Automotive

A series of automotive varistors, which exhibit a low leakage current of less than 1µA at 32VDC, 25°C, has been released by AVX. Tested, qualified and specified at 150°C, the CANATL varistors are particularly suitable for use in high temperature underhood automotive applications, such as transmission control units, brake control modules, data lines and bus interface units.

Providing a wide range of inductance values from 0.22 to 15µH, Vishay has announced two IHLP high-current inductors in the 2020 case size. The IHLP-2020CZ-51 and automotive-grade IHLP-2020CZ-5A are suited for voltage regulator modules and DC/DC converters in high-temperature commercial and automotive applications.

  Lane Motorsport has added a wide selection of connector accessories, manufactured by Weald Electronics, to its the product portfolio. The company have added Weald’s nut plates and gaskets to its portfolio, which is centred around the Souriau 8STA compact circular connector family.

Fujitsu has announced that it has produced a transceiver chip for millimetre-wave (mm-wave) radar in a CMOS implementation, enabling costs to be reduced, while at the same time successfully boosting the short-range detection performance of the transceiver.

A TVS diode, designed specifically to protect sensitive electronic equipment from voltage transients induced by load dump and other transient voltage events, has been released by Littelfuse. The SLD series TVS diode, which is AEC-Q101 qualified, offers a 5000W (10/1000μs) or 2200W (load dump) peak pulse power dissipation rating in a standard P600 package. 

The CombiTac connector system from Multi-Contact can be used to connect battery packs used on rolling stock and other rail applications. Featuring alignment tolerances of 3° and ±1mm through standard CombiTac guiding end pieces, the panel mount connectors are suitable for use with rackable, slide-in battery packs where blind connection is necessary.

Axiomtek has launched its tBOX323-835-FL fanless railway embedded system, for in-train applications. Integrated with onboard quad-core Intel Atom E3845 processor and 4GB low-powered DDR3L memory, the system boosts its computing performance and specialises its I/O design with five isolated COM ports, two M12-type LAN connectors, USB 2.0 ports, and one isolated digital I/O.

Featuring an integrated e-shield for the reduction of EMI, an automotive-grade inductor in a 4040 case size has been released by Vishay Intertechnology. The IHLE-4040DC-5A contains the electric field associated with EMI in a tin-plated copper integrated shield, providing up to -20dB of electric field reduction at 1cm when the integrated shield is connected to ground. 

Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik has brought the European Space Agency-funded study ‘SafeRail - Improving Safety at Railway Level Crossings’ to a successful conclusion. The results were officially presented on 9th October 2014 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands, then thoroughly discussed at the European Level Crossing Forum, 13th November, Rome.

ALPS has announced that the SKTH series TACT switch is suitable for use in automotive electronics such as keyless entry systems and car audio systems, as well as home appliances, PCs and other consumer electronics. The switch series is available with an operating force of 1.4 or 3N and a stem length of 1.8 or 2.5mm.