LUR5 - Lunds Tekniska Högskola
LURacing5 (LUR5) is an advanced student racing car developed by the students at
Lunds Tekniska Högskola (LTH).
Background
LUR5 is the successor to LUR4, featuring a hybrid electric powertrain. LUR4 recently performed very well at the Formula Hybrid International Competition at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon USA, which was reported in for instance Ny Teknik.
LUR5 Electronics
The controlling and monitoring tasks are divided between eight different custom-designed nodes spread throughout the car. At the heart of each node there is the STM32F103. This provides a lot of processing power in each node.
Each node will run a real time operating system (RTOS), called rt-kernel from rt-labs, to ensure smooth operation and communication.
The nodes communicate with each other using CAN, a system that is standard in cars and factory machines. CAN interfaces from Kvaser are used during development of distributed control system.
More information
More information about the LUR5 racing car is available at the LUR5 homepage.
rt-kernel® is a small, reliable and cost efficient real-time operating system for small embedded systems. Read more.
