typically with automotive safety integrity level (ASIL) C or D according to ISO26262. The vehicle-level safety compliance requirement makes this task complex in terms of fault detection.

Nov. 16

11:30 - 11:50

The importance of cybersecurity risk analysis in embedded systems design

How and where does one begin the task of securing an embedded system? While there are many guidelines published for adoption of security features, how can a project team determine which are required for their project and if they have any remaining gaps? A Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment enables teams to systematically address cybersecurity risk in their system. This presentation will provide an overview of approaches, examples of typical threats and countermeasures, and provide references to additional materials enabling project teams to start their own assessment of their product.

Nov. 16

16:40 - 17:10

How the IoT has evolved to make way for Matter

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been at the forefront of consumers’ minds for more than a decade. The IoT first started with wired connectivity and has evolved with wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth® and Zigbee®. This evolution hasn’t been without its challenges. With so many protocols to choose from, consumers are constantly battling which device communicates with their current home gateway. But now everything is changing with Matter. In this session, we will discuss how the Matter protocol offers true interoperability, and how Apple, Google, Amazon and Samsung have come together with semiconductor providers to solve a common problem – cohesiveness.