Abstract: A method for controlling a technical system, in particular of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A method for operating a control unit for an exhaust gas probe, in particular a broadband Lambda probe for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle. The control unit is designed for the electrical actuation of the exhaust gas probe, and the control unit in particular being implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit, ASIC. The method includes: specifying control data for an operation of the control unit and/or the exhaust gas probe with the aid of a processing device; receiving operating data which characterizes the operation of the control unit and/or the exhaust gas probe with the aid of a processing device.

Abstract: A method for detecting an unauthorized physical access to a bus system. The method including: acquiring a measuring signal which assumes a first state when the voltage signal lies above a threshold voltage and a second state when the voltage signal does not; detecting a test-level sequence in the voltage signal; forming a measuring-signal pattern based on the measuring signal; comparing the measuring-signal pattern to a reference pattern that is assigned to the detected test-level sequence and was determined based on a reference measuring signal for the test-level sequence in a state of the bus system in which no unauthorized physical access was present; and determining that a possible unauthorized physical access is present if the measuring-signal pattern and the reference pattern differ from each other in one or more predetermined properties by more than a specific tolerance.

Abstract: A method for accessing data in an external memory of a microcontroller, the microcontroller having an internal memory. The method includes: providing a classification data record in the internal memory, the classification data record for data stored in segments in the external memory including a segment-data classification for each segment, the segment-data classification characterizing the data stored in the respective segment; and a read access in which data corresponding to a predetermined data classification are read from the external memory.

Abstract: A method for detecting an unauthorized physical access to a bus system. The method includes detecting a test level sequence in the voltage signal; constituting a binary sampled pattern by sampling the voltage signal at specified pattern times associated with the detected test level sequence, and assigning a first value if the voltage signal is above a predefined voltage threshold at the respective pattern time, and a second value if the voltage signal is not above the voltage threshold; comparing the sampled pattern with a reference pattern that is associated with the detected test level sequence and that was constituted for the test level sequence as a sampled pattern in a state of the bus system during which no unauthorized access existed; and determining that a possible unauthorized physical access exists if the reference pattern does not match the sampled pattern.

Abstract: A method for the secured storing of a data element of a predefined data type to be stored by a computer program in an external memory, which is connected to a microcontroller, an error correction value of one error correction value data type being used. The method includes, when creating the computer program: defining a composite data element that includes one element of the data type and one element of the error correction value data type, in the computer program; and when executing the computer program: calculating the error correction value for the data element to be stored; forming an error correction data element as the composite data element, which contains the data element to be stored and the associated error correction value, which has been calculated for the data element; and writing the error correction data element to a memory address for the error correction data element.

Abstract: A method for controlling a technical system, in particular of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A method for the secured storing of a data element in an external memory, which is connected to a microcontroller via an interface module, which is configured to calculate memory addresses for data to be stored and for error correction values. The method includes receiving the data element to be stored by the interface module, a calculation by the interface module of a memory address in the external memory for the data element to be stored, and a writing, starting at the memory address, of the data element and of the error correction value via the interface module into the external memory, the error correction value immediately following the data element being written and the writing taking place within one addressing phase. A corresponding interface module, a corresponding microcontroller, and a corresponding control unit are also described.

Abstract: A method for the secured storing of a data element to be stored by a computer program in an external memory, which is connected to a microcontroller, the microcontroller including an interface module, which is configured to calculate error correction values for data elements including, when creating the computer program, during a determination of memory addresses of the computer program, determining a memory address in the external memory for the data element, a shared memory space requirement of data element and associated error correction value being taken into account; and during execution of the computer program, receiving the data element by the interface module; calculating an error correction value for the data element by the interface module; and writing, starting at the memory address, the data element and immediately thereafter the calculated error correction value within one addressing phase by the interface module.

Abstract: A device for ascertaining address values, for example, for an access to a memory unit. The device including an input value memory for the at least temporary storing of at least two input values. The device is designed to ascertain at least temporarily at least one address value based on the at least two input values.

Abstract: An integrated circuit. The circuit includes a communication module including shared ports, and an error management module for managing at least one case of an error. The circuit is configured to communicate on multiple internal communication channels via the ports. The error management module includes at least one hardware path for selectively switching off the individual communication channels in the case of an error.

Abstract: A method for operating a control unit for an exhaust gas probe, in particular a broadband Lambda probe for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle. The control unit is designed for the electrical actuation of the exhaust gas probe, and the control unit in particular being implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit, ASIC. The method includes: specifying control data for an operation of the control unit and/or the exhaust gas probe with the aid of a processing device; receiving operating data which characterizes the operation of the control unit and/or the exhaust gas probe with the aid of a processing device.

Abstract: A control unit having a plurality of error shutdown interfaces by which, upon activation, in each case one or more components to be controlled by the control unit is/are able to be switched off. The control unit is set up to run one or more different applications, each of which is equipped to trigger an error shutdown if necessary, the control unit additionally being set up to provide internal interfaces for the one or more applications. The internal interfaces and the error shutdown interfaces are predefinably assignable to each other, so that in response to an invocation of one of the internal interfaces, the one or more error shutdown interfaces assigned to it is/are activated. A method for operation of the control unit is also described.

Abstract: A method for detecting an unauthorized physical access to a bus system. The method including: acquiring a measuring signal which assumes a first state when the voltage signal lies above a threshold voltage and a second state when the voltage signal does not; detecting a test-level sequence in the voltage signal; forming a measuring-signal pattern based on the measuring signal; comparing the measuring-signal pattern to a reference pattern that is assigned to the detected test-level sequence and was determined based on a reference measuring signal for the test-level sequence in a state of the bus system in which no unauthorized physical access was present; and determining that a possible unauthorized physical access is present if the measuring-signal pattern and the reference pattern differ from each other in one or more predetermined properties by more than a specific tolerance.

Abstract: A method for detecting an unauthorized physical access to a bus system. The method includes detecting a test level sequence in the voltage signal; constituting a binary sampled pattern by sampling the voltage signal at specified pattern times associated with the detected test level sequence, and assigning a first value if the voltage signal is above a predefined voltage threshold at the respective pattern time, and a second value if the voltage signal is not above the voltage threshold; comparing the sampled pattern with a reference pattern that is associated with the detected test level sequence and that was constituted for the test level sequence as a sampled pattern in a state of the bus system during which no unauthorized access existed; and determining that a possible unauthorized physical access exists if the reference pattern does not match the sampled pattern.

Abstract: A method for operating a memory device, including multiple memory cells, for the nonvolatile storage of data, in particular for a motor vehicle. The method includes: checking a predefinable number of memory cells, a check result being obtained, and as a function of the check result, if applicable, programming at least one memory cell of the predefinable number of memory cells, the steps of checking and, if applicable, programming being carried out during operation of the memory device, at least one further unit being able to access the memory device, in particular during operation of the memory device.

Abstract: A method for accessing data in an external memory of a microcontroller, the microcontroller having an internal memory. The method includes: providing a classification data record in the internal memory, the classification data record for data stored in segments in the external memory including a segment-data classification for each segment, the segment-data classification characterizing the data stored in the respective segment; and a read access in which data corresponding to a predetermined data classification are read from the external memory.

Abstract: A method for the secured storing of a data element of a predefined data type to be stored by a computer program in an external memory, which is connected to a microcontroller, an error correction value of one error correction value data type being used. The method includes, when creating the computer program: defining a composite data element that includes one element of the data type and one element of the error correction value data type, in the computer program; and when executing the computer program: calculating the error correction value for the data element to be stored; forming an error correction data element as the composite data element, which contains the data element to be stored and the associated error correction value, which has been calculated for the data element; and writing the error correction data element to a memory address for the error correction data element.

Abstract: A method for the secured storing of a data element in an external memory, which is connected to a microcontroller via an interface module, which is configured to calculate memory addresses for data to be stored and for error correction values. The method includes receiving the data element to be stored by the interface module, a calculation by the interface module of a memory address in the external memory for the data element to be stored, and a writing, starting at the memory address, of the data element and of the error correction value via the interface module into the external memory, the error correction value immediately following the data element being written and the writing taking place within one addressing phase. A corresponding interface module, a corresponding microcontroller, and a corresponding control unit are also described.

Abstract: A method for the secured storing of a data element to be stored by a computer program in an external memory, which is connected to a microcontroller, the microcontroller including an interface module, which is configured to calculate error correction values for data elements including, when creating the computer program, during a determination of memory addresses of the computer program, determining a memory address in the external memory for the data element, a shared memory space requirement of data element and associated error correction value being taken into account; and during execution of the computer program, receiving the data element by the interface module; calculating an error correction value for the data element by the interface module; and writing, starting at the memory address, the data element and immediately thereafter the calculated error correction value within one addressing phase by the interface module.