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Brake-by-wire
Brake-by-wire: ABS tracks wheel-speed slip tendency and modulates hydraulic/electronic brake pressure. The page also includes a worked example and measurement sequence.
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Brake-by-wire: ABS tracks wheel-speed slip tendency and modulates hydraulic/electronic brake pressure. The page also includes a worked example and measurement sequence.
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Concrete technical facts
- ABS tracks wheel-speed slip tendency and modulates hydraulic/electronic brake pressure.
- Longitudinal slip can be simplified as (vehicle speed − wheel speed) / vehicle speed.
- Plotting all four wheel speeds together is more powerful than reading one ABS sensor in isolation.
- Active wheel-speed sensors may be 2-wire current-modulated or 3-wire digital devices, so treating them like passive resistance sensors can be wrong.
- ESC checks plausibility among yaw rate, lateral acceleration, steering angle and wheel speeds.
- Brake-by-wire or brake-blending diagnosis separates pedal/demand, commanded pressure/torque and actual pressure/deceleration.
Worked example
- Slip example: if vehicle speed is 20 m/s and a wheel corresponds to 16 m/s, slip=(20−16)/20=20%.
Measurement and verification sequence
- Plot all four wheel speeds together.
- Check steering-angle/yaw/lateral-acceleration plausibility.
- Compare pedal/demand with commanded pressure/valve state.
- Separate electrical sensor signal from encoder/bearing mechanical condition.
Fault-separation logic
- Is a valid command present and are power/ground/network healthy?
- Does feedback follow the command?
- Does an independent physical measurement confirm the output?
- Is the fault limited to a specific temperature/load/speed condition?
- Does the result remain stable when the original condition is repeated after repair?
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