- The companies will use BLE sensors integrated into tires
- Their work together will build off Pirelli Cyber Tire that has integrated sensors that collect data and transmit it to the vehicle to be processed in real time
- Picture: Pirelli
Two leaders in the automobile industry have signed a joint agreement to develop new software-based products and driving functions thanks to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensors integrated into tires.
Bosch and Pirelli recently announced they intend to explore enhanced tire signal computing logic as potential input for enhanced vehicle dynamic controllers.
Their work together will build off Pirelli Cyber Tire, which the company promotes as being the world’s first system based on tires with integrated sensors that collect data and transmit it to the vehicle to be processed in real time.
BLE Use
Bosch, a leader in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensor technology and develops and manufactures tire pressure sensors using the BLE standard, has already developed an application specifically adapted to Pirelli tires in an initial joint project with the hypercar manufacturer Pagani Automobili.
The Pirelli Cyber Tire transmits key tire information to the control unit on the technology on the Pagani Utopia Roadster. This enables optimal use of the individual properties and performance of the tires, providing enhanced greatest safety and tailored driving conditions.
Smart Tires
The announcement follows Michelin, working with electronics company Murata, is proceeding on its fourth-generation RFID tag that comes with a 37 millimeter long coil antenna and runs horizontally across the tire sidewall. It doesn’t require an adhesive, is more flexible than its predecessors, and can be recycled with the tire.
Previous versions of RFID tags Michelin have been built into the rubber layers of tires and provide high quality read functionality, company officials said.
However, the latest version has a more flexible antenna, making it more robust during a tire’s life on the road, and it does not require the Chemloc adhesive coating to affix it to the rubber of the tire that previous versions employed.