TRW EBC 430 ABS Reverse Engineering – Part 1 PCB

I have given myself the project of reverse engineering a TRW EBC 430 ABS unit, typically used in early 2000’s Vauxhall or GM cars.

I believe they were designed by Kelsey-Hayes and produced by TRW given the numerous ABS related patents granted to Kelsey.

  1. Primary microcontroller – AN87C196LA which is a 16-bit Intel 80C196 variant.
  2. Secondary microcontroller – T83C51RB2 which is an 8-bit Intel 80C51 variant made by Atmel.
  3. Atmel U6809B – Failsafe IC with relay and lamp driving circuitry.
  4. ST 37041 90T316 – Judging by the surrounding components I think this is a VR sensor conditioning chip for the 4 ABS wheel speed sensors.
  5. Temic 9344.1M – Purpose unknown so far. Temic was a German semicon manufacturer who developed various automotive control modules.
  6. ST M24C01 – Serial I2C EEPROM connected to the primary MCU.
  7. Infineon 2N06L64 & 2N06L23 – N-Channel MOSFETs for driving the ABS valve solenoids.
  8. Fairchild HUF75344 – N-Channel power MOSFET for driving the ABS pump motor.
  9. Collection of diodes, resistors & capacitors – These are for filtering the VR sensor signals before processing by #4.
  10. ST L4949ED – Low drop voltage regulator for 5V output.

I’m working on a KiCad schematic for the above PCB but it’s slow going as this is a multi layer board with a solid copper ground plane on the back so it’s difficult to follow where some signals go after vias.