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“The most advanced car of our time. 1001 horsepower, sixteen cylinders, seven speeds, and over 400km/h – transmission engineering challenges don’t come much tougher than Bugatti’s fabulous million-euro Veyron supercar.
With seven speeds, dual clutches, four wheel drive and an active rear axle, the Veyron driveline is one of the most complex ever built.”
(Source RQ Q2 2006: www.ricardo.com/rq)
Ricardo UK Ltd has recently developed the transmission and control system, including electronic hardware and software, for what has become the world’s fastest, most powerful and most exclusive road car. The company’s Control & Electronics division, based in Cambridge, was responsible for the control unit and selected Dayford to design the main control printed circuit board.
With a high specification, harsh environment, high reliability, safety critical, the dual processor controller was validated to exacting quality standards.
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The PCB spec was extremely rigorous with components only allowed on one side to assist with heat dissipation, and there were many stringent mechanical and electrical constraints. Turnaround was also extremely tight.
Commenting on the PDB design, Ricardo chief electronics engineer Chris Marshall said, “We chose Dayford Designs based on high recommendations by a number of engineers who knew of their track record in the PCB design sector.
Their experience in working on high reliability products and their expertise with Zuken’s Cadstar PC-based layout toolset, was compatible with our ECAD systems in-house. The design was finished within very tight timescales and we were very pleased with the result.”
Ricardo Control and Electronics employs over 100 people and is a leading designer and developer of automotive electronics and associated embedded software technologies.
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