Term · Automotive
Domain architecture
A vehicle topology that groups ECUs by function into domains (powertrain, chassis, body, cockpit, ADAS), each headed by a domain controller that talks to the others over a backbone network.
- Also known as
- Domain-centralised architecture
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- Automotive, E/E architecture
Notes
Reduces ECU count but not harness length, because sensors and actuators still route to their functional domain rather than to the nearest node.
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