Automotive Electronics

AMD is aiming at automotive edge sensor fusion, for the likes of lidar, radar and 3D surround cameras, with a pair of FPGAs it has just started shipping. XA AU10P and XA AU15P are automotive-qualified, certified for functional safety up to ASIL-B, intended to be used in driver assistance systems, and come with the the company’s Artix UltraScale+ branding. The ...

Analog Devices has created a pair of 6A buck-boost converters for automotive use. “MAX25239 and MAX25240 small-footprint 2V to 36V converters are the industry’s only 6A automotive buck-boost with integrated H-bridge switches,” according to distributor Farnell, which is stocking the parts. “They provide a fixed-output regulation voltage and an externally adjustable output voltage from 3V to 20V.” The ‘and’ in ...

The OPAx992-Q1 family of 40V rail-to-rail op-amps from Texas Instruments are AEC-Q100 qualified for automotive use. There are single (OPA992-Q1), dual (OPA2992-Q1) and quad (OPA4992-Q1) versions. Intended to be general purpose, the amplifiers’ differential and common-mode input ranges reach the supply rails. 115dB common-mode rejection is claimed, and the devices are rated to be used as comparators as well as ...

iWave Systems has collaborated with Texas Instruments to create a solderable system-on-module powered by automotive-grade AM62Ax Sitara processors – which are nominally vision processors. Meeting the 45 x 45mm 622pad LGA OSM v1.1 solderable standard, the module is called iW-RainboW-G55M. Courtesy of the TI IC, it has quad 1.4GHz Arm Cortex-A53 CPU cores, an 800MHz Cortex-R5F (MPU channel with FFI), ...

In a wide-ranging interview, Lee Harrison – Product Marketing Director for Tessent Safety and Security technology – talks about how security is playing a huge part in the development of self-driving cars and key areas of innovation. Particularly, where Siemens Digital Industries Software is focused to meet the needs of the automotive supply chain, both now and in the future. ...

Huntsman, owner of the Araldite brand, has developed polyurethane, epoxy and carbon nanotube materials for vehicle battery construction and protection. For underbody battery protection, Rimline (=polyurethane) wet compression moulding material are low-viscosity liquid resins for low-pressure moulding of composites with a high fibre volume fraction – formulated for high-pressure mix machines. Rimline FC (foam core) has flow properties designed for ...

Verge Motorcycles has chosen to build the motor of its electric vehicle around the rim of a wheel, and not to have a centre at all – instead guiding the wheel through rim bearings. Versions up to 150kW (200hp) are available. The motorbike has actually been around for a while, but the company has just revealed its latest model, designed ...

Infineon and Foxconn aim to establish a long-term partnership in EVs with an MoU focussing on SiC development. “The automotive industry is evolving. With the rapid growth of the EV market and the associated need for more range and performance, the development of electromobility must continue to advance and innovate,” said Peter Schiefer (pictured left) President of the Infineon Automotive ...

Two new industrial communications products from Brainboxes will be on the Farnell stand at the National Manufacturing Supply Chain Exhibition in Dublin. PE-505 is a 55 x 55 x 10mm five-port 10 and 100Mbit/s (10BASE-T/100BASE-T) isolated (1.5kV) Ethernet switch PCB with non-blocking layer 2 operation, that can be built into equipment. Operation is from 3.3V (1.3W) or 4.5 – 12V ...

P-Duke has announced ultra-wide input isolated 40W dc-dc converters for railway and industrial use. RED40-72xxxU converter will work over 14 – 160Vdc (11:1 range) and comes in a 2 x 1in (~25 x 50mm) footprint package. “Using just one dc-dc converter model for various supply voltages – 24, 28, 36, 48, 72, 96 or 110Vdc – in different regions avoids ...