In recent years, there has been a rapid development in automotive body applications to enhance the safety and comfort of passengers. Systems including air conditioning, wiper controls, power windows, sliding doors, seat controls, smart keyless entry systems, anti-theft mechanisms and intelligent airbag systems have all increased in sophistication. Accordingly, customers are looking for electronic components that can support increased body application functionality
NEC Electronics today announced a new line of microcontrollers (MCUs) based on the company's 0.15 micron process technology with embedded flash memory optimized for automotive body and safety...
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Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX9921 dual, 2-wire Hall-effect sensor interface IC. This single-chip solution supplies and monitors the current drawn by two Hall-effect sensors, filters...
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today released a new series of sapphire-based, high-intensity blue SMD LEDs that offer highly efficient InGaN technology at a lower cost than standard InGaN blue LEDs.
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Fujitsu has announced the release of a fourth-generation, ultra-miniature automotive relay for motor applications. The new relay is a slim device that is 28% smaller than its third-generation...
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Infineon Technologies has introduced a new family of five-channel high-side smart power switches for control of both standard bulbs and LEDs in interior and exterior automotive light systems,...
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By Gene Frantz, Texas Instruments Smart, programmable cameras with a high degree of analytical intelligence will be the workhorses that enable the next generation of applications for the security and automotive markets to name just a couple. The technology will be in place. Are we ready for it as human beings?
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The new SPOC (SPI Power Controller) family for Advanced Light Control is a five channel high-side smart power switch in PG-DSO36-20 package providing embedded protective functions. They are...
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Because of the cars growing complexity, there is a permanent need to increase the comforts and convenience features for the driver and passengers.
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Visteon's Cockpit Module extends beyond the physical and functional elements that comprise a system to include a solution designed and engineered with a consumer focus in mind. Using this...
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This Application Note describes an automotive exterior lighting control module using a PIC16C433. This unit also communicates over a Local Interconnect Network (LIN) bus as a slave controller....
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Small motors, less than 300 W, are found in a wide variety of applications including automobiles, printers, copiers, paper handlers, factory automation, space and military vehicles, test equipment...
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Enabling lighting system design engineers to run high brightness LEDs at full power without thermal degradation in gaming and vending machines, outdoor signage and display, emergency vehicle...
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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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The TX4964FG graphics controller SoC drives and manages small TFT LCD displays increasingly found in automobile instrument clusters, including back-up camera displays. The 176-pin provides...
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The AS5040 is a system-on-chip, combining integrated Hall elements, analog front end and digital signal processing in a single device. It provides incremental output signals and the absolute...
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By Gene Frantz, Texas Instruments Smart, programmable cameras with a high degree of analytical intelligence will be the workhorses that enable the next generation of applications for the security and automotive markets to name just a couple. The technology will be in place. Are we ready for it as human beings?