Automotive Electronics

Engineers at TT Electronics’ Salzburg technical centre have created an electrically driven 50W water-pump controller (pictured) for Volkswagen-Audi Group (VAG), working with VAG and water pump supplier Saleri. It will be used in a range of applications, including pumping cooling water through the turbo-intercooler of VAG’s EA288 2 litre turbo diesel engine in Audi cars. Optimised for mass-market deployment, said ...

Anritsu is taking a connected car to Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona next week (2-5 March). The cloud-based system for fleet tracking developed at the Smart Systems Laboratory, University of Hertfordshire in the UK, and demonstrated together using satellite positioning technology GNSS Simulator from Spectracom. Mobile World Congress: Your Electronics Weekly guide » Anritsu will demonstrate how a car’s diagnostics ...

Infineon is sampling a family of robust 650V IGBTs that can deliver highest efficiency in fast switching automotive applications. Volume production is scheduled for March.

Murata says it has developed the world’s most precise rotary position sensors providing +/- 1% linearity and will start mass producing them in April.

Worcestershire-based GKN Driveline is working with Porsche on its hybrid electric supercar. The eAxle electric-drive module designed by GKN Driveline supplements the 918 Spyder’s hybrid 4.6-litre V8. The module has maximum power of 95kW and can deliver up to 1500Nm of torque to the front wheels via a fixed gear ratio. A new design of differential provides full-electric mode, all-wheel ...

For a week last November an internal combustion engine hummed away in a lab near Chicago. Why the excitement? This particular engine sets fire to fuel with lasers instead of spark plugs, burning fuel more efficiently than normal. Laser-fired engines could lead to cleaner, greener cars. In a normal combustion engine, a mix of fuel and air enters a chamber ...

Infineon is in volume production of its LITIX Basic family of LED drivers specifically designed for low-power to medium-power automotive exterior lighting applications.

Toshiba  has expanded its line-up of automotive N-channel power MOSFETs with the launch of two new devices: TK160F10N1, a 100 V, 160 A product and TK200F04N1L, a 40 V, 200 A class product. Target applications include EPS, DC-DC converters and load switches.

Murata has started mass production of its the XRCGB-F-A series of crystals for automotive applications.

Toyota is making 6000 patents on hydrogen fuel cell technology available free of charge to anyone who wants to use them.