MicroAutoBox III

Compact and robust in-vehicle prototyping system

The MicroAutoBox III is the next generation of the established dSPACE MicroAutoBox, a real-time system for performing fast, in-vehicle function prototyping.

High computation power with quad-core ARM® processor

Comprehensive bus and network support, including CAN, CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, and (automotive) Ethernet

Functional safety monitoring features1)

MicroAutoBox III Variant with three IO boards

MicroAutoBox III Variant with two IO boards

MicroAutoBox III Variant with one IO board

At a Glance

Variants

Technical Details

At a Glance

Variants

Technical Details

The MicroAutoBox III contains a processor board (DS1403) and at least one I/O board. The processor board executes the real-time application and the I/O board provides the electrical interfaces for measuring and controlling signals of external devices and those for bus and network communication, such as CAN or Ethernet. Up to two boards can be added to the basic version.

The following I/O boards are available for the MicroAutoBox III:

I/O Board	Description
DS1511 I/O Board	A universal I/O board that provides more digital I/O channels.
DS1513 I/O Board	A universal I/O board that provides more analog I/O channels and more CAN interfaces.
DS1514 FPGA Base Board	A board with an FPGA for application-specific I/O extensions and for user-programmable FPGA applications. To provide I/O interfaces, you have to install I/O modules on this board. You can also add or replace the I/O modules that are installed on the DS1514 FPGA Base Board.
DS1521 Bus Board	A bus and network board that offers more automotive bus interfaces, such as CAN FD and automotive Ethernet.

The following variants of MicroAutoBox III are available:

MicroAutoBox III Variant with three I/O boards

MicroAutoBox III Variant with two I/O boards

MicroAutoBox III Variant with one I/O board

Variant	Description
Variant1403/1511	DescriptionFocus on digital I/O channels: 40x Digital In, 40x Digital Out, 16x Analog In, 4x Analog Out, 4x CAN, 2x LIN
Variant1403/1513	DescriptionFocus on analog I/O channels: 24x Digital In, 24x Digital Out, 32x Analog In, 8x Analog Out, 6x CAN, 3x LIN
Variant1403/1521	DescriptionFocus on bus & network interfaces: 8x CAN FD, 2x FlexRay, 3x automotive Ethernet, 3x LIN, 6x Digital In/Out, 4x Analog In
Variant1403/1511/1514	DescriptionSame channel set as the 1403/1511, plus the DS1514 freely programable FPGA extension, e.g., for electric drives or engine-specific I/O and module slots for further CAN FD or FlexRay channels
Variant1403/1513/1514	DescriptionSame channel set as the 1403/1513, plus the DS1514 freely programable FPGA extension, e.g., for electric drives or engine-specific I/O and module slots for further CAN FD or FlexRay channels.
Variant1403/1521/1521	DescriptionFocus on bus & network interfaces: 16x CAN FD, 4x FlexRay, 6x automotive Ethernet, 6x LIN, 12x Digital In/Out, 8x Analog In
Variant1403/1511/1521	DescriptionCombined variant with the channel set of the DS1511 (I/O) and DS1521 (bus and network interfaces)
Variant1403/1513/1521	DescriptionCombined variant with channel set of the DS1513 (I/O) and DS1521 (bus and network interfaces)
Variant1403/1511/1514/1521	DescriptionCombined variant with the channel set of the DS1511 (I/O) and DS1521 (bus and network interfaces), plus the DS1514 freely programable FPGA extension, e.g., for electric drives or engine-specific I/O and module slots for further CAN FD or FlexRay channels.
Variant1403/1513/1514/1521	DescriptionCombined variant with the channel set of the DS1513 (I/O) and DS1521 (bus and network interfaces), plus the DS1514 freely programable FPGA extension, e.g., for electric drives or engine- specific I/O and module slots for further CAN FD or FlexRay channels.

The following additional interfaces are available on every MABX III variant:

1x Ethernet host interface
2x I/O Ethernet, 2x automotive Ethernet
USB for data logging, IOCNET and WiFi extensions

For detailed information, please refer to the corresponding download under MicroAutoBox III Variants and the product information for MicroAutoBox III Embedded PC.

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