TY - JOUR
AU1 - Ellims, Michael
AU2 - 
AB - ARTICLE: By Dr Michael Ellims enabled successful anti-skid or anti-lock systems to be The electronic car introduced. In the early 1970s the Japanese began introducing Anti-lock brake systems integrated circuits to control functions in cars such as windscreen wipers and the dashboard. Eventually To appreciate what an anti-lock brake system does, it spark timing and fuel mixture control replaced is necessary to understand the purpose of the two mechanical devices such as the distributor and the sets of wheels in a vehicle. It is generally understood carburettor. The age of the electronic car had begun. that the front wheels are used to steer a vehicle – that In a 1971 article in Popular Mechanics, Benray, is, they operate to change the direction of the vehicle. looking at what could be achieved with low cost What is less well understood is the function of the microprocessors in vehicles, predicted integrated rear wheels. The rear wheels do not actively control engine control, instrument clusters and ‘anti-skid 4 the change of direction of a vehicle, but they are wheel’ as potential applications. critical in ensuring the vehicle is able to move in a The latter is interesting because attempting to straight line. 
TI - Brake systems: a mind of their own
JF - Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review
DO - 10.14296/deeslr.v18i0.5278
DA - 2021-11-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/brake-systems-a-mind-of-their-own-zTeK1bLajw
DP - DeepDyve
ER -