Zonal Modules

Body Electronics

The complexity of the current vehicle architecture, higher industry requirements for Over-The-Air upgradeability, autonomous driving and individualization are driving a new vehicle E/E architecture with a centralized logic and supporting “zonal” periphery management.
An inseparable part of the new zonal E/E architecture are the Zonal Modules. These embedded real-time electronic control units support and relieve centralized HPC nodes. They provide integration capabilities to reduce the number of discrete components and wiring in a vehicle, thus reducing the weight and complexity.

Advantages

Optimal reduction of weight and number of components
Reduction of complexity
Vertical and horizontal scalability
Service-oriented architecture support for legacy sensors and actuators
Efficient power supply distribution

Why HELLA?

Efficient cross-domain integration; experience with different domains (HELLA supplies components for 4 out of 5 main domains)
Fast and cost-efficient implementation of features and wide portfolio of configurable features
Reduced dependency on HPC supplier as HELLA components use standardized communication without proprietary connections