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While the increased use of electronic systems in vehicles is delivering improved safety and comfort for the driver and passengers, their power demands must not be overlooked. Andy Birnie, Automotive MCU Systems Engineering Manager with Freescale Semiconductor, takes a closer look in this article from ES Design magazine.

Texas Instruments introduce a new automotive System-on-Chip family which incorporates an innovative Vision AccelerationPac to help customers create advanced driver assistance systems that help reduce the number of collisions on the road and enable autonomous driving experiences. The highly integrated TDA2x SoC family enables a broad range of ADAS applications including front camera, surround view and sensor fusion.

Microsemi introduces an advanced security IP block which provides additional layers of user-configurable tamper protection and responses to Microsemi's SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs. The EnforcIT Security Monitor enables users to easily configure SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 devices to interface with hardware security mechanisms built into the silicon of these FPGAs.

When coupled with native support for NFC in smartphones and tablets, NFC-enabled implantable sensors could lead to a revolution in diabetes testing and much more. Oluf Alminde, Senior Marketing Manager (Power & Wireless) with ams AG, explore more in this article from ES Design magazine.

Misfit Wearables has selected the Silicon Labs EFM32 Leopard Gecko 32-bit microcontroller for the world’s most elegant physical activity monitor, the Misfit Shine. Offering utmost energy efficiency, the Gecko MCU communicates with the Shine’s 3-axis accelerometer, drives user interface LEDs and hosts a Wicentric Bluetooth low energy software stack. This enables connectivity with the Shine App running on Apple iOS devices.

Amphenol has today announced that it now offers a line of high performance, rugged and reliable underwater electrical connectors for deep submersion applications. The Submariner series of subsurface wet- and dry-mate connectors can be used in depths up to 6,000 meters (underwater pressure of up to 600 bar).

ADL Embedded Solutions today announces availability of its ADLQM87PC PCIe/104 SBC based on the 4th generation Intel Core processor (formerly codenamed “Haswell”). The new Haswell architecture, built on Intel's 22nm tri-gate process technology will enable ADL Embedded Solutions to continue its dominance in small form-factor embedded computing. This was cemented last year with the release of their PCIe/104 second generation Intel Core i...

ams have today annoucned a vastly simplified and more robust method of implementing cell monitoring and balancing in lithium battery systems. A new highly integrated chip, the AS8506 performs distributed cell monitoring and balancing operations for stacked cell modules, including Safe Operating Area checks and passive or active cell balancing.

When it opens its doors in Munich from November 12 – 15, 2013, productronica will pay special attention to a future project known as Industry 4.0. A panel of prominent speakers at a CEO Roundtable will also discuss Industry 4.0 on the first day of the fair while the Innovation Forum in Hall B2 will focus on this topic on the third day of the fair.

Toyota has revealed two new integrated safety systems designed to reduce the risk of pedestrian collisions and deliver safer driving in traffic, both of which will be brought to market in the next few years.