
ES5372.1 Carrier Board for ES4455 Load Boards - User’s Guide10
Introduction ETAS
General Safety at Work
Follow the existing regulations for work safety and accident prevention. All appli-
cable regulations and laws regarding operation must be strictly adhered to when
using this product.
1.2.4 Intended Use
The ES5372.1 Carrier Board is a plug-in card for the ES5300.1-A Housing and the
ES5300.1-B Housing. The ES5372.1 Carrier Board serves to accept ES4455.2
Load Boards (see Tab. 1-1 on page 5).
The ES5372.1 Carrier Board consists of the following:
• Slot for ES4455.2 plug-in cards from Tab. 1-1 on page 5
• SPI interface to the ES5300.1-A Housing or ES5300.1-B Housing for the
configuration of ES445x.y plug-in cards from Tab. 1-1 on page 5
• Output interface (current outputs) to the ECU
• Voltage supply of the ES445x plug-in card
• Replacement load simulation for connecting to ECU output stages
• Interface for the battery voltage
(Mapping the vehicle battery itself is not part of the ES5300.1-A Housing
or ES5300.1-B Housing and cannot even be installed here.)
The ES5372.1 Carrier Board may be installed and operated only in the
ES5300.1-A Housing or in the ES5300.1-B Housing.
The intended use of the ES5372.1 Carrier Board in an ES5300.1-A Housing or in
an ES5300.1-B Housing is as follows:
• Use as part of industrial lab facilities or at workplaces
• Use as hardware interface for ECUs in a hardware-in-the-loop test system
• Use in conjunction with ETAS software that support the ES5300.1-A
Housing and the ES5300.1-B Housing
• Use as interface in cooperation with software programs that operate the
standardized, documented and open APIs of ETAS software products.
The ES5372.1 Carrier Board is not intended for the following:
• Use within a vehicle on the road
• Use as part of a life support system
• Use as part of a medical application
• In applications where misuse can lead to injuries or damages
• Use in environments in which conditions prevail that fall outside the spec-
ified ranges (see "Ambient Conditions" on page 40)
• Use with signal conditioning that falls outside the specified ranges (see
voltages, currents and power consumption in the chapter "Technical
Data" on page 39)