Automotive
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New Compact High Output Lens LEDs Eliminate the Need for Light Leakage Countermeasures in Vehicle Instrument Clusters ROHM launched new line-up of compact high output surface mount LEDs equipped with lens and includes 18 devices comprised of the CSL0901 series featuring standard brightness and the high brightness CSL0902 series. The devices improves reliability, increases core brightness by 5 to 7 times over conventional LEDs and reduces size of various applications with its small compact… |
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Maxim Enhances MediaTek’s In-Vehicle Infotainment Platform with Automotive Video Distribution and Power Management Innovations Maxim Integrated announced that select products from its automotive portfolio are being used in MediaTek’s AUTUS in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) platform. To deliver the high-performance, flexibility and efficiency required by carmakers and tier-1 suppliers, Maxim’s gigabit multimedia serial link (GMSL) serializer and deserializer (SerDes) technology provides best-in-class… |
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Automotive-Compliant Linear LED Driver-Controller Offers Low Dropout and Enhanced Dimming Diodes Incorporated released the AL5814Q an automotive-compliant linear LED driver-controller with low dropout voltage and open LED detection for automotive linear-driven LED lamps. The led driver is ideal for automotive applications where specific change control is required. The device is AEC-Q100 qualified, PPAP capable, manufactured in IATF16949:2016 certified facilities… |
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Accelerate EMI Qualification of Automotive Touchscreens with New Capacitive Touch Controllers Microchip has released three new maXTouch touchscreen controllers to address electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) challenges faced by developers of automotive touchscreens. The new TD family of touch controllers comes with new differential mutual signal acquisition method that significantly increases the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). This… |
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New Power Supply Monitoring IC with Built-In Self-Diagnostic Function that Supports Functional Safety ROHM launched a power supply monitoring IC, the BD39040MUF-C, with BIST (Built-In Self Test) that supports functional safety. The IC is made for application areas such as automotive power supply systems requiring fail-safe measures such as electric power steering as well as sensors and cameras for autonomous driving and ADAS. Other than this the sensor can also be applied in… |
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NXP’s MPC5777C Power Architecture MCU for Industrial and Automotive Engine Management Mouser Electronics is now stocking MPC5777C Power Architecture microcontroller from NXP Semiconductors. Boasting three dual-issue, 32-bit CPU core complexes, the high-performance microcontroller supports demanding automotive and industrial engine management applications such as electric DC motor control, aerospace engines, and Ethernet and CAN FD connectivity, plus… |
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System Basis Chip (SBC) with integrated CAN FD controller and transceiver Texas Instruments introduced an automotive system basis chip that is the industry’s first to integrate a controller and transceiver for Controller Area Network with Flexible Data Rate (CAN FD). Designed to meet the high-bandwidth and data-rate flexibility needs of in-vehicle networks, the TCAN4550-Q1 uses the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus of almost any… |
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Single-Port USB Smart Hub ICs Optimize System Costs for Automotive Manufacturers Microchip Technology added new single-port products to its USB 2.0 Smart Hub IC family providing automakers more options to fit varying design needs. The new products will complete demand for in-vehicle entertainment and smartphone applications. The new devices will provide precisely what is required for single-port implementations and will be a perfect fit for adding a… |
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STMicroelectronics Joins Car Connectivity Consortium STMicroelectronics announced having joined the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), a cross-industry organization advancing global technologies for smartphone-to-car connectivity solutions.
“Smartphones have become productivity and convenience extensions of busy professionals and consumers—whether as voice-… |
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Automotive Grade WFM Power Metal Plate Current Sense Resistors Offer High Power and Wide Resistance Range Vishay Intertechnology launched two new Automotive Grade power metal plate current sense resistors comes in 2W and 3W power ratings and resistance range from 5 mΩ to 500 mΩ in 2010- and 2512-sized packages. The resistors are aimed at current sensing and pulse applications in power supplies, instruments, power amplifiers, shunts, power inverters, and battery management… |
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Types of Motors used in Electric Vehicles Electric vehicles are not something new to this world, but with the technological advancement and increased concern on controlling pollution has given it a tag of future mobility. The core element of the EV, apart from Electric Vehicle Batteries, which replaces the Internal Combustion engines is an Electric motor. The rapid development in the field of Power electronics and… |
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An Overview of Global Automotive Battery Management Systems Market The global market for automotive Battery Management Systems has seen a sea change in demand in the past few years with burgeoning sales of battery-operated vehicles. Manufacturers in the battery management systems market view Electric Vehicle sales as the bedrock upon which the innovative and technologically advanced battery management systems are developed and maintained.… |
