As public awareness and support for global environmentalism increases, technology organizations are beginning to implement green initiatives to mitigate... >>
An ever-increasing range of leading-edge technologies emerging into the automotive market makes it one of the most exciting and dynamic manufacturing sectors in the world. The amount of electronics being designed into the modern car has grown tremendously over the years. Currently, around 90% of innovation in new cars are electronic based, with global industry analysts forecasting that by 2010 electronic content will account for 40% of the cost of a typical mid-sized car.
Over the coming years, the automotive industry will see the introduction of new products in the areas of advanced lighting and night vision, as well as technologies to help vehicle manufacturers comply with increasingly stringent fuel economy, environmental, and safety standards. Car makers, in particular, have to keep up with each other in offering the latest electronic systems that make cars both better performers and more entertaining for the drivers and passengers. Constant innovation, coupled with customer demand and expectations, will continue to drive the market forwards, making vehicle electronics a highly lucrative business sector for solutions providers.
At the Convergence Conference and Exhibition, Xilinx, highlighted Xilinx Automotive (XA) programmable solutions that are being applied by a global automotive supplier in the development of...
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austriamicrosystems presents the AS8220 FlexRay Basis Transceiver, the AS8221 FlexRay Standard Transceiver and the AS8224 FlexRay Active Star Device.
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By Tony Armstrong, Linear Technology Corporation The Chinese automotive electronics annual growth rate has been greater than 40% since 2005, and will most likely continue at this rate through the end of this decade. There are three main reasons for this continued growth: China is one of the fastest developing markets for automotive electronics content, it produces quick and innovative...
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Autopad is a non-contacting inductive approach to rotary, linear, and multi-axis position sensing. , and offers improved accuracy, flexibility, and robustness when compared to existing sensor...
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Fujitsu's family of graphics display controllers optimise solutions for embedded graphic applications such as car navigation and mobile information terminals.
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Microtune offers high-performance RF modular and IC solutions for AM/FM radio, terrestrial digital radio, automotive TV, RDS systems and integrated antenna systems.
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The TH8080 is a physical layer device for a single wire data link capable of operating in applications where high data rate is not required and a lower data rate can achieve cost reductions in both...
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Receivers used in automotive TV have to consider environmental and product lifespan conditions. Automotive OEMs require quality components, and the automotive TV tuner is no exception.
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Traditional microcontroller manufacturers are faced with a dilemma that affects the entire market. A microcontroller is an application-specific product, so a new microcontroller with a different...
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The controller area network (CAN) is a serial, asynchronous, multimaster communication protocol for connecting electronic control modules in automotive and industrial applications. CAN was designed...
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To get position information about the occupants of a localised area, the localised area is fragmented into hypothetical cells that are scanned by an overhead server.
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This paper will concentrate on the cost and performance advantages when using the LIN (Local Interconnect Network) bus network in a headlamp application.
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The pre-qualified 'RoadTunes' reference design provides the automobile industry with a hardware and software platform for the range of Bluetooth wireless applications.
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Altera has announced its Platform ASSP Replacement Infotainment System (P.A.R.I.S.) is available to designers and OEMs for infotainment, navigation, comfort and convenience, and drivers-assistance...
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The complexities of supporting multimedia in the automotive environment can be overwhelming, especially when introducing portable media players and USB flash disks.
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The IPS20 and IPS21 power management ICs help simplify the design of secondary based feedback and protection circuit implementations and are suited for controlling voltage and current on the...
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Atmel’s AT91SAM7X and AT91SAM7XC 32-bit microcontrollers are designed for extensively networked, real-time embedded control applications that require USB, Ethernet and CAN.
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By Tony Armstrong, Linear Technology Corporation The Chinese automotive electronics annual growth rate has been greater than 40% since 2005, and will most likely continue at this rate through the end of this decade. There are three main reasons for this continued growth: China is one of the fastest developing markets for automotive electronics content, it produces quick and innovative...