ECHOS

Drawing on many years of experience in various product development projects, our engineering team strives for innovative and customized solutions to development and manufacturing process of electronic control units (ECU). Our ECUs control and regulate actuators that can be found in both passenger cars and trucks, with applications ranging from traction power train, to auxiliary loads like DC and AC motor for pumps and lights. Innovative solutions – such as the connector pins integrated directly into the housing, and the use of lightweight plastic and aluminum housing, ensure cost advantages.

Moreover, the large quantity of generic designs that MONET has create in the years, means that the company is able to provide custom-made ECUs quickly and at a competitive price.
A detailed step-by-step plan regulates the development process, and ensures all steps are completed to deadline. Customer specifications are then either manually entered into the requirement management tool, DOORS, or directly imported through DOORS-Exchange. ASIL-classified (ISO26262) products are handled by a cross-discipline, independent, TÜV-certified safety manager. The subsequent steps include electrical (Pspice), thermal (Thermalflow) and mechanical (Pro-e Mechanica) simulations, which are concluded through detailed work in hardware engineering (Altium Designer), software development and mechanical engineering (Wildfire Creo). This process also includes parts management and purchasing activities. Next the prepared samples follows a validation items in-house process that provides environmental, electrical and EMC tests.

During all development steps, our quality manager also perform quality activities, such as FMEA and FMEDA analysis. The validation is followed by a report to Tier 1 and the subsequent sourcing of serial tools and test equipment. With this, the redesign loop (design review) for the production of the C-samples is initiated. After the production and EOL testing of C-samples in serial production with serial equipment, the samples are validated at the external skilled test center. Depending on specific OEM requirements, different external EMC labs are available for testing the specific OEM norms. The final step is formed by PAPP preparation and the production of D-samples, as well as run-at-rate tests in the TS16949-certified Tecnosystem Spa plants in Tunisia or India.