A novel active aero system, featuring 2 independent spoilers, controllable ducts and a 10kW fan motor all operated over CAN for the Gordon Murray T.50 supercar.

This system massively improves downforce for cornering, reduces drag for the straight-line speed and delivers air brake functionality when flipped up.

T.50 supercar

What did we do?

Customer Need

  • Deliver the active aero system.

Root Cause

  • New vehicle with novel requirements needing a quick prototype to enable system testing and meet the full production requirements.

Solution

  • Using an Embed off-the-shelf Hardware Platform ECU and an off-the-shelf high performance drone motor controller Embed delivered several prototypes for early vehicle testing within 9 weeks.
  • The hardware platform was developed into an optimised production system controller that met all the vehicle needs, met the cost targets and size and (most importantly) weight considerations.
  • As the application was developed in Simulink(r) to run the Embed software platform it was ported to the production hardware with minimal chages.
  • Originally conceived with 2 separate ECU’s (one for system control, one for motor control) mounted in the rear wings of the vehicle, Embed  integrated the motor control onto the motor and used liquid cooling. This reduced the heavy cabling from 2 meters to 15cm, a very large weight saving.
  • Embed supported customer’s vehicle calibration work, ensuring the system provides incredible road holding and drag reduction benefits.
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