Toshiba is sampling a general purpose system power IC with multiple outputs and functional safety circuits for automotive applications. It is scheduled for production in October 2017. It comes in an HTSSOP48-P-300-0.50 package measuring 6.1mm by 12.5mm x 1.0mm. Safety-critical automotive systems, such as electric power steering (EPS) and braking, are required to meet the requirements of ASIL-D, the highest ...
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Europe leads in touch and biometrics in cars, says Synaptics
Car makers are looking to make touch control a standard feature in many of their vehicles. This is the expectation of California-based chip firm Synaptics, which supplies touch controllers to many of the world’s smartphone companies. According to Dr Huibert Verhoeven, v-p of the automotive business at Synaptics, at first there was resistance form many car makers for adding touch ...
Kyocera TFTs designed for automotive temperatures
Ginsbury is selling two small-format TFT display modules from Japanese display manufacturer Kyocera. The addition of a 4.2-inch and a 5.0-inch display module expands the range of TFT display modules available from Kyocera. The design of the new display modules is based on automotive specification requirements and boasts an extended operating temperature range of -30°C to +85°C and a storage ...
IoT-connected vehicles will challenge car firms
The growing importance of the internet for providing data services and data analytics is creating challenges for automotive suppliers, which will be very familiar to IT firms, writes Andrew Macleod In the past market needs for consumer electronics, computer networks, and the automotive industry were very separate, each with their own design cycles and security requirements. Convergence of these sectors ...
High speed CAN FD bus is coming to cars, says Microchip
Microchip is working with CANbus specialist Kvaser to integrate the Swedish firm’s CAN and CAN Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD) IP in its microcontrollers. CAN FD is a higher data rate extension to the original CAN protocol as specified in ISO 11898-1, which is used for in-car networks. It allows for a higher data rate and larger packet size that is intended to ...
Fast diodes for automotive and telecom power
Vishay is aiming at automotive and telecom power with fast switching soft-recovery (25ns recovery) FRED Pt rectifiers. AEC-Q101-qualified and designed for low leakage and low forward voltage drop (0.93V), the components are intended for dc-dc converters in engine control units (ECUs), anti-lock braking systems (ABS), LED lighting and dc-dc bricks. Current is up to 3A and the package, called SlimSMA, is ...
Chips that make the connected car more real
Cars connected to the IoT will avoid traffic jams and be safer to drive, and semiconductor suppliers are starting to offer the products to make this happen, writes Steven Keeping. The internet of things (IoT) differs from the traditional Internet by replacing the main source of data input (humans) with computers, machines and sensors. Such a development ensures the physical ...
Used electric car batteries get a new life as static storage
Second-hand electric car batteries are to be used for static energy storage following a deal between Nissan and Californian commercial energy storage firm Green Charge Networks. Nissan, according to Green Charge, has conducted non-vehicle research using batteries from its Leaf car in Japan, the US and Europe through 4R Energy, its joint-venture with Sumitomo – over 178,000 Leafs have been sold. ...
Daimler and Bosch develop driverless car parking system
Cars may one day park themselves if a development project by Bosch, Daimler and car2go is successful. The automated parking process defined by the project uses will require the installation of a car park infrastructure network which will be used by a vehicle control unit developed from Bosch in conjunction with on-board sensors from Mercedes-Benz. The scheme will incorporate car-sharing ...
Microsemi gets auto qualification for ARM-based FPGAs
Microsemi says it has got auto qualification, AEC-Q100 grade 2, for its ARM-based, flash FPGAs and these will be on the market next month. The ICs offer single event upset (SEU) immunity which gives protection from neutron-induced firm errors, achieving zero defect rate. Microsemi targets them at advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), vehicle-to-vehicle/vehicle-to-everything (V2V/V2X) communication and electric/hybrid engine control units. ...