Automotive Electronics

Gesture systems can allow drivers to keep their eyes on the road while controlling in-vehicle systems, says Mark Sand of Texas Instruments. There are many options for adjusting various comfort and convenience functions in a vehicle, but manipulating the buttons, knobs and especially touchscreens requires drivers to divert their eyes. Gesture detection allows a swipe of the hand to afford ...

A UK energy company has accelerated growth plans to expand its domestic power products, build a new HQ in Lincolnshire and open offices around the world all in the space of six years, writes Steve Bush. Myenergi is an electric car charger and renewable energy controller company based near Grimsby in Lincolnshire, where it designs and manufactures its own products. ...

Stackpole has announced automotive-grade high-reliability chip resistors aimed at applications with pulse handling requirements. “Typically, the manufacturing process for thick film chip resistors allows for variation in the calibration trim, leading to variation in pulse handling performance,” according to the company, whose “RPCA series addresses these needs, providing reliable and repeatable pulse handling behaviour.” The key is having no calibration ...

Driven by electrification, smart cockpit and ADAS, automotive is the fastest-growing memory market segment, with a 20% CAGR between 2021 and 2027, says Yole Developpement. At $4.3 billion in 2021, automotive memory is a relatively small market, dominated by NOR flash, DRAM and NAND dominate the market. In 2021, at $167 billion, stand-alone memory represented 28% of the total semiconductor ...

STMicroelectronics has created a pair of 10W Class-D audio amplifiers for use in vehicles “for automotive applications like eCall, telematics and wherever an audio channel needs to reproduce human voice, music or warning messages “, it said. They are almost identical, both offering a digital (I2S) front end, digital core, 24bit DAC (100dB resolution), a Class-D trans-resistance PWM output stage ...

Delivering many improved major specs over traditional LM324 op-amps, but with rail-to-rail inputs and outputs, STMicroelectronics has introduced a 6MHz all-rounder op-amp family that will operate from a single 2.7 to 36 V supply as well as from ±1.35 to ±18V dual supplies. TSB511, TSB512, and TSB514 are single, dual and quad op-amps respectively. “This wide voltage range and flexibility ...

Automated electric vehicle EMC testing is the subject of a tie-up between Rohde & Schwarz and test software company AVL. “Customers have been wanting for years to see Rohde & Schwarz EMC analysers connected to the AVL EMC test automation system,” said AVL e-motor test manager Alban Hemery. “Together, we have finally accomplished this, and are pleased to offer this solution, ...

Lemo has developed USB 3.1 version of its push-pull latching connectors for use up to 10Gbit/s. They are available in the company’s B, K and T series (see table) for demanding indoor and outdoor environments, for applications in defence, industrial automation, data communication, aerospace, test and measurements. B Series miniature K Series robust T Series miniature Ingress IP50 IP66 – ...

Infineon has a family of microcontrollers in the pipeline intended to achieve certification to the new ISO/SAE 21434 automotive cyber-security management system (CSMS) standard. This follows TÜV Nord certifying Infineon to ISO/SAE 21434. Initially announced in January, the ‘TC4xx’ MCU family will carry the company’s ‘Aurix’ branding, have a “new cybersecurity architecture”, said Infineon, and the famil is “expected to ...

Following its acquisition of Steradian Semiconductors in August, Renesas entered the automotive radar market this week when it introduced a multi-channel 76 – 81GHz transceiver at Electronica. Designed for driver assistance and Level 3 (and higher) autonomous driving, the MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) is aimed imaging radar, long-range forward radar and ‘4D’ radar, “but can also be used for ...