Electronic control unit for automobile

A reverse polarity protection circuit includes a p-channel MOSFET 1, an n-channel MOSFET 2, zener diodes 3, 4, a coil 5 that suppresses a backward flow of an electric current, a resistor 6 that retains a voltage difference between a source of the p-channel MOSFET 1 and a drain of the n-channel MOSFET 2, a resistor 7 that protects the circuit if short-circuit destruction of the p-channel MOSFET occurs, a resistor 8 that protects the circuit if short-circuit destruction of the n-channel MOSFET 2 occurs, an electrolytic capacitor 9 that suppresses fluctuation in an input voltage to a power supply control IC 11, a battery 10 that supplies a voltage to an ECU, and the power supply control IC 11 that generates a voltage for causing an IC in the ECU to operate.