The automotive industry is shifting towards software-defined vehicles — A new paradigm in which software defines the core functions and features of a vehicle. This transition is accompanied by the move towards centralized electrical and electronic architectures (EEA), such as the zonal architecture. A key property of centralization is the consolidation of compute resources in the vehicle computer, which aims to simplify the system design while enabling advanced features such as over-the-air updates. Centralization simplifies the vehicle peripherals by moving software from dedicated sensor/actuator electronic control units (ECUs) to the vehicle computers and/ or zonal controllers. As a result, these ECUs could be replaced by simplified edge nodes that act as gateways between the application logic and the sensors/actuators.