- Docente: Stefano Selleri
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-INF/02
- Language: English
- Moduli: Stefano Selleri (Modulo 1) Annamaria Cucinotta (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Advanced Automotive Electronic Engineering (cod. 9238)
Learning outcomes
Advanced LED (light Emitting Diode), display, and augmented reality technologies are enhancing the driving experience and increasing safety. At the same time, they present new challenges to automakers and suppliers, who must quickly learn and adapt them for in-car use, while ensuring they meet customers’ high quality expectations. The aim of the course is to provide the students the basic knowledge needed to understand operation principles and relevant parameters, to design and manage issues related to use of LED and laser technology, illumination of multiple dashboard instruments, control and head-up displays and intelligent adaptive lighting.
Course contents
The course topics are the following:
- Introduction to automotive technologies and functionalities
- Lighting Basic Principles
- Light and Color
- Photometry
- Light sources (Thermal Radiators, Gas Discharge Radiators, Solid State Radiators)
- Semiconductor materials for LED, Lasers and photoreceivers
- LED and LASER principles of operation
- Technology for in-vehicle and external lighting systems
- Exterior lighting, headlights and rear lights
- Reflectors, Mirrors, TIR Lens, Light Pipes, Blade, Mirror Tunnel
- OLED
- Advance front light system, pixel laser headlights, matrix beam
- Intelligent adaptive systems, laser beam, light dimming
- IR sources for night vision
- Regulation and certification
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes.
Teaching methods
The activity will be mainly based on direct lessons (70%) integrated with classroom exercises; group and CAD experiences (20%) will allow students to apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems; seminars given by external experts working in automotive industries will integrate standard lessons (10%).
Assessment methods
The exam is based on an oral test aimed to verify the student knowledge and understanding of basic lighting technologies and devices. The oral test will last about one hour and will cover all the aspects met during the course. The test may also include a presentation of a student project.
Office hours
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