BMW F97 Technical Training Manual page 60

F97/F98￿Complete￿Vehicle
5.￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension
The￿following￿variables,￿among￿others,￿were￿processed￿into￿the￿corresponding￿control￿variables￿in
the￿M￿Vertical￿Dynamic￿Platform￿(M￿VDP):￿vertical￿acceleration,￿wheel￿speed￿M￿DSC,￿steering￿angle
change￿M￿EPS,￿angle￿change￿rate￿ACSM￿and￿damper￿piston￿speed￿.
In￿addition,￿the￿ride￿height￿between￿the￿wheel￿suspension￿and￿body￿is￿used￿as￿a￿control,￿reference￿and
load￿variable￿and￿is￿read￿off￿of￿the￿ride￿height￿sensors￿of￿the￿headlights.￿There￿is￿one￿sensor￿each￿at
the￿front￿and￿rear.￿They￿operate￿on￿the￿basis￿of￿the￿potentiometer￿principle￿and￿their￿signal￿is￿made
available￿to￿the￿M￿Vertical￿Dynamic￿Platform￿(M￿VDP).
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