Automotive & Transport


Board designed for efficient and precise control of BLDC motors in automotive body systems

This motor-driving circuit board for automotive body electronics uses the Mikroe SmartMCD, a fifth-generation mixed-signal process technology. It combines an ARM Cortex CPU with a Vector Engine co-processor and pre-drivers to control extern

Mikroelektronika | 15-08-2024

DMD for automotive and EV applications

Mouser now stocks the new DLP2021-Q1 automotive 0.2" DLP DMD from Texas Instruments. The device is designed for automotive exterior light control and display applications, including ground projection in full colour with animated and dynamic

Mouser Electronics | 14-08-2024

Highest power density for DC/DC converters demonstrated

DC/DC converters are essential to connect the high-voltage battery to the low-voltage auxiliary circuits in any EV or HEV. This includes 12V power headlights, interior lights, wiper and window motors, fans, and at 48V, pumps, steering drive

Infineon | 14-08-2024

Open-source software stack propels innovation in the EV charging sector

Versinetic has launched its EVerest integration, a modular, flexible software stack created for EV charging station manufacturers and operators. The project was developed under the Linux Foundation Energy initiative to accelerate innovation

Versinetic | 13-08-2024

Select your power with new EV charger reference designs

The reliability and performance of EV chargers are critical to drive global market adoption. EV manufacturers are focused on providing the most robust, weather-resistant and user-friendly EV chargers. To accelerate the time to market of an

Microchip Technology | 12-08-2024

Pico-ITX board satisfies the demands of electronic design engineers

FORTEC UK has launched the Pico-ITX Board from AAEON powered by the ARM NXP i.MX8M Plus Quad-Core Cortex-A53 1.6GHz processor. Created to satisfy the demands of design electronic engineers, this high-performance board delivers outstanding c

FORTEC United Kingdom | 09-08-2024

MCU for safety-critical industrial and automotive applications

Mouser now stocks the AVR DU MCU from Microchip Technology. The device features the AVR CPU with a hardware multiplier running at clock speeds up to 24 MHz. These MCUs offer up to 64KB Flash, up to 8KB SRAM, and 256 bytes of EEPROM. The MCU

Mouser Electronics | 08-08-2024

Configurable control unit with I/O and CAN FD connection

PEAK-System has released the PCAN-MicroMod FD ECU, a universal control unit for the integration of custom accessories in automotive applications. For this purpose, it supplies a CAN FD connection and a mix of analog and digital I/Os, for ex

PEAK-System | 08-08-2024

High performance transformer-based AD perception software stack

Ambarella, Inc. and Plus have announced that Plus's PlusVision – a high-performance transformer-based AD perception software stack with industry-leading power efficiency – is now available on Ambarella's CV3-AD AI domain controller family o

Ambarella | 07-08-2024

AI and EVs powered with fast SiC MOSFETs in robust TOLL package

Navitas Semiconductor extends its new portfolio of Gen-3 'Fast' (G3F) 650V SiC MOSFETs into a thermally-enhanced, rugged, high-speed, surface-mount TOLL package designed for demanding, high-power, high-reliability applications. Combining

Navitas Semiconductor | 07-08-2024

Companies bring functional safety applications to the road

Vector and HighTec EDV-Systeme have released the world's first successful integration of Rust applications with C-based AUTOSAR Classic basic software and, there, remove the last hurdles for using Rust in the automotive sector. With Vector'

Vector | 07-08-2024

PCIe Gen5 SSD controller for enterprise and PC or automotive AI applications

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation has announced the SM2508, the best power-efficient PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2.0 client SSD controller for AI PCs and gaming consoles. It is the world’s first PCIe Gen5 client SSD controller employing TSMC’s 6nm E

Silicon Motion | 07-08-2024

Automotive op-amps for cost-sensitive systems

The Texas Instruments TLV930x-Q1 family (TLV9301-Q1, TLV9302-Q1, and TLV9304-Q1) is a family of 40V, cost-optimised op-amps. These devices provide strong general-purpose DC and AC specifications, including rail-to-rail output, low offset (±

Texas Instruments | 06-08-2024

High-voltage WTB connector designed to save space in battery applications

Hirose has expanded its high-voltage WTB connectors to include a high-heat-resistant version with a space-saving design. The ZG05HV Series WTB connector supports applications up to 125C, making it excellent for automotive applications such

Hirose | 06-08-2024

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