Control unit for a control system, control system, and motor vehicle having a control system

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control unit (4) for a control system (2) of a motor vehicle (1) for controlling at least one function of the motor vehicle (1). The control unit (4) comprises at least one computing unit (6, 8, 10) for evaluating output signals provided to the control unit (4) from at least one sensor (12, 14) of the control system (2), said sensor corresponding to said function, and for controlling power electronics (16, 18) of an actuator (20, 22) of the control system (2) by means of control signals according to the aforementioned output signals in order to perform said function of the motor vehicle (1), said actuator corresponding to said function. The control unit (4) is in the form of only a single control unit (4) of the control system (2). The control unit (4) has a total of three computing units (6, 8, 10) and is designed and configured such that, only by means of said control unit (4), a main function and a secondary function of the motor vehicle (1) can be controlled, irrespective of an error in only one of the three computing units (6, 8, 10).

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