Automotive Ethernet

Overview

The automotive industry is evolving rapidly. The newest models have features that represent unparalleled innovation – cars that can communicate with each other, the road-side infrastructure, the Internet, plus highly advanced in -car infotainment systems. Cars are also being equipped with sensor-based safety systems that can dramatically improve traffic safety by virtually eliminating crashes. And we are nearing a point where fully automated vehicles that can handle all driving tasks will soon be commercially available.

Most of these new features and applications rely on bandwidth hungry electronics which require costly and complex cabling. This is a key factor increasing the price and weight of the cars. To counter this, the newly approved BroadR-Reach® 100 Mbit/s Automotive Ethernet specification seeks to optimize in-car cabling, based on 100 Mbit/s Ethernet running over a single unshielded twisted pair copper wire. A network based on the BroadR-Reach specification for in-car communication will significantly reduce both cost and weight of the required cabling.

Testing BroadR-Reach Ethernet equipment is essential for verifying its quality, functionality and performance. Xena Valkyrie test modules with 1Gbps SFP ports like the Odin-1G-3S-6P 6-port 1Gbps test module equipped with BroadR-Reach 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 transceivers provide powerful and versatile automotive Ethernet test capabilities up to Layer 3 including RFC 2544 and RFC 2883 to test and verify BroadR-Reach 100BASE-T1 100 Mbit/s and 1000BASE-T1 1000 Mbit/s automotive Ethernet products.

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