Automotive & Transport


Automotive sound plus high-performance from new audio op amps

The Texas Instruments OPA1641-Q1 (single) and OPA1642-Q1 (dual) series are JFET-input, ultra-low distortion, low-noise op amps fully specified for audio applications. The rail-to-rail output swing allows increased headroom, making these

Texas Instruments | 07-07-2017

New high voltage, ultra low-profile automotive connectors offer 30% space saving

Available now through TTI Europe, JST Automotive wiring harnesses and wire-to-board connection systems are very widely used by every automotive OEM globally. To meet the demands of today’s automotive manufacturers for ultra-reliable, high p

TTI Europe | 07-07-2017

Dual high-current buck converter meets power management needs in automotive applications

Texas Instruments’ LP87332B-Q1 has been designed to meet the power management requirements in automotive applications. This device contains two step-down DC-DC converters and two linear regulators and general-purpose digital-output signals.

Texas Instruments | 06-07-2017

MCU portfolio extended for secure, high-speed automotive networking instrument clusters and body applications

New devices for sampling in its Traveo automotive MCU family has been announced by Cypress Semiconductor, providing secure, high-speed networking for classic instrument cluster applications. These new MCUs support the CAN FD standard for hi

Cypress | 03-07-2017

New CAN family supports the new FD and PN standards

Now available from Microchip and claimed to be the industry’s first family of CAN transceivers that includes various automotive Grade 0 qualified parts is the ATA65XX family that adds six new devices to their CAN portfolio. The new fami

Microchip Technology | 29-06-2017

Automotive surface mount load dump TVS helps to overcome transient surges

Now available through TTI Europe are SLD8S Series Automotive SMT Transient Voltage Suppression (TVS) Diodes from Littelfuse offering a choice of 7000W (10/1000µs) or 2200W (load dump) peak pulse power dissipation ratings in a surface mount

TTI Europe | 27-06-2017

MOST intelligent network interface controller enables daisy-chain communications in automotive applications

The newest MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC) from Microchip enables automotive manufacturers and tier one suppliers to incorporate Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) networks in a daisy-chain configuration in addi

Microchip Technology | 23-06-2017

Automotive three-phase sensorless BLDC motor controller for cost-sensitive applications

Texas Instruments’s DRV10983-Q1 device is a three-phase sensorless motor driver with integrated power MOSFETs, which can provide continuous drive current up to 2A. The device is specifically designed for cost-sensitive, low-noise, low-exter

Texas Instruments | 23-06-2017

Multi-sensor system transforms distance data into clear information about the driving environment

Leti has announced that their embedded sensor fusion solution, SigmaFusion, has been embedded in Infineon Technologies’ AURIXTM TC29x platform. This platform enables automotive developers to control powertrain, body, safety and ADAS applica

Infineon | 22-06-2017

High-brightness LED matrix manager enables fully dynamic automotive adaptive lighting solutions

The Texas Instruments TPS92662-Q1 LED matrix manager device enables fully dynamic adaptive lighting solutions by providing individual pixel-level LED control. The device includes four sub-strings of three series-connected integrated swi

Texas Instruments | 20-06-2017

CPU IP designed for safety critical systems in an autonomous age

Imagination Technologies announced a highly-scalable 64-bit MIPS multiprocessing solution that has been stringently assessed and validated to meet functional safety (FuSa) compliance for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 standards. This makes it idea

Imagination Technologies | 20-06-2017

Highly durable lead type MLCCs offer up to 200C for automobile use

Murata’s RHS series of lead type multilayer ceramic capacitors for automobile use at maximum usage temperature of 200C is now in stock at TTI Europe. The products have been developed for use in equipment located in severe temperature enviro

TTI Europe | 19-06-2017

RS485 transceivers designed to survive overvoltage faults

This Texas Instruments device is designed to survive overvoltage faults such as direct shorts to power supplies, mis-wiring faults, connector failures, cable crushes, and tool mis-applications. It is also robust to ESD events, with high lev

Texas Instruments | 12-06-2017

High-efficiency automotive LED driver with boost controller

The LP8863-Q1, from Texas Instruments, is an automotive high-efficiency LED driver with boost controller. The six high-precision current sinks support phase shifting that is automatically adjusted based on the number of channels in use. Cur

Texas Instruments | 01-06-2017

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