Automotive

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 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...

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 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' 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...

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 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 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.

The Qorivva MPC5746M is Freescale's first high-performance 32-bit MCU built on a new 200-megahertz quad-core Power Architecture platform.

International Rectifier today introduced the automotive qualified AUIRS2334S 600V IC for 3-phase inverterized motor drive applications such as high voltage compressors (HVAC) and fans.