Automotive
M12 D-Code Industrial Ethernet Railway Connectors Offered by PROVERTHA are Ideal for Rough Environments
During development and production PROVERTHA puts a lot of effort to create products, which match perfectly with the addressed application needs. All related products were tested by a certified test house. The M12 D-Code connectors for field assembly address railway applications with rough environments. In addition to related vibration and shock tests the connectors have also passed harmful gas tests with very good results.
Fujitsu Semiconductor Develops World's First 360° Wraparound View System with Approaching Object Detection
Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe today announced the development of MB86R24, the company's third-generation high-performance graphic SoCs for automotive applications. The new product will be made available in sample quantities starting in August 2013, along with the related software.
Eurotech Extends Proven DynaPCN Passenger Counting Family
Eurotech today announces the launch of the DynaPCN 10-20, a compact and fully integrated passenger counter with Ethernet communications specifically designed for public vehicles. The DynaPCN 10-20 extends the proven family of DynaPCN products that are certified for railway applications, adding more precise algorithms for counting passengers as they enter and depart while easing integration with other onboard systems.
Vishay Intertechnology Enhances Precision Thin Film Chip Resistor Arrays With Tighter Tolerances and Temperature Coefficients for Automotive and Industrial Applications
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc today announced that the company has enhanced its ACAS 0606 AT and ACAS 0612 AT precision thin film chip resistor arrays with tighter absolute tolerance, relative tolerance, and relative TCR for the new S, T, and U accuracy grades. Offering two and four integrated resistors on one substrate, respectively, the ACAS 0606 AT and ACAS 0612 AT lower costs when compared to using multiple high-precision discrete resistors, wh...
Portfolio of automotive-grade C0G mid-voltage MLCCs expanded
TDK Corporation has expanded its leading portfolio of automotive-grade MLCCs with new mid-voltage types featuring C0G temperature characteristics and rated voltages from 100 V to 630 V. The new components in the CGA series offer capacitance values that are very high for C0G components. In particular, the IEC 5750 (EIA 2220) MLCC with dimensions of 5.7 mm x 5.0 mm has a capacitance of 100 nF and is rated for 630 V, which is the world’s highest v...
Brake Resistor Tested For Salt Water Spray
The Rail System Testing Laboratory at Hennigsdorf, Germany has validated REO UK’s BW155 range of braking resistors for corrosion resistance against salt mist and water spray as well as dust Ingress protection to IP65. The specific standards that the resistors were tested to are EN60068-2-52 for salt mist and EN60529 for Ingress Protection.
Ensuring Code Quality In Mission Critical Systems
The automotive sector has driven a great deal of debug tool development in recent years, as no major brand wants to risk a recall, reliability issues or a catastrophic failure. By Barry Lock, UK Manager of Lauterbach.
Mitsubishi Electric to Release New Higher Current Automotive IPMs of the J-Series
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will announce on Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM) Europe 2013 on May 14-16 in Nuremberg, Germany, the development of higher current rated intelligent power modules (IPMs) mainly for electric- (EV) and hybrid vehicle (HV) applications. Two new models of the J-Series in 3-phase inverter configuration (6 in 1) will be introduced, based on low-loss CSTBTTM chip technology.
Rapid Prototyping and Tool Re-use
Our Qorivva MPC560xB family of 32-bit MCUs are the latest in integrated devices available for automotive body electronics applications. These scalable devices built on Power Architecture technology are supported by an enablement ecosystem that includes the StarterTRAK TRK-MPC5606B development kit with software drivers, operating systems and configuration code to help you quickly implement your designs.
Kelvin Contactor for High Power Applications Proves Performance
Multitest announces that its ecoAmp high power Kelvin contactor successfully passed a challenging evaluation for an automotive application at a European based IDM. The patent pending ecoAmp is a state-of-the-art solution for high-power applications of 1000+ amperes.