Automotive

STMicroelectronics has launched the SPC58 family of automotive MCUs that herald the advent of more secure and connected cars. The power-efficient and real-time-capable MCUs bring the world's first Power Architecture-based devices manufactured in state-of the-art 40nm embedded Flash (eFlash) technology dedicated to car body and security applications.

Available in capacitance values from 0.1 to 47pF, the GCQ series of high Q MLCCs has been introduced by Murata for automotive V2X applications. Featuring a C0G temperature characteristic and a rated voltage of 50VDC, the series conforms to the requirements of the automotive components standard AEC-Q200 and suits use in V2X, ADAS and other automotive applications.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced an opto-isolated IGBT gate pre-driver IC with enhanced protection functions for the in-vehicle inverters of EVs and HEVs. Inverter control is used to drive the motors of electric and hybrid vehicles efficiently. As the control and drive functions have different operating voltages, they must be isolated from each other with a device such as a photocoupler.

Designed for use in high temperature, high power, automotive applications, TT Electronics has announced a range of SMT power inductors. The HA72T-06 series inductors meet the growing automotive market’s demand for certified, high power inductors for high efficiency DC/DC converter deployment using high switching frequencies up to 3Mhz as well for as EMI and low pass DC ripple filters in high temperature environments.

Engineers have received £1.5 million in funding for a new battery energy storage project that could mean more efficient and cheaper trains. The TransEnergy project led by the University of Sheffield, will work with National Rail to investigate how battery storage could be used to power our railways. As train companies try to increase the frequency of trains on existing railway infrastructure, electricity supply is under greater pressure to ...

Morgan Advanced Materials has delivered a type of bearing for electric water pump applications in cars which reduces component count, while optimising performance and engine efficiency. Within the automotive sector, there has been a notable shift from traditional, belt-driven coolant pumps to electrical equivalents, on the basis that these reduce demand on the belt drive, offering a substantial improvement in performance and greater overall effic...

Govia Thameslink Railway has placed an order with Perpetuum to supply wireless sensor systems for four additional Class 170 units joining the existing Class 171 fleet.

MEMSIC has announced the availability of a whitepaper that spotlights and explains the various types of sensors and sensing technologies found in a typical drone product. The whitepaper’s infographic pinpoints the locations of the various sensors typically found in a drone and the whitepaper explains what they do.

A range of pre-assembled, off-the-shelf, USB battery chargers for multiple in-vehicle locations from Molex, are now available throughout Europe through TTI. The parts deliver 5V and 1.5A, are compliant with battery charging (BC) 1.2 standards and help save tooling and engineering costs.

NetModule has presented the NB3711, a router especially designed for communication functions in railway traffic. As its well-established predecessor NB3710, the NB3711 Railway Router provides 5 robust M12 connectors and is certified according to railway standard EN50155 TX (-40 to +70°C) and fire safety standard CEN TS 45545.