Automotive Electronics

The UK Government has announced the companies that will be funded to develop vehicle-to-anything (V2X) energy transfer projects. Funded is via the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Innovate-UK. Malvern-based bi-directional EV charger company Indra is in two of the winning consortia: in Next Generation V2X Power Module to improve its charger, and in V2X Inflexion with ...

Kyocera AVX has announced small multilayer varistors (MLVs) that meet IEEE 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 requirements. Available in 0402 and 0603 (0.5 ±0.1mm and 0.80 ±0.15mm respectively), they are rated for working voltages between 18 and 70Vdc, capacitance from 1.5 to 4.7pF, transients from 0.02 to 0.04J, peaks of 1 to 3A and operation across -55°C to +150°C. Actual working voltage ...

Oxbotica, the self-drive software company, has raised $140 million in Series C funding round. The money will help the company deploy its operating system for Universal Autonomy in commercial and industrial domains around the world. The Series C funding accommodates growing demand from new and current shareholders, with additional investors expected to sign on before the funding round closes in a ...

Dirac announced digital audio software for entry-level vehicle sound systems using NXP ICs at CES today. Intended to work with NXP’s SAF4000 multi-standard software-defined radio ICs, a system will also typically have an i.MX 8 series applications processor, said Dirac, adding: “Through this collaboration, automakers can now digitally upgrade the performance of entry-level sound systems, which are typically those supplied ...

Recogni has combined its 7nm Scorpio AI processor with a 7nm Renesas R-Car V4H ASIL D processor IC – which is already AI-capable – to create a 2,000Top/s embedded computer for vehicles that self-drive at SAE levels L2+ to L4. Called Phoenix, the computer is also offered in 500 and 1,000Top/s forms. Multiple high resolution high frame rate video streams can ...

Qualcomm is sampling the Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC which integrates digital cockpit, ADAS and AD functions on one chip. Production is scheduled for 2024. Flex SoC enables a hardware architecture to support isolation, freedom from interference, and quality-of-service (QoS) for specific ADAS functions and comes equipped with a dedicated Automotive Safety Integrity Level D (ASIL-D) safety island. The chip pre-integrates a ...

At CES, Harman announced additional features for its closed-loop vehicle interior sensing product that measures driver eye activity, cognitive load and vital signs to determine the level of focus and attention on the road ahead. It is closed-loop because it can make interventions such as adjusting temperature, audio settings and lighting “Using neuroscience, artificial intelligence and machine learning, Ready Care ...

IAM-20685 is the smallest ASIL-B-compliant monolithic 6-axis MEMS inertial measurement unit in production, according to TDK, and it was developed in compliance with ISO 26262 for automated vehicle parking, for example. It “enables parking-assistance systems to determine the vehicle’s motion and vision systems to enable stabilisation techniques and improve image quality, and for positioning systems to enhance absolute position accuracy,” ...

Nichia and Infineon have come up with an integrated micro-LED light engine for HD adaptive driving beam applications. “The new 16,384 pixel µPLS micro-Pixelated Light Solution is our latest addition to Nichia’s portfolio of high-class automotive lighting solutions,” says Nichia’s Yusuke Yamazaki, “it combines high-definition resolution with the industry’s highest light output, by providing four-times wider field-of-view with significantly higher ...

Artificial intelligence computer vision company Seeing Machines has teamed up with Analog Devices to create an in-vehicle driver fatigue and driver distraction monitoring system. They are aiming at in-cabin DMS and OMS (driver and operator monitoring systems), used in semi-automated vehicle driving systems to improve the chances that the driver is participating appropriately. Seeing Machines is supplying human-monitoring software that ...