Automotive

AVX corporation has expanded its rugged automotive portfolio to include a miniature, dual element AC multilayer varistor designed for use in automotive low power AC circuits. Designated the MAV Series, the AEC Q200-qualified MLV not only has the ability to clamp large amounts of transients in a bi-directional manner, but also provides and excellent EMI/RFI attenuation in the off-state, making it unsurpassed in efficiency as well as safety.

ELMOS presents the 981.08 as the first semiconductor worldwide that has passed the conformance tests according to PSI5 specification V1.3, conducted by an external test lab recommended by the PSI5 consortium.

Continuing to offer designers low-cost and high-performance digital signal processing options, Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced a 200-MHz version of its ADSP-BF592 Blackfin embedded processor that delivers 400-MMAC performance for just $1.99 each (in 1,000-unit quantities). The lower-cost 200 MHz version achieves a BDTImark2000 performance score of 1120 and a BDTImark2000/$ performance/cost score of 562 compared with ADI's 400 MHz version’...

Renesas Electronics today announced the availability of 32 new RL78/F12 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). These contribute to reduced system power consumption and higher performance for automotive control systems, including keyless entry, power window control, mirror control, and other applications.

With the emission limits in exhaust legislation becoming ever stricter, exhaust sensors are becoming increasingly important. At the same time, manufacturers are becoming increasingly demanding with respect to sensors’ installation space, measurement accuracy, and robustness. For this reason, Bosch is continuously driving the development of lambda sensors forward. It is now launching the LSF Xfour, the successor generation of the tried and teste...

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme now also supports the latest TC1791, TC1793 and TC1798 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs), which operate with clock frequencies of up to 300 MHz, of Infineon's AUDO (AUtomotive unifieD processOr) MAX family with its modular component based Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 3.0.10, its Universal Access Device 2 family and its Universal Emulation Configurator (UEC).

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc today announced two new surface-mount Power Metal Strip resistors in the 2726 and 4026 case sizes that combine high power ratings from 5 W to 7 W with extremely low resistance values down to 0.5 milliohm. The devices offer a 4-terminal design that allows for stable resistance tolerances to 1.0 %.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc introduced a new surface-mount Power Metal Strip resistor that is the industry’s first 4-terminal, 1 W current sensing resistor in the compact 0612 package size to offer a very low resistance range from 0.5 milliohm to 5 milliohm.

Freescale Semiconductor announced two new families of five-volt (5V) 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with excellent durability and reliability for automotive and industrial applications. Scalable and compatible with existing devices, these easy-to-use, entry-level MCUs are designed to help OEMs get to market quicker with a lower bill of materials.

With the E523.01, ELMOS presents an EC motor driver with all the functions required for the configuration of a complete, low-cost system. Apart from the high-performance bridge driver, for communication purposes the semiconductor features a LIN2.1 compatible interface as well as a PWM interface with data pre-processing. For an external microprocessor, optional 3.3 or 5.0V voltage supply (70mA), reset, and a configurable window watchdog are provid...