Electronic control device for processing circuit diagnostics

1. An electronic control device, comprising:

a diagnostic circuit unit configured to be reconfigurable so as to be used to diagnose each of a plurality of processing circuits that processes an input signal;

an input data storage unit configured to temporarily store the input signal;

an output data storage unit configured to temporarily store an output signal of the plurality of processing circuits;

a reconfiguration control unit configured to sequentially write, to the diagnostic circuit unit as circuit configuration information, circuit information the same as that of the plurality of processing circuits;

a diagnostic control unit configured to cause the diagnostic circuit unit to perform a calculation using the input signal stored in the input data storage unit when the circuit configuration information is written to the diagnostic circuit unit;

a comparator configured to diagnose each of the plurality of processing circuits by comparing an output of the diagnostic circuit unit and the output signal stored in the output data storage unit; and

a sequencer configured to manage a diagnosis order, which is an order of diagnosis in the plurality of processing circuits, and instruct the reconfiguration control unit to perform reconfiguration, wherein

the output signal stored in the output data storage unit and used by the comparator for comparison is determined based on a diagnostic order managed by the sequencer.

2. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of processing circuits are configured to operate at a predetermined processing cycle,

the circuit information of any one of the plurality of processing circuits is written to the diagnostic circuit unit at a time, and

the processing cycle is longer than a sum of respective calculation times of the plurality of processing circuits.

3. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the diagnostic circuit unit includes a first region and a second region in which circuit information the same as that of a processing circuit included in the plurality of processing circuits is writable, and

the diagnostic control unit is configured to cause writing of circuit information to the first region by the reconfiguration control unit and calculation by a processing circuit configured in the second region to be executed in an overlapped manner on a time-series basis.

4. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an unnecessary circuit determination unit configured to determine an unnecessary circuit which is a processing circuit that is not required for calculation among the plurality of processing circuits, wherein

the reconfiguration control unit is configured to sequentially write, to the diagnostic circuit unit as the circuit configuration information, circuit information the same as that of the plurality of processing circuits excluding the unnecessary circuit.

5. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of processing circuits are configured as reconfigurable logic circuits.