ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR A VEHICLE

An electronic circuit (3) for a vehicle (1) comprises a network interface (7) for connecting the electronic circuit (3) to a communication network and a hardware component (6) with a hardwired logic to receive at least one data packet representing a software program from the communication network via the network interface (7) according to a predefined communication protocol. The electronic circuit (3) comprises a memory interface (13) connected to the hardware component (6), wherein the hardware component (6) is adapted to store the software program to a non-volatile memory (8) via the memory interface (13), and a processing unit (5), which is configured to read the non-volatile memory (8) and to execute the software program.