The pace of innovation has changed. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can no longer take years to introduce new products or update functionality in existing products. If your customers can’t get what they want, when they want it, they’re quick to go elsewhere.
OEMs in nearly every industry are becoming...
Published: Sep 25, 2020
Mutation testing checks the quality of your test cases. Automated mutation testing is the most important new functionality in the new main version V4.3 of TESSY, the tool for automated unit / module and integration testing of embedded software.
What is the purpose of such code mutations and how does mutation testing...
Published: Mar 02, 2021
Obtaining safety certifications and pre-market approvals for safety-related systems is arduous, costly, and prone to failure. And yet such certifications and approvals are integral to the sale and market acceptance of software for a wide range of products.
Further, safe system design continues to evolve as embedded...
Published: Feb 04, 2021
Multi-hop mesh protocols, such as Zigbee® , are getting a lot of press for their ability to link together low data-rate Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. Zigbee, in particular, is targeting itself as the standard bearer for wireless, low-power meshing protocols. Many of the features of a Zigbee solution touch...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
In the automotive market as in all industries, competition breeds innovation. Over the last 100 years, this truth has transformed the horseless carriage into one of the most useful and ubiquitous tools in the modern world. Automobiles have long been understood as mechanical devices, but recently, continuing innovation...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Everspin Technologies review the development of MRAM technology at Everspin, focusing on both toggle MRAM, which is used in our current commercial products, and spin-torque MRAM, which offers significant potential for cell size reduction that could enable higher memory densities.
Toggle MRAM uses magnetic fields for...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
In recent decades, cars have increased in numbers as well as dimensions. They have become more comfortable, more powerful, safer and therefore heavier as well, with mid-range cars already weighing 1.5 tons.
Fossil fuels are only available until they are exhausted and when they are burned, they release harmful...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
The rapidly growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road requires more charging infrastructures to top off energy so that EVs can get back on road quickly. An EV charging station is an important element in the charging infrastructure, which supplies electric energy to the EV and provides a network connection....
Published: Jul 17, 2018
Automotive electronics are now beginning to radically change the automobile in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. Engine control and ABS systems based on electronic sub-systems are now standard features of most automobiles. Among the many new and emerging applications undergoing significant change,...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Choosing the right electromechanical switch involves many considerations. Panel size, terminal type, actuator style, illumination and contact material are just a few. However these decisions are irrelevant if design engineers do not take switch reliability into account. ...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
ECUs became a standard component in most vehicles. As a computer designed to solve a very specific problem, the ECU is a fundamental component in an automobile. Modern vehicles can contain over 100 ECUs with many different purposes.
This white paper explores different approaches to test automotive electronic control...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
Within the next 10 years, we will see remarkable change in the automotive industry from improved engine efficiency to autonomous vehicles to electrification. National Instruments is proud to partner with leading institutions driving these changes. This curated handbook summarizes and provides access to six case studies...
Published: Aug 14, 2019
This paper discusses the challenges and success factors for creating the world’s first integrated MEMS gyroscopes for the consumer electronics market. A disruptive MEMS processing platform called Nasiri-Fabrication is described which has enabled Motion Processing applications, creating the largest and fastest growing...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Advances in semiconductor technologies from efficient power semiconductors to advanced sensor systems, has lead to the development of intelligent and safe robots. The next evolution of robotics will lead us into era with more autonomous robots and artificial intelligence (AI).
This document exposes ideas on how to...
Published: Jul 16, 2018