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High Speed GMLAN Circuit Description

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Fig 1: High Speed GMLAN Block Diagram
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Callout Component Name
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UGN COLL IMMINENT BRK: VEHICLE FORWARD MOVEMENT, BRAKE PREFILL and INTELLIGENT BRAKE ASSIST
UVZ SENSOR: COLLISION AVOIDANCE and MITIGATION, VEHICLE REVERSE MOVEMENT
UE1 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM: VEHICLE, ONSTAR
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B3T HOOD: ACTIVE, PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION
T4F HEADLAMPS: HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE
I06 RADIO INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM
K83 K83 Park Brake Control Module
K19 K19 Suspension Control Module
K38 K38 Chassis Control Module
K124 Active Safety Control Module
K73 K73 Telematics Communication Interface Control Module
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K26 K26 Headlamp Control Module
K42 Pedestrian Impact Detection Control Module
R6A Terminating Resistor - High Speed Bus
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T12 T12 Automatic Transmission Assembly
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K17 K17 Electronic Brake Control Module
K9 K9 Body Control Module
K74 Human Machine Interface Control Module
X84 X84 Data Link Connector

A High Speed GMLAN Bus is used where data needs to be exchanged at a high enough rate to minimize the delay between the occurrence of a change in sensor value and the reception of this information by a control device using the information to adjust vehicle system performance.

The High Speed GMLAN serial data network consists of two twisted wires. One signal circuit is identified as GMLAN-High and the other signal circuit is identified as GMLAN-Low. At each end of the data bus there is a 120 Ω termination resistor between the GMLAN-High and GMLAN-Low circuits.

Data symbols (1's and 0's) are transmitted sequentially at a rate of 500 Kbit/s. The data to be transmitted over the bus is represented by the voltage difference between the GMLAN-High signal voltage and the GMLAN-Low signal voltage.

When the two wire bus is at rest the GMLAN-High and GMLAN-Low signal circuits are not being driven and this represents a logic "1". In this state both signal circuits are at the same voltage of 2.5 V. The differential voltage is approximately 0 V.

When a logic "0" is to be transmitted, the GMLAN-High signal circuit is driven higher to about 3.5 V and the GMLAN-Low circuit is driven lower to about 1.5 V. The differential voltage becomes approximately 2.0 (+/- 0.5) V.

Devices on High Speed GMLAN Bus enable or disable communication based on the voltage level of the communication enable circuit. When the circuit voltage is high (around 12 V), communications are enabled. When the circuit is low, communications are disabled.