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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to develop greener vehicles with selected vehicle companies and their suppliers and relies on the OpenECU platform from Pi Shurlok as the key controller component.
EPA has been using Pi Shurlok’s OpenECU M460 and G850 modules for the past year to support technology development programs in the areas of Advanced Engine Control and Hybrid Vehicle Powertrain Control.
As part of Pi Shurlok’s collaboration with the EPA, an API (Application Programming Interface) for C code was added to the OpenECU toolchain that enabled EPA engineers to continue to benefit from their investment in control applications that had already been developed using C code. OpenECU provides a bridge between the advanced technologies that the EPA is developing for greener vehicles and the vehicle companies, along with their suppliers, that ultimately need a production ECU to bring that technology to the market.
EPA is using OpenECU modules to support its gasoline HCCI engine, optimized alcohol engine, and series hydraulic hybrid vehicle technologies. Using the embedded OpenECU controllers and toolchain is helping EPA engineers develop vehicle functionality quickly and easily using rugged electronics that are suitable for use on real vehicles, and very similar to the modules that might eventually end up in production. This gives EPA a lot of confidence and brings these new green technologies closer to reality.
EPA’s Clean Automotive Technology Program is part of its National Vehicle and Fuel Emission Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where it conducts innovative clean engine and hybrid drivetrain research to achieve ultra-low pollution emissions, reduced greenhouse gases and increased fuel efficiency. EPA strives to demonstrate the real-world potential for its green technologies to produce cleaner and more fuel-efficient vehicles. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.