Fuel injector control system and component for piecewise injector signal generation

An electrical component for operating an injector driver operable to apply a supply voltage to a fuel injector and generate a drive signal suitable to operate the fuel injector, said drive signal comprising one or more injector pulses, each injector pulse having a pulse profile, said component comprising:

• a controller configured to operate the injector driver in a manner effective to generate the drive signal, wherein said controller is configured to store a plurality of state definitions that determine an operation state of the injector driver when a selected definition of the plurality of state definitions is communicated to the injector driver, said controller further configured to receive a sequence of state values that determine an order that the state definitions are communicated to the injector driver to generate piecewise an injector pulse exhibiting the pulse profile, and thereby generate the drive signal.