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There is a significant growth in the Automotive Electronic Control Unit (ECU) market in India with strong consumer emphasis for enhanced safety features and the requirements for compliance to emission regulations. The availability of better highways and intra-city roads has facilitated quick access to destinations and customers are more inclined to owning fast, yet safe cars. Emission norms and safety regulations will also push penetration levels of ECUs. This paper gives illustrations of the vehicle functionality, the identified hazards or risks associated and the safety functions required to meet the safety goal. It shows how Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited (RBEI) address these requirements on development processes and the new functionalities to be introduced to comply with the safety guidelines for the vehicles produced for the Indian and global market

As complexity in automotive electronics is increasing, the need for robust and failure free electrical control units (ECUs) is increasing even more. This paper addresses the special requirements of automotive applications in the emerging market. A variety of international standards on reliability tests for automotive components exist. These standards mainly based on experiences from European, American or Japanese automotive applications. The differences will be pointed out for typical Engine ECU acting as the “brain” of the Engine (refer Figure 1). It will be shown that the approach “test fit the application” rather than the former procedure “test-to pass after standards” will be a knowledge-based solution.