Automotive Design Features

Software tools ease AUTOSAR compliance

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Select Schottky diodes based on avalanche performance

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SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #62: Design your own simple I2C industrial interface isolator

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Programmable logic, SoC simplify power steering, accessory control

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Modularity provides functional, economical tire-pressure monitoring

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Ultracapacitors: Best Option for EV Energy Storage Technology

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MOST150 points to technology tipping point

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Leverage Ethernet to improve passenger safety, comfort, and convenience

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Capacitive proximity detection spurs automotive convenience features

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Toyota accelerations revisited—hanging by a (tin) whisker

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Define drain-current conditions when calculating power for multi-core SoCs

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Technical Papers

Simple Circuit Monitors Health of –48V Telecom Lead-Acid Battery Backup Systems

A Platform Solution with Advanced Security for Automotive Body Electronics Applications

Issue in Focus: Systems and Software Driven Innovation

Accelerating Innovation in Automotive Engineering

Selecting the Right Graphics Display Controller

Making Sense of the Smartphone-Vehicle Cacophony

Automotive and Transportation Selection Guide

PowerPAK 1212-8, The Proven Automotive Package

Hybrid and Electric Vehicle (HEV) Solutions Guide

Intelligent Environments for Transportation

Courses and Webinars

Five Things You Don't Know about DACs

Trends and challenges of voice/audio pre and post processing in smartphones, tablets and mobile computing devices

Time Correlation of Analog, Digital and RF Signals

System-Level Integration of Wireless-enabled Embedded Systems

Debug of a WLAN Power Amplifier (2.4 GHz) - MDO4000 Series

Teardowns

Electric motorbike teardown

Video: Tear down that Prius!

Sperry vertical gyro for Boeing 747

Under the Hood: MotoGP electronics is where the rubber meets the road

A19 LED bulbs: What’s under the frosting?

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Reference Designs

Lattice adds over 90 reference designs for PLDs

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has released more than 90 reference designs optimized for the MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs.
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Quantenna debuts 802.11n 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge ref design

Quantenna Communications Inc. has debuted a complete reference design based on its QHS600 IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) chipset.
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Products

Compact gate drive IC simplifies hybrid, EV power train design

STMicroelectronics Unveils World's First 3-Axis Gyroscope for Automotive Applications

LED driver controller handles demanding lighting applications

New H-PSOF power-electronics packaging touts high-current capability and high efficiency

Ramtron energy-sipping FRAM serves low-power applications

Hi-Speed USB protectors let drivers safely recharge their USB devices

100-V synchronous buck regulator debuts with integrated MOSFETs

ST unveils industry-first car door controller IC with integrated window control

Vishay ChipLEDs are super thin and ultra bright

Ethernet AVB development kit for open network standard automotive infotainment applications

Commentary

What's in your emergency repair kit, besides tools?

Bill Schweber

It starts with duct tape, of course, but there are other small items to bring

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Heh, depending on the length, the gauge, the current, and the nature of the item being powered, that ...

The passion

Brian Fuller

Will the enormous contributions Baby Boom engineers have made to humanity carry forward to new generations?

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The ruling class is not interested in Don Morgan or his students. Both parties have been ...

What's a good "real engineer" question?

Bill Schweber

There are quick ways to separate the real techies from wannabes

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This discussion no VCC and also the one on anode and cathode brings up something I've dwelled on in ...

Auto show musings

Rick DeMeis

You may have missed these under reported developments coming from the recent auto shows.

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On the Buick it is done using the base model audio equipment.

DIY days: better, worse, or just very different?

Bill Schweber

How does today's do-it-yourself experimenter situation compare to "back in the day"?

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Who needs a hybrid?

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Now that they have our attention!

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Culture shock: Driving an electric car

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If you can't drive a Chevy Volt, drive a plug-in Prius

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Chevy Volt fires cause concern

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