Automotive & Transport


Highly reliable temperature sensor for automotive applications

Sensirion adds the digital automotive sensor STS4xA to its wide variety of temperature sensors. The series currently comprises two versions: STS41A-AD1B and STS41A-AW1B, with the latter supplying optional wettable flank packaging to support

Sensirion | 06-09-2022

New-generation Si IGBTs for electric vehicle inverters

Renesas Electronics Corporation is developing a new generation of Si-IGBTs, which will be provided in a small footprint while offering low power losses. Targeted at next-generation EV inverters, AE5-generation IGBTs will be mass produced st

Renesas | 01-09-2022

Automotive-grade IHSR high-temperature inductor delivers high current ratings

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc introduced the first AEC-Q200 qualified IHSR high-temperature inductor with current ratings to 155A in the 19mm x 17.1mm x 7mm 6767 case size. Intended for multi-phase, high current power supplies and input/outpu

Vishay | 31-08-2022

Automotive secure element for smart key fobs for keyless entry

NXP Semiconductors now offers the NCJ37x Secure Element (SE), an automotive-qualified secure microcontroller with advanced cryptographic accelerators and physical built-in electrical attack resistance for multiple security-critical automoti

NXP | 31-08-2022

GNSS augmentation service is real-time scalable high precision positioning solution

u-blox has expanded its PointPerfect GNSS augmentation service to the South Korean market from 1 September 2022. It is the first PPP-RTK high-precision positioning solution providing a wide range of applications officially commercialised in

U-Blox | 31-08-2022

Buck switcher IC for low-part-count automotive PSUs

Power Integrations has released a high-current member of its LinkSwitch-TN2Q automotive switcher IC family, providing up to 850mA of output current without needing metal heatsinking. The highly integrated ICs support a broad input voltage o

Power Integrations | 25-08-2022

Advanced technologies support low-carbon vehicle developments

TTI Europe will show the latest fuel-cell and EVs technologies at the Cenex-Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) event at UTAC in Millbrook, UK, on stand C4 619, 7th-8th September 2022. Visitors will discover new developments and understand what the co

TTI Europe | 18-08-2022

MEMS digital output motion sensor designed for automotive applications

STMicroelectronics AIS25BA MEMS Digital Output Motion Sensor, available now from Mouser, is an ultralow noise, low latency, wide bandwidth, three-axis digital accelerometer with a dedicated time-division multiplexing interface. The devic

Mouser Electronics | 17-08-2022

Exploring AI-based driver monitoring

Mouser has published the newest chapter of its Empowering Innovation Together program. This episode examines the importance of driver monitoring systems for occupant presence and condition, such as fatigue or distraction, to aid in fosterin

Mouser Electronics | 15-08-2022

Synchronous buck converter supports high-efficiency operation and reduces EMI

Diodes Incorporated has released a new addition to its automotive-compliant DC-DC converters family. The DIODES AP64060Q is a 600mA synchronous buck converter device with an input voltage range that covers 4.5V to 40V. It includes a 600mOhm

Diodes Inc | 12-08-2022

Low power audio ADC is ideal for space-constrained audio systems

The Texas Instruments PCM6120-Q1 is a Burr-Brown high-performance, audio ADC that supports simultaneous sampling of up to two analog channels or four digital channels for the PDM microphone input. The device supports line and microphone

Texas Instruments | 11-08-2022

Collaboration on immersive digital cockpit in-vehicle computing platform

AMD has announced a strategic collaboration with ECARX. The companies are to work together on an in-vehicle computing platform for next-generation EVs, predicted to be in mass production by late 2023. The ECARX digital cockpit will be the f

AMD | 09-08-2022

Exploring what is next for AI-based driver monitoring

Mouser releases the latest chapter of its Empowering Innovation Together program. The new episode examines the importance of driver monitoring systems for occupant presence and condition – including fatigue or distraction – to help facilita

Mouser Electronics | 04-08-2022

New chip ferrite beads are first to achieve 20A rating

Murata has launched the BLE32SN series of chip ferrite beads. These are claimed to be the world's first chip-type noise suppression components to have 20A current rating. They will be employed to offer noise suppression in circuits with lar

Murata | 03-08-2022