Automotive & Transportation

August 2013
CTE begins Houston zero-emission delivery vehicle project
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) has partnered with the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and Smith Electric Vehicles Corporation (Smith Electric) to reduce vehicle emissions
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08/30/2013
Metallized Carbon appoints Roxanne Andrian quality assurance manager
Metallized Carbon has appointed Roxanne Andrian to fill the position of Quality Assurance Manager to oversee the operations of the Quality Assurance department, and ensure that all products produced
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08/27/2013
Linear's  low-noise 60V zero-drift operational amplifier claims widest dynamic range
Linear Technology introduced the LTC2057HV, a zero-drift amplifier featuring self-calibrating circuitry that provides high DC precision and stability over changes in temperature, time, input range
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08/26/2013
Smith Electric Vehicles, a leading global producer of all-electric medium-duty commercial vehicles, announced that it has signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture (‘the JV') with Taikang
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08/23/2013
The recovering automotive industry has led to a significant increase in demand for components, according to the organizers of North America's largest coil winding, insulation and electrical manufacturing
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08/21/2013
The largest research project in Europe for researching and developing highly integrated system-in-package solutions has been successfully completed. The ESiP (Efficient Silicon Multi-Chip System-in-Package
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08/21/2013
AVX TransFeed Automotive series varistors exhibit fastest response time to ESD strikes
AVX, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has introduced the TransFeed Automotive Series, which combines the best electrical characteristics of its TransGuard®
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08/20/2013
STMicroelectronics/Great Wall Motors joint laboratory to drive the development of next-gen vehicles

Marco Monti, STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of automotive electronics, together with Great Wall Motor
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08/18/2013
Simple battery management systems (BMS) are used extensively in consumer electronics and usually consist of one or more battery management ICs to control charging, perform authentication, provide
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08/18/2013
Ultra-compact high-efficiency supplies address automotive applications
ROHM's latest family of compact, high efficiency power supplies are designed to drive DDR memory, microcontrollers, and other advanced subsystems in automotive applications. D905xx power supply
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Date:
08/18/2013
High visitor satisfaction noted from PCIM 2013
The 7,883 visitors (from 53 different countries) were very satisfied with PCIM Europe 2013, according to the final analysis. Thanks to the exhibitor variety and the huge topic diversity, 95% of all
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08/15/2013
Liner Technology's triple output, 36V step-down switching regulator delivers 100% duty cycle
Linear Technology announced the LT3514, a triple output, 36V step-down switching regulator with 100% duty cycle operation. The LT3514 delivers 2A of continuous output current from one channel and
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08/15/2013
High-accuracy current measurement in automotive applications

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Figure 1: Transducer accuracy

The automotive industry has been undergoing a major transformation during the past few years. After more than a century of improving and refining the traditional gasoline and diesel engines that
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08/13/2013
Temperature controller provides user-friendly accessibility and data retrieval
The RoHS-compliant 5R7-570(A) from Oven Industries is a open board temperature controller is specifically de-signed with a proportional integral control algorithm to pro-vide the most precise control
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08/12/2013
Isola Group, a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multi-layer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), announced Astra™, the company's breakthrough
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08/10/2013
It has been recently announced that the RoHS Directive has been revised, and Directive 2002/95/EC has been replaced by Directive 2011/65/EU, "RoHS II," as of January 2, 2013. New requirements will
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08/09/2013
Precision 80V offset Op-Amp operates with 76V input
Linear Technology introduces the LT6015 single Over-the-Top® operational amplifier with outstanding precision over a 0V to 76V input common-mode voltage range. It incorporates multiple built-in fault
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08/08/2013
STMicroelectronics claims first 650V automotive MOSFETs in TO-247
The STW78N65M5 and STW62N65M5 from STMicroelectronics are presented as the industry's first 650V AEC-Q101 automotive-qualified MOSFETs in the popular TO-247 package. The 650V rating provides greater
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08/07/2013
High-voltage brushless DC motor driver IC serves hybrid and electric vehicles and other 48V battery systems
The A4900 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a high-voltage (600 V) MOSFET gate-driver IC designed for driving brushless DC motors. This new device is designed for high-voltage motor control in hybrid
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Date:
08/07/2013
Paultre on Power - talking about connected cars (Podcast)
In this podcast Alix talks to Karthik Natarajan, Senior VP & Global Head of Integrated Engineering Solutions at Tech Mahindra, about smart vehicles and how he foresees them interacting with
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Date:
08/07/2013
In the near future the time that automobiles will need to spend in the repair shop could be significantly decreased. This will be possible thanks to joint research work undertaken by AUDI, Continental,
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08/06/2013
Vector Software, a leading provider of software solutions for testing embedded applications, announced that their VectorCAST embedded software test suite has been integrated with the AUTOSAR architecture.
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Date:
08/02/2013
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