Wireless Programming of ECUs

A modern assembly line of plain car bodies, each with a small wireless programming unit and tablet beside it and a calm cyan signal ring linking it to the car, with robot arms in the background

We removed the cable from vehicle ECU programming, so each car is programmed wirelessly as it moves down the line.

Programming a vehicle's ECUs normally means connecting a cable to every car. Ti2 modernised the production line so ECUs are programmed wirelessly as part of the line itself, with no cable to connect and disconnect at the station.

Challenge: Programming a vehicle's ECUs normally means connecting a cable to every car, waiting for the download and disconnecting it again, which adds handling and ties up a station on a moving line.
Solution: Ti2 modernised the production line so ECUs are programmed wirelessly as part of the line itself. Each vehicle is identified by barcode, and wireless programming units managed from a central control PC program its ECUs, with no cable to connect or disconnect at the station.
Result: Vehicle ECUs are programmed wirelessly on the line itself, with no cable to connect or disconnect at the station.

ECU programming
Wireless
Line modernisation

A car with its door open on a production line, with a small wireless programming unit and a tablet showing progress bars on a frame beside it and no cable connected — The wireless unit at the station: no cable to connect to the car.

Overview

Ti2 helped a major Australian auto manufacturer modernise its production line to support wireless programming of vehicle ECUs (SWDL / OSCAR / UCATS), using our automotive diagnostics experience with Softing tools.

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