Automotive Function Developer Electromobility - Learning Journey

Learning Journey

With the learning journey we intend to provide you with an orientation for planning your training progress.

It is recommended to go through the e-learning courses in the order in which they are explained.

Serial bus systems

As there is serial bus systems are used in embedded systems a geneal knowledge of those topics is very important. You will learn about software and hardware aspects, gain insights into their architecture, protocols, and components. The OSI model is also covered, providing an understanding of layered communication systems.

Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC

CRC is mainly used to check the correct data transfer via serial buses and for memory checks. This course provides you with the concepts and examples for CRC calculation.

Operating System OS

The operating system are explored in-depth, focusing on kernel operations, multitasking, safety considerations, and common challenges in embedded OS development.

Real-Time Operating System RTOS

The operating system in an embedded application has real-time requirements and thus a Real-Time Operating System is needed. We cover different real-time requirements, time and event-based tasks and more.

AUTOSAR

This course provides you with a general understanding of the this Automotive standard which will help you to navigate through the extensive set of specifications.

Electronics and Electrical Fundamentals

This course encompassing topics such as electronics and magnetism, circuitry, alternating current circuits, and the basics of power electronics, which are crucial for embedded system developers.

Bridge Circuits

As bridge circuits are used in a variety of embedded systems as well in measurement technology, we provide information on the Wheatstone bridge and their application. 

Electrical Machines

The course on electrical machines starts with the general basics and then goes into details for different tpyes of machines. These include permanent magnet synchronous machines, synchronous machines, induction machines, direct current and brushless DC machines.

Power Electronics Fundamentals

This power electronics fundamentals course is delving into semiconductors, introduces the concepts of the half bridge which is used to control electrical machines and finally is going into thermal design and application examples.

Vector Control

Vector control is providing more details on this specific mathematical background which you need for field-oriented control.

Control of Electrical Machines

Control of electrical machines is bringing together power electronics, electrical machines, and embedded software. You will learn about field-oriented control as well as control design.

E-Mobility Introduction

This course on e-mobility ensures that the learner is getting to know the overall context of the topic. This includes trends, used cases, and market aspects. You will then get an overview on electric charging which is covering both sides elctric vehicle EV and infrastructure.

Electric Vehicle System

In this Electric Vehicle System course you will get to know the electric vehicle system including the powertrain system, the electric drive system, functional safety and energy management.

EV Charging Fundamentals

Next, we go into more detail on EV charging. This includes general charging know-how on automated charging, charging use cases and grid interaction.

Charging Communication between EV and EVSE

After this we delve into the charging communication which takes place between the electric vehicle and the charging station.

Battery and Battery Systems

First you learn all you need to know about battery cells, then battery systems are explained in detail followed by an introduction to battery management systems.

Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH)

Last but not least, you will learn about noise, vibration, and harshness NVH for vehicles. This includes the general aspects like physical description of sound, psychoacoustics, noise contribution and propagation as well as sound design in the vehicle context.

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This course provides you with a general understanding of ASPICE by introducing you to ASPICE including the Process Reference Model PRM and the Process Assessment Model and by providing an example.

In this extensive course the ASPICE processes of the Systems Éngineering Group SYS.1 - SYS.5 and the Software Engingeering Group SWE.1 - SWE.6 are coverd. 

This course covers the supporting processes which are part of the VDA scope namely the most important processes of the management process group namely to Quality Assurance SUP.1, Configuration Management SUP.8, Problem Resolution Management SUP.9, and Change Request Management SUP.10

This course provides you with a general understanding of ASPICE PAM 4.0 by introducing you to ASPICE including the Process Reference Model PRM and the Process Assessment Model and by providing an example. 

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to introduce learners to all the important basic terms for the topic of se-rial bus systems.

Course content: This course is designed to introduce you to important basic terms related to serial bus systems. Terms concerning hardware and software are explained.
The focus of the first e-learning lies on very general basic terms that are relevant to most bus systems. For example, the terms bit rate, baud rate, latency, clock signal and router are explained, or what a protocol and a protocol stack actually are. At the beginning of the e-Learning, typical application areas of serial bus systems and their advantages over other systems are de-scribed. The second e-learning deals with the OSI model, which is a reference model for communication systems and protocols. Two components of this model are particularly relevant for bus systems: the so-called physical layer and the data link layer.
The next two e-learning courses are based on these mentioned layers. One of them covers basic terms of the physical layer, the other one those of the data link layer.
Last, but not least an introduction to cyclic redundancy check CRC is given.

Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

Study time: 14 hours, 10 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/introduction-to-serial-bus-systems-en/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWbVq2paRxA

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide a basic knowledge of operating systems and the various components and functions they contain.

Course content: In this course, you learn what an operating system is. Therefore, you are familiarized with the kernel, which holds the core functionality of the operating system and you get to know the scheduler, which controls the execution of multiple tasks and allocates resources to them. This is covered in greater detail in the chapter “Multitasking”. To complete this course, safety and other advanced aspects are covered as well as the characteristics of embedded operating systems.

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

Study time: 5 hours, 25 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/operating-system/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTW3a2du5Ag

Language: English

Course objective:The aim of this course is to provide a basic knowledge of real-time operating systems. The learn-er will understand what a real-time operating system is and how it works.

Course content: You will learn when real-time operating systems are needed and which requirements they have. In particular, we cover the difference between soft real-time requirements and hard real-time requirements. You will also encounter the term “timing analysis” and learn about the difference between time-based tasks and event-based tasks. At the end you will be familiarized with three scheduling algorithms, before we cover three typical problems: task starvation, deadlock and race conditions.

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Study time: 5 hours, 50 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/real-time-operating-system-en/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL9hPi7AHdU

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand what AUTOSAR™ is so that you are able to develop software related to AUTOSAR™.

Course content: The course introduces AUTOSAR™ as an organization, explains the standard it defines and addresses the methodology as well as the classic platform from the release R19-11.
Learners can start with the overview e-learning, which introduces AUTOSAR™ as an organization and explains the standard it defines. In particular, there will be details about the different standards AUTOSAR™ contains.
Another e-learning addresses the classic platform from the release R19-11. There we take a look at the methodology as well as the software architecture. The methodology describes how one proceeds when developing a system with AUTOSAR™ and the software architecture describes the different layers of the layered software architecture.
The e-learning units about the virtual functional bus explain the main communication concept of the classic platform.
And we also offer an e-learning about the operating system of AUTOSAR Classic Platform.

Duration: 3 hours, 50 minutes

Study time:19 hours, 10 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/autosar-en/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-RXqTHb58

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide a basic technical understanding of all relevant topics in the area of electronics and electricity.

Course content: The first e-learning unit of this course is called “Electronics and Magnetism”. It covers the relationship between current, voltage and resistance, which is expressed by Ohm’s law. In addition, electric and magnetic fields are contrasted and different types of magnets are considered.
The second e-learning unit deals with the important components of a circuit, the capacitor and the coil, as well as the resulting phenomena and physical laws, the Lorentz Force, the Hall Effect and the principle of induction.
Furthermore, direct current and alternating current are analyzed. For the analysis of circuits, Kirchhoff’s Laws and the circuit types parallel circuit and series circuit are explained. With regard to alternating current, the Star connection and the Delta connection are considered.
The topic of AC circuits is covered in greater detail. Therefore, the complex numbers are explained in order to then discuss the complex voltage and the complex current. Furthermore, this chapter covers the impedance and the Root Mean Square.
The last part of the e-learning contains an introduction to power electronics, which is based on semiconductor elements. In addition to teaching technical basics, it explains how various components can be constructed using semiconductors. Here, special attention is paid to the di-ode and the MOSFET. The user is therefore familiarized with the concept of the p-n-junction.

Duration: 3 hours, 10 minutes

Study time: 15 hours, 50 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/electronics-and-electrical-fundamentals/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-YlU01z3IE

Language: English

Course objective: The course focuses on the most important bridge circuits currently used in industry. The aim is to identify, understand and use the circuits.

Course content: The e-learning course on bridge circuits first provides a basic introduction to the topic. The structure of the circuit is explained, as well as the calculation of the important variables and typical applications.

Duration: 35 minutes

Study time:2 hours, 55 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/bridge-circuits/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqzJiZ6LrYw 

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to introduce the learner to electrical machines and provide information about important machine types.

Course content: The first e-learning of this course gives an introduction into the basics of electrical machines where some general information is presented. Afterwards, four e-learning offer an overview on different machine types: Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PSM) provides you with the most important aspects concerning this machine type including information on torque characteristics and losses. 
Synchronous Machines (SM) are explained using a similar structure also including a look at single losses.
Induction Machines (IM) are explained using a similar structure. At the end of this e-learning a comparison of different induction machines is provided
DC & Brushless DC Machines and the final machine types which is covered by this e-learning course.

Duration: 2 hours

Study time: 10 hours

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/electrical-machines/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbl148Z_oBg

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide a better understanding of power electronics fundamentals for engineers who are beginning to work in this field.

Course content: In the first e-learning we clarify what power electronics is and where it is applied. It also includes an explanation of the electronic switch. We deal with an example of an electronic circuit, from which we derive basic components. In the e-learning “Components of Power Electronics” you learn about the semiconductor basics and components including MOSFETs and IGBT. The third e-learning is about the half bridge, that is used to control AC electrical machines and the last e-learning covers the topic of thermal design and assembly.

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

Study time: 12 hours, 5 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/power-electronics-fundamentals/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOVTYMaLG7A

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to introduce the user to the basic information on vector control. This knowledge is essential for further topics, such as Electrical Machines.

Course content: The vector control is based on the Park and the Clarke Transformation. In this e-learning, the reasons for using these transformations are discussed. By explaining the mathematical theory behind them, a solid understanding of the transformations themselves can be achieved which supports later application in practice.

Duration: 55 minutes

Study time: 4 hours, 35 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/vector-control/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJS_b2J7DpM

Language: English

Course objective: The objective of this course is to impart knowledge on the control of electrical machines.

Course content: In the e-learning on field-oriented control, we look at some basic physical concepts (torque, electromagnetic force) and consider them in relation to the DC motor. This also includes torque control. Discussing field-oriented control then allows us to understand how to incorporate this concept into electric control. We then move on to actually focus on electrical machines as con-trolled systems as well as the inverter as a control actuator. A short outlook on other machine types is also included.
The e-learning on control design focusses first on the procedure of control parameterization. This includes topics such as decoupling, pre-control, simplification of the mathematical description, and control optimization methods. This is followed by the cascaded control, where we also discuss current control vs. torque control, field-weakening control, anti-shuffle control and speed control.

Duration: 3 hours

Study time: 15 hours

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/control-of-electrical-machines/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-RXqTHb58

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to introduce you to the topic of electric vehicles.

Course content: The e-learning introduce the user to different topics relevant to understand the relevance and scope of e-mobility.
First of all, the learner will be introduced to the correct terminology to talk about this topic. We will have a look at which trends influenced the growth of electric mobility and how this might have changed the (automotive) market. This also includes highlighting the different use cases of electric vehicles and explaining the model of the total cost of ownership (TCO), which allows for a calculation of the total costs of a vehicle during its lifetime.
The next e-learning then focusses more closely on charging itself. The basics of EV charging will be explained, as well as different charging standards and modes, charging plugs or bidirectional charging.

Duration: 1 hours, 20 minutes

Study time: 6 hours, 40 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/e-mobility/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh6JklQo3Rk 

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to introduce you to the overall view on the electric vehicle system. 

Course content: Electric vehicle system concentrates on the system architecture and elements of the system powertrain. This includes discussing basic electric drive system design, considering aspects of functional safety and highlighting various elements of the system energy management.

Duration: 1 hours, 10 minutes

Study time: 5 hours, 50 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/electric-vehicle-system/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh6JklQo3Rk

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to first introduce the learner to all important aspects of electric vehicle charging and then educate them about the more advanced topic of communication in electric vehicle charging.

Course content: First of all, the learner is made familiar with the basics of EV charging (charging modes, standards, levels). Afterwards, one e-learning focusses in particular on automated charging. To place EV charging into relation to our everyday life, use cases of EV charging are discussed as well. Moreover, it is also important to be informed about the grid interaction, which includes topics such as energy production and green energy.

Duration: 1 hours, 30 minutes

Study time: 7 hours, 5 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/ev-charging-fundamentals/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-RXqTHb58

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to educate the learner about the more advanced topic of communication in electric vehicle charging.

Course content: The focus of the two e-learning is then on communication in electric vehicle charging. There-fore, first the concepts of the pilot signal and the duty cycle are introduced, before various communication mechanisms are described, the low-level and high-level communication for instance. Low level communication is, roughly speaking, the basic handshake, while high-level communication involves the transmission of much more data – including encrypted data.

Duration: 50 minutes

Study time: 4 hours, 10 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/charging-communication-between-ev-and-evse/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRPrJWsGyh0 

Language: English

Course objective: The objective of this course is to gain a better understanding of the design and control of battery systems.

Course content: In the first e-learning, we get to know the battery cell itself in more detail. We learn what materials it can be made of and how it works when it is charged and discharged. At the end, we will look at the parameters that influence the battery’s performance. The second e-learning is about the battery system of an electric vehicle, different cell types and battery safety. We take a look at the 48V battery as an example.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Study time: 7 hours, 30 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/battery-and-battery-system-fundamentals/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oCQGJOwPWI 

Language: English

Course objective:The aim of this course is to introduce you to the basics of Noise, Vibration and Harshness with are relevant in the context of electric vehicles.

Course content: In in this course, we will focus on basics of NVH relevant for the electrified powertrain. We will ex-plain the physical description of sound, the relation between sound pressure, sound intensity and SPL as well as look at psychoacoustics and some aspects of sound design as well as noise propagation.

Duration: 55 minutes

Study time: 4 hours, 35 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/noise-vibration-and-harshness-nvh-for-vehicles/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySelzyuCtIw

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get to know the purpose of this standard.

Course content: The course “V3.1 ASPICE – Overview” is divided into two e-learning units and provides basic knowledge about Automotive SPICE. The first E-Learning provides reasons that speak for Auto-motive SPICE and introduces further standards that are relevant to the topic of Automotive SPICE.
The second E-Learning provides an overview of the contents of the process model. The Process Reference Model (PRM) and the Process Assessment Model (PAM) are explained in detail. The concept of the standard is explained using an example process.

Duration: English: 1 hour, 5 minutes and German: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Study time: English: 5 hours, 25 minutes and German: 7 hours, 55 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-overview/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ti08DH6EA8

Language: English, German

Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get detailed information about the engineering processes.

Course content: The course “V3.1 ASPICE – Engineering” is divided into four e-learning units. Each of them ex-plains one or more processes. It covers all processes of the System Engineering Process Group SYS and the Software Engineering Group SWE.
The first 2 parts are covering the system engineering processes starting with SYS.1: Requirements Elicitation, SYS.2: System Requirements Analysis and SYS.3: System Architectural Design and followed by SYS.4: System Integration and Integration Test as well as SYS.5: System Qualification Test.
The final 2 pars are covering the software engineering processes starting with SWE.1: Software Requirements Analysis, SWE.2: Software Architectural Design, SWE.3: Software Detailed Design and Unit Construction. This is followed by the software processes dealing with integration ant testing, namely SWE.4: Software Unit Verification, SWE.5: Software Integration and Integration Test as well as SWE.6: Software Qualification Test.

Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

Study time: 14 hours, 10 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-engineering-en/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4C89JlH0XE

Language: English

Course objective: The aim of this course is to get detailed information about of Supporting Process Group and Supplier Monitoring of V3.1 ASPICE.

Course content: In this course we focus on the processes which are part of the VDA Scope and thus mandatory for more or less every automotive electronics and software project. For the supporting processes this applies to Quality Assurance SUP.1, Configuration Management SUP.8, Problem Resolution Management SUP.9, and Change Request Management SUP.10. The course is divided into several e-learning units. Each of them covers one process and its work products. At the beginning of each e-learning the respective process group is introduced and you get to know the connections between the different processes. The e-learning highlight connection between different topics. This is particularly helpful for practical application work when processes and relationships need to be understood.

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes 

Study time: 8 hours, 45 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-supporting-processes-en/

YouTube trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNr-xyDE_Uo

Language: English

Course objective: The target of this course is to understand V4.0 ASPICE and to get to know the purpose of this standard.

Course content: The course “V4.0 ASPICE Overview” is structured into three e-learning units and provides you with a general knowledge about Automotive SPICE.
The first e-learning presents a motivation for using Automotive SPICE and covers the process dimension of the process assessment model. It focuses in particular on the measurement framework. The most important aspects of the measurement framework are the capability levels, the process attributes and NPLF rating scale.
The second e-learning provides an overview of the contents of the process dimension of process assessment model. In this e-learning, the process reference model is explained in detail.
Finally, the concept of the standard is explained by using the project management process an example. This e-learning provides detailed information about the process purpose, the process outcomes, the base practices and the output information items.

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Study time: 8 hours, 20 minutes

Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/v4-0-aspice-1-overview/

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRHUpieuwvY