- Electronic control unit — In automotive electronics, an electronic control unit (ECU), also called a control unit, or control module, is an embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a vehicle. Some modern cars have up to 80 ECUs …   Wikipedia 
- Electronic Control Unit — Steuergerät Steuergeräte (engl. ECU = electronic control unit oder ECM = electronic control module) sind elektronische Module, die überwiegend an Orten eingebaut werden, an denen etwas gesteuert oder geregelt werden muss. Steuergeräte werden im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia 
- electronic control unit — elektroninio valdymo blokas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. electronic control unit vok. elektronisches Steuergerät, n rus. блок электронного управления, m pranc. unité de commande électronique, f …   Automatikos terminų žodynas 
- Electronic control unit — Электронный регулятор расхода …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии 
- Control unit — A control unit in general is a central (or sometimes distributed but clearly distinguishable) part of the machinery that controls its operation, provided that a piece of machinery is complex and organized enough to contain any such unit. One… …   Wikipedia 
- control unit — See electronic control unit ignition control unit mixture control unit vacuum control unit warm up control unit …   Dictionary of automotive terms 
- electronic control module — (ECM) [1] The master computer responsible for interpreting electrical signals sent by engine sensors and for activating automated engine components and processes accordingly in order to produce optimum performance. [2] A GM term and also a… …   Dictionary of automotive terms 
- Engine control unit — An engine control unit (ECU) is an electronic control unit which controls various aspects of an internal combustion engine s operation. The simplest ECUs control only the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder each engine cycle. More… …   Wikipedia 
- ignition control unit — A general control unit of electronic ignition systems, usually with current and dwell angle control, driver and output stage, in some cases with electronic spark timing functions. Compare electronic control unit …   Dictionary of automotive terms 
- Transmission control unit — A transmission control unit or TCU is a device that controls modern electronic automatic transmissions. A TCU generally uses sensors from the vehicle as well as data provided by the Engine Control Unit to calculate how and when to change gears in …   Wikipedia