Diodes Incorporated has extended its family of automotive LED drivers with the BCR4xxUQ series that simplifies the driving of low-power lighting. LED technology is replacing conventional bulbs throughout the car: from external lighting such
Diodes Inc | 30-07-2018
The TPS92612-Q1 device, from Texas Instruments, is a simple single-channel high-side LED driver running from an automotive car battery. With LEDs being extensively used in automotive applications, simple LED drivers are more and more po
Texas Instruments | 26-07-2018
Analog Devices has introduced an embedded system for generating engine sound for EV and HEV. The ADSP-BF706 digital signal processor and Electric Vehicle Warning Sound System firmware allows automobile manufacturers in North America and oth
Analog Devices | 23-07-2018
The Texas Instruments TPS92663-Q1 LED matrix manager device enables fully dynamic adaptive lighting solutions by providing individual pixel-level LED control. The device comprises two sub-strings of three series-connected integrated swi
Texas Instruments | 20-07-2018
Microchip Technology has announced a new 3D gesture recognition controller that provides a low system cost for the automotive industry, giving a durable single-chip solution for advanced automotive HMI designs. The MGC3140 joins the company
Microchip Technology | 18-07-2018
Car manufacturers are seeking more ways to decrease driver distraction through realising functional safety technology in vehicles. Many HMI designers are applying gesture recognition as an option to increase driver and vehicle safety withou
Microchip Technology | 11-07-2018
The Texas Instruments TCA9517-Q1 is a bidirectional buffer with level shifting capabilities for I2C and SMBus systems. It supplies bidirectional voltage-level translation (up-translation/down-translation) between low voltages (down to 0.9V)
Texas Instruments | 09-07-2018
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the launch of a new analogue output IC photocoupler that allows high-speed communications in automotive applications – especially EV and HEV. The new TLX9309 consists of a high-output GaAlAs LED that
Toshiba | 06-07-2018
The Texas Instruments DS90C189-Q1 is a low power bridge for automotive applications that reduces the size of the RGB interface between the host GPU and the Display. The bridge is designed to support single pixel data transmission betwee
Texas Instruments | 04-07-2018
Renesas Electronics Corporation has released their "R-Car virtualisation support package" that allows easier development of hypervisors for the R-Car automotive SoC. The virtualisation support package includes, free of charge, both the R-Ca
Renesas | 03-07-2018
The Texas Instruments AMC1311-Q1 is a precision, isolated amplifier, for automotive applications, with an output divided from the input circuitry by an isolation barrier that is highly resistant to magnetic interference. This barrier is cer
Texas Instruments | 02-07-2018
Analog Devices offers three enhanced Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) transceivers that achieve the unparalleled ability to tailor system-level performance to even the most stringent EMC demands. The new AD242x series provides configurable transm
Analog Devices | 29-06-2018
Melexis has a new integrated sense and brushed motor drive solution that is essentially intended for automotive automation applications such as seat movement, window lift and sunroofs. The two-IC solution can combine sensing directly into t
Melexis | 25-06-2018
Power Integrations offers two new members of its SCALE-iDriver gate-driver IC family that are now certified to AEC-Q100 Grade Level 1 for automotive use. The two parts, SID1132KQ and SID1182KQ, are suitable for driving 650V, 750V and 1200V
Power Integrations | 11-06-2018