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Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Renesas Technology to Release SH74504 and SH74513 MCUs with On-Chip Large Capacity Flash Memory and SRAM for Automobile Driver-Assist System Control Achieved Industry-Top Operation Speed of 240 MHz

Renesas Technology has announced the SH74504 and SH74513, 32-bit MCUs with on-chip flash memory for driver-assist system control to achieve “active safety” in automotive applications.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: First automotive dual core, floating point MCUs from Texas Instruments let designers innovate and differentiate for safety critical applications

Texas Instruments has introduced the TMS570F microcontroller (MCU), an ARM Cortex-R4F processor-based floating point, lock step dual-core automotive MCU.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: STMicroelectronics and NAVTEQ Combine Road Map and Position Data to Enhance Driver Safety

STMicroelectronics and NAVTEQ to develop a solution to combine digital road map with positioning data and enable driver assistance apps, such as curve over-speed warning or adaptive headlight control.  >>  

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Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: More Safety Electronics Means More Semiconductors on Vehicles

By William B. Hanna, Delphi Corp. The number of semiconductors in vehicles is increasing and will continue to grow in proportion to the total electronic content on vehicles. One of the key areas contributing to the increase of electronics content is safety technologies. Safety has always been at the top of the list for consumers and new safety features on vehicles will continue to be a major...  >>  

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Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Autopad

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... [from TT Electronics]  >>  

Automotive Airbags :: Rugged automotive memory technology

Ramtron automotive nonvolatile memory is ideal for the new wave of cars that feature improved safety, fuel-efficiency, and enhanced driver experience. [from Ramtron]  >>  

Tire Pressure Safety/ Security :: Atmel's Fully Programmable, Ultra Low Power RF Transmitter IC Boosts Flexibility for Car Access and TPMS Applications

Atmel announced availability of the new fully integrated fractional-N RF transmitter IC ATA5749 for car access and TPMS applications. [from Atmel]  >>  

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Automotive Airbags Application Notes :: Actel Automotive Solutions FAQs

Actel’s Automotive FPGAs are suited for a variety of control functions. In-the-cab airbag controls, engine diagnostic, and other safety monitoring systems.  >>  

Tire Pressure Safety/ Security Application Notes :: LF Wake-up Demonstrator ATAK5267-83

Typical wake-up applications can be found in vehicles for tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). The LF wake-up demonstrator shows performance of a 1D LF wake-up channel.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security White Papers :: Reverse Sensing

The number of electronic control modules within the vehicle continues to increase. Systems to aid the driver in handling the blind spots that exist on vehicles, especially the larger SUVs, are...  >>  

Tire Pressure Safety/ Security Application Notes :: TPM for automotive use

This document explains a typical tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system for automotive use. TPM's monitor the internal temperature and pressure of an automobile's tire.  >>  

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Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Automotive Buck Boost LED driver Reference Design

This document explains the steps to design a Buck boost LED driver using the MLX10803.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: OmniVision And eASIC Offer Mpeg-4 Reference Design To Provide Rapid Development Of Camera Solutions

OmniVision and eASIC have announced an MPEG-4 camera reference design suitable for camcorders, security and surveillance cameras and automotive vision systems.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: eASIC Announces eDiVeo Family Of Low-Cost Single-Chip Audio And Video Codecs

eASIC announced eDiVeo low-cost single chip audio and video CODECS. The eDV9100 supports MPEG-4 video providing encoding or decoding for full motion VGA.  >>  

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Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Fully Integrated Single-Chip Automotive Camera

The OV7949 CMOS image sensor is known as one of the most cost-efficient and highly integrated true single-chip CMOS camera chips.  >>  

Tire Pressure Safety/ Security :: SM5420: Low-Cost, SO-8 Packaged Pressure Sensor

The SM5420 is a small SO-8 pressure sensor. Accuracy is achieved through careful resistor placement, mechanical configuration and advanced MEMS processing.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Image sensor kit suits automotive apps

The ECK100 evaluation kit contains an ACM100 camera, control box, cable, management software, and API, for applications as lane-departure or forward-collision warnings.  >>  

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