Automotive & Transport


New smaller, smarter automotive-qualified motor drive systems for body electronics

Texas Instruments offers its newest automotive-qualified motor drives that are suited to body electronics designs providing high efficiency, flexibility and overall system protection features. The DRV10983-Q1 is claimed to be the first

Texas Instruments | 05-10-2017

Chip ferrite beads suppress power line noise in automobile applications

Murata offers the BLM31KN_BH series of chip ferrite beads for use in automotive powertrain safety applications with a very high, guaranteed temperature capability of 150C. The chip ferrite beads are aimed at the automotive market for use as

Murata | 02-10-2017

Dual low-noise LDO voltage regulator ideal for powering sensitive analog low-voltage devices

The Texas Instruments TPS7A88-Q1 is a dual, low-noise (4µVRMS), low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulator capable of sourcing 1A per channel with 250mV of maximum dropout. The device provides the flexibility of two independent LDOs and ap

Texas Instruments | 29-09-2017

New three-wire differential speed sensor IC designed with integrated EMI protection

Allegro MicroSystems Europe has a new optimised Hall-effect three-wire differential speed sensor IC and permanent magnet pellet combination. The ATS668 has integrated EMC protection components to provide a user-friendly solution for true z

Allegro | 29-09-2017

Automotive dual Power MOSFETs offer ultimate space efficiency

Nexperia offers a new range of 80V dual Power-SO8 MOSFETs in the LFPAK56D package. With the addition of this new 80V range of MOSFETs the company now offers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of devices, ranging from 30V to 100V. T

Nexperia | 28-09-2017

Automotive low-power 96kHz mono audio codec well-suited for low-power applications

The Texas Instruments TLV320AIC3109-Q1 device is a low-power mono audio codec with a mono headphone amplifier and multiple input and output channels that are programmable in single-ended or fully differential configurations. The device incl

Texas Instruments | 22-09-2017

MOSFETs in robust packages save space, offer high performance and ruggedness

Nexperia has introduced a new series of Trench 9 power MOSFETs, targeted primarily at the automotive industry, which combine the company’s low voltage superjunction technology with its advanced packaging capability to deliver high performan

Nexperia | 22-09-2017

Three-phase automotive gate driver suitable for high-current applications

The DRV3220-Q1 bridge driver, from Texas Instruments, is dedicated to automotive three-phase brushless DC motor control applications. The device provides six dedicated drivers for standard-level N-channel MOSFET transistors. A boost convert

Texas Instruments | 18-09-2017

High-performance automotive chips adopted by Nissan for its new LEAF

Renesas Electronics has announced that its R-Car SoC for car infotainment and ADAS as well as its RH850 automotive control MCU have been adopted by Nissan for the ProPILOT Park, a full-fledged automated-parking system, of its new LEAF, Niss

Renesas | 15-09-2017

Driving safe with reliable automotive power electronics

RS Components offer a large portfolio of products from Infineon to meet a range of automotive applications. Industrial and automotive engineers are smart to remove fuses, and relays, using low side HITFET and high Side PROFET intelligen

RS Components | 05-09-2017

Shunt-based management system offers precision current measurement in battery management

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB), Erlangen, is using Isabellenhütte’s shunt-based management system IVT-S for precision current measurement in battery management systems in its foxBMS development

Isabellenhutte | 29-08-2017

Sensor detects vehicles to the rear and side of the exterior body

DENSO Corporation has developed a 24GHz submillimeter-wave rear and side radar sensor to help enhance vehicle safety systems. The sensor is used in the 2018 Toyota Camry. It is strategically built into the rear bumper of the vehicle to

DENSO | 14-08-2017

Radio solution solves automotive industry challenge of scaling price and performance

Silicon Labs has introduced what is claimed to be the industry’s most scalable, flexible and cost-effective car radio solution for the global automotive infotainment market. Their new portfolio of Global Eagle and Dual Eagle AM/FM receivers

Silicon Labs | 14-08-2017

Microchip – Major car manufacturers implement MOST50 technology for in-vehicle infotainment systems

Microchip has delivered its 50 millionth Media Oriented System Transport (MOST) technology 50Mbps INIC. Their technology, which includes an ePHY that is optimized for use with UTP copper wire, has been implemented in multiple vehicle platfo

Microchip Technology | 27-07-2017

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