I’m still processing much of the material that was covered at the ECIA Executive Conference, Living Connected, earlier this week. But since today is Halloween, I thought I’d cover a few of the things I found a little scary during the conference. Some people now consider it necessary to record their surroundings, their locations and…
Sunnyvale, Calif. — Spansion Inc. has expanded its Traveo microcontroller (MCU) family aimed at human machine interfaces (HMI) in automotive dashboards. Spansion is integrating its HyperBus interface with its ARM Cortex-R5-based embedded Traveo MCU for the first time, enabling seamless connections with HyperBus memories, including Spansion HyperFlash memory, to simplify design and provide faster performance in…
San Jose, Calif. — Altera Corporation has announced nine new Altera Enpirion power system-on-chip (PowerSoC) devices that fully comply with the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC-Q100) qualification standard temperature grade 2, a critical stress test qualification for automotive integrated circuits (ICs). The Altera Enpirion PowerSoCs offer up to 96 percent peak efficiency and can be used in…
San Jose, Calif. — Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) has expanded its automotive line with an automotive infotainment companion chip that supports high-resolution multimedia (audio, video) and camera connectivity for next-generation applications in the connected car. The TC358791XBG automotive companion chip supports the latest automotive Gigabit Ethernet AVB standard for a wide range of applications, such…
Molex Incorporated announced today that it has received a 2014 Chicago Innovation Award for developing the connector system that brings electrical connectivity to the Dow Chemical Company’s POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingles. The Molex Interconnect System helped enable Dow to deliver its groundbreaking new solar roofing solution to residential consumers across the country and in Canada. The…
Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, won top honors in the “Best Sales Tools – Sales Incentive Campaign” category and earned the distinction of “Best in Show” for its ST Car promotion during the advertising awards ceremony at the Electronic Components Industry Association’s Executive Conference held earlier this week in Chicago. The…
Santa Clara, Calif. — OmniVision Technologies Inc. has released the newest additions to its portfolio of OmniHDR automotive high dynamic range (HDR) sensor family – the 1.3-megapixel OV10642 and the WVGA OV10625. Both the OV10642 and the OV10625 deliver high sensitivity and HDR performance in their respective market segments, said OmniVision. The sensors also use…
Santa Clara, Calif. — ROHM Semiconductor has developed system power supplies optimized for high-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) in a variety of automotive systems, such as electronic power steering, fuel injection, and advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). To ensure compatibility with start-stop systems, the BD39001EKV-C uses a proprietary boost-buck automatic switching…
Malvern, Pa. — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has introduced 27 new 4 A to 10 A FRED Pt Hyperfast and Ultrafast recovery rectifiers in the compact, low-profile SMPC (TO-277A) eSMP series package. The AEC-Q101-qualified rectifiers feature extremely fast and soft recovery characteristics with low leakage current and low forward voltage drop, and reduce switching losses and over-dissipation in automotive and…
Dallas, Tex. — Texas Instruments (TI) has claimed the industry’s first fully integrated high-brightness LED matrix manager IC for adaptive automotive headlight systems. The TPS92661-Q1 is a compact solution that is said to reduce board space by 73 percent and control up to 96 high-brightness LEDs in headlamps. A single TPS92661-Q1 replaces bulky discrete circuits, including multiple transistors,…