Device and method for operating an automated parking brake with an actuator for a motor vehicle

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device for operating an automated parking brake with an actuator for a motor vehicle, wherein the device comprises at least: a central control unit and an application-specific integrated circuit, which application-specific integrated circuit represents an interface between the control unit and the actuator. According to the disclosure, the device is characterized in that the application-specific integrated circuit has a functionally not changeable part and a part that can be functionally changed by means of program code, wherein the functionally changeable part is designed to carry out a specified error check. The disclosure further relates to a method for operating such a device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.