Power Train
Replace chemical battery storage with supercapacitors
The use of super-capacitors for energy storage has advantages, as well as disadvantages, compared to chemical, battery storage.
Automotive power MOSFETs meet widening design challenges
Broader voltage requirements are needed to handle the greater numbers of electronic systems, features, and capabilities in today's automobiles.
Tip of the Week: Multiphasing DC/DC design boosts auto applications
With its programmability up to 12 phases using multiple daisy-chained controllers, the LTC3862 is suited to step-up supplies from 100 to 1000 watts for powering automotive fuel injection systems and high-power audio amplifiers.
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Chassis & Suspension
Common mode chokes may cause unexpected transients
To choke or not to choke? When connecting ECUs via CAN Bus, a choke in the signal path often is the best way to eliminate noise. But circuit designers have several options.
Chip vendors facing up to AUTOSAR challenge
AUTOSAR is a huge standardization project to make automotive software reusable and interchangeable. Read what is the current state of the project, what does a semiconductor vendor can get out of it, and where the drawbacks are.
Using static analysis to diagnose & prevent failures in safety-critical device designs
David Kleidermacher reviews static analysis tools and their usefulness in safety-critical embedded apps such as medical devices and systems, and provides insight into using them effectively and assesses what remains to be done to address future challenges.
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Body Electronics
Flexible and Robust Solid-State Drivers for Automotive Lighting Applications
In automotive lighting applications, Solid-state switches offer many advantages over mechanical relays. The paper explain these properties, using Freescale's Gen III eXtreme Switch product family as an example.
Ready to go with your 8-bit microcontroller design
Motor control devices can be more effective if equipped with the right hardware modules — for instance wit vector computing facilities and support for Field Oriented Control (FOC) or even Power Factor Control (PFC).
PLM, multidisciplinary simulation enable automotive mechatronics integration
With cars becoming "living rooms and laptops on wheels," managing mechatronics content from diverse sources is critical.
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Infotainment
Automotive radio receiver harnesses Software Defined Radio
Auto-qualified, multi-standard digital radio receiver uses software to implement seven standards; signal-processing blocks are functions that can be shared between different standards.
Combined GSM and GPS embedded modules compared
Navigation, tracking and localization applications are gaining importance in vehicle electronics, for instance in connection with eCall applications or fleet management applications. The article compares several widespread state-of-the art modules that combine GSM and GPS functions.
Simple embedded wireless resolves rural public transport scheduling
Wireless protocol's frequency agility, data rate, and range offer a low-cost, robust system feeding a simple visual interface.
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Safety and Security
Software tool helps develop intelligent seat-belt system
Sensors and logic anticipate a crash and activate a motorized seat belt retractor to secure a shoulder belt around an occupant.
PRODUCT HOW-TO: The importance of standard platforms in safety crtical industrial applications
How VxWorks-based modular software platforms can be used to improve the safety and security of industrial control systems.
Open Source Software for High Reliability Applications: Is it safe?
The president of AdaCore explores the use of freely licencsed open source software in safety critical applications.
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About the Automotive DesignLine Europe How-To Section
Automotive DesignLine's How-To Section delivers detailed engineering articles focused on the design and development of chassis and suspension systems, safety and security, body electronics, automotive infotainment systems, and power train design. Design topics covered in this category include engine design, automotive electronics, telematics, infotainment, vehicle engineering, Bluetooth design, GPS design, hybrid and electric vehicles, sensors and MEMS, developments in fuel cell technology, automotive data bus technologies, automotive vision systems, and more.
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