Automotive
Next generation automotive BLDC motor drivers from Melexis bring LIN-ready single chip solution for BLDC motors and actuators
Melexis announces today the next Generation IC Family for sensor-less and sensor based BLDC motor control for automotive applications. The new IC family follows the very successful MLX81200 core integration concept. This newest family of driver ICs combines voltage regulator, LIN -Transceiver, MCU, EEPROM, Flash, RAM, Power FET Pre-Driver and several dedicated circuit blocks for highly efficient BLDC motor control from a single IC. Customers can ...
Infineon Offers Next-Generation Automotive High Speed CAN TLE7250 Transceiver Family With Improved Robustness and Increased Energy Efficiency
Infineon Technologies AG today introduced the latest generation of its High Speed CAN transceivers designed for automotive network applications: the TLE7250 family comprising the TLE7250G and the TLE7250GVIO. While the TLE7250G interfaces with 5V microcontrollers, the TLE7250GVIO has a voltage reference input, enabling either a 5V or a 3.3V microcontroller I/O interface. Compared to the previous generation, the new transceivers offer improved imm...
Molex is Supporting Global Trends to Help Automakers Achieve Greater Competitive Advantages
The trend toward ‘smart’ or ‘intelligent’ cars continues to build momentum as more electronic content, sensor technology products and wireless systems are added to vehicles for enhanced performance, safety, comfort, convenience and communication.
NXP Delivers New Automotive-Grade TrenchMOS
NXP Semiconductors N.V today introduced a new family of automotive power MOSFETs based on NXP’s Trench 6 technology, featuring extremely low RDSon, high switching performance, and outstanding quality and reliability. Fully AEC-Q101 qualified, NXP’s new automotive-grade MOSFETs have successfully completed extended lifetime testing at 175°C for more than 1,600 hours – significantly exceeding Q101 requirements – as well as offering extremel...
Vibration-resistant automotive SD card reader with push-lock system
With the FPS009-4200-0(03), Yamaichi Electronics is bringing another innovative product to the market from the family of SD card readers.
C&K Develops Halogen-free IP67-Sealed SMT Key Switches
C&K Components has designed a new series of high-performance, IP67-sealed SMT key switches for harsh environment applications. Designated the K12S Series, the robust key switches are available in LED backlighting with a wide selection of colors, and detect versions. Featuring excellent tactile feedback, the highly reliable K12S Series provides a life cycle of more than 1,000,000 actuations, making it ideal for demanding conditions often found in...
Plessey Semiconductors launches PS25203 EPIC sensor for automotive applications
Plessey Semiconductors' award winning EPIC sensor technology has been creating considerable interest with car manufacturers as it can be used to provide low cost, reliable detection systems for several automotive applications. Plessey will be launching a version, the PS25203, which is specifically aimed at this market at the Chicago Sensor Expo 2012. This has a lower gain and higher input impedance making it ideal for certain types of contactless...
iPhone and Android devices detected by Smart Sensors
Detecting how many people or vehicles are in a certain place is a difficult task that in the past has been addressed by using expensive and limited video camera image analysis; now with the Smartphone expansion everybody has a mobile device with Wifi or Bluetooth radios on it, and these wireless interfaces can be detected with the new sensing technology developed by Libelium and integrated inside Meshlium Xtreme -the company's multiprotocol route...
Micronas sets new standards for linear Hall-effect sensors with its new HAL 24xy family
Micronas today announced the HAL 24xy family of high precision programmable linear Hall-effect sensors designed to match the performance, diagnostic and reliability requirements of today’s most demanding automotive applications.
Infineon Introduces Automotive Multicore 32-bit Microcontroller Family AURIX to Meet Safety and Powertrain Requirements of Upcoming Vehicle Generations
Infineon Technologies AG today introduced a new family of 32-bit multicore microcontrollers that serves the requirements for powertrain and safety applications of the automotive industry. The multicore architecture of the new AURIX family features up to three independent 32-bit TriCore processor cores to meets the highest safety standards in the industry while doubling performance compared to currently available best-in-class devices.