10-12-2024 | Mouser Electronics | Semiconductors
Mouser has announced a new eBook in collaboration with TE Connectivity and Microchip Technology. The eBook presents an in-depth look at how zonal architecture is helping designers keep pace with the increasing complexity of automotive systems and how it defines a fundamental change in vehicle construction.
Zonal architecture optimises vehicle performance by constructing distinct zones within the vehicle that cater to specific functionalities and implementing vehicle compute platforms. In 'Zonal Architecture: Delivering New Standards of Connectivity for Automotive and Beyond', subject matter experts from across the automotive industry, including from TE and Microchip, present their perspectives on how zonal architecture is evolving, how it is being integrated, and the opportunities it is providing to designers in the automotive industry and beyond. The eBook also includes examples from the companies' wide portfolios of automotive-grade products, including connectivity and sensor solutions and MCUs.
TE's GEMnet differential connector system series supplies bandwidth up to 15GHz and supports data transmission up to 56Gbps, making them suitable for ADAS and high-resolution displays.
The NanoMQS connector system, also from TE, features a miniature design, lowering the PCB footprint by up to 50% while maintaining a 6A current capacity. These connectors are excellent for battery/cell control modules, engine control units, airbags, and black box applications with extreme space constraints.
The TE Connectivity MCP hybrid coaxial connectors are created for connections passing through the firewall within a vehicle to connect the front and rear cameras. Typical applications for these connectors include telemetry units, antennas, firewall V2X, and GPS.
Microchip's LAN8770 100BASE-T1 Ethernet PHY transceivers are compact, cost-effective, single-port devices compliant with the IEEE 802.3bw-2015 specification. These devices are optimised for AEC-Q100 automotive use cases, including ADAS, infotainment, telematics, smart antennas, and in-vehicle backbones.
The dsPIC33CDVC256MP506 integrated motor drivers, also from Microchip, combine a DSC with a full-bridge MOSFET gate driver designed for three-phase BLDC motor control and a CAN transceiver for automotive communications. Applications include cooling fans, gas, oil and water pumps, compressors, valves, actuators, and turbochargers.
The Microchip MCP998x, automotive temperature sensors, support accurate thermal monitoring across up to five channels. With up to five channels of monitoring and several alert and shutdown options for security, this product family can support systems that supervise more than one thermal element. Monitoring temperatures at multiple locations with a single, integrated temperature sensor decreases board complexity and size and simplifies design for a lowered BOM.
