Automotive Electronics

Powermat has joined the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), the standards development group- responsible for developing a standard for wireless power. The Israeli company says it will contribute its inductive charging technology to the consortium to advance inductive wireless charging capabilities while maintaining backwards compatibility to the existing Qi ecosystem. “Powermat was one of the pioneers that recognised the value of ...

Xilinx is making available an automotive qualified Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC family.

Ford is to spend $11 billion on EVs by 2022 with the aim of having 40 EV models – 16 all-electric and 24 hybrid – by then, reports Reuters. “We’re all in on this and we’re taking our mainstream vehicles, our most iconic vehicles, and we’re electrifying them,” says Chairman Bill Ford, “if we want to be successful with electrification, ...

EDA and IP company, Synopsys, has bought Kilopass Technology. The antifuse one time programmable (OTP) IP provider’s non volatile memory (NVM) IP has been incorporated into the DesignWare IP portfolio of logic libraries, embedded memories, embedded test, analogue IP, wired and wireless interface IP, security IP, embedded processors and subsystems. The OTP NVM IP for SoC designs, rebranded as DesignWare ...

Qualcomm and Ford are accelerating the development of  connectivity systems for Ford vehicles and Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology testing. C-V2X is a wireless connectivity technology for safety-conscious and automated driving solutions, which has the potential to help cities create more capable infrastructure as they look at how to connect vehicles to their surroundings, and to larger communications systems, facilitating the ...

TI  has developed DLP technology for high-resolution headlight systems.

Now there is no need for a taxi driver taking the longest route and bumping up the fare, as even passengers talking in a foreign language can make themselves understood, with the in-vehicle translator developed by Luxoft with Ford. The system is powered by a SmartDevice Link enabled in-vehicle infotainment system. SmartDeviceLink technology is based on Ford’s Sync AppLink open ...

Analogue Devices has combined switched capacitor and inductive buck conversion in the same topology to reduce the size of step-down dc-dc converters. Called LTC7821, this is “industry first hybrid step-down synchronous controller that merges a switched capacitor circuit with a synchronous step-down controller, enabling up to a 50% reduction in DC/DC converter solution size compared to traditional step-down solutions,” claims ...

ON Semiconductor has brought out  a scalable family of CMOS image sensors to address the spectrum of applications for ADAS and autonomous driving. The family offers car makers and tier one suppliers a choice of robust imaging devices based on a common platform and feature set. The sensors have resolutions scaling from 8.3 megapixels (MP) down to 1.2 MP with ...

Panasonic’s EEH-ZA (photo) and EEH-ZC hybrid aluminium electrolytic capacitors are intended to combine the advantages of electrolytic capacitors with those made of solid polymer. “Their resistance against high temperature and vibration makes them ideal for use in specified automotive and industrial applications. In these areas, hybrid capacitors have proved themselves highly universal and reliable components,” said Conrad Business Supplies, which is stocking the ...