When it comes to testing, a lot of effort is spent selecting the “right” testing tool. However, often this effort is expended for a second-class goal. Certainly, you need a tool that works for you, your development environment, your project, and your process. However, what is paramount for good testing is not...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
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Infineon's AURIX™ microcontroller family is equipped with many safety features and functionalities. Hitex, an AURIX™ Preferred Design House provides a white paper where you can learn how these powerful...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
Magnetic Hall effect sensors prevail in position sensing applications across a variety of markets. This is a result of the robust, versatile, cost effective and non-contact performance of Hall effect sensors. Growth in the use of these sensors has been steady for several decades. The expected annual revenue generated by...
Published: Nov 02, 2018
Brushed DC ironless motors are found in a large variety of products and applications such as medical, robotics, factory automation, security and access, civil aviation and aerospace products.
This article is a brief technical introduction on ironless DC motors. It is intended to help engineers better understand the...
Published: Jul 20, 2018
A growing market spurs innovation and this JAE white paper focuses on one such innovation in the energy storage systems market: next-generation battery connectors.
In this white paper JAE compares oldstyle battery connectors to today’s newest components –connectors specifically developed for use with...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
High-voltage power management ICs, such as TI’s LM5000 series of integrated controllers and regulators, can simplify the design of high-voltage power management solutions
This paper presents various application scenarios where high-voltage capability up to 100V is required and explains how high-voltage power...
Published: Jul 23, 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
In 2018 KEMET continues leading the automotive solutions with the 1 st to market introduction of a 150ºC product, T599 Series. The polymer automotive offering represents an opportunity for miniaturization and cost of overall solution reduction and is important as an alternative in actual MLCC supply chain restrictions...
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Safety, availability, and cost considerations can make performing thorough tests of embedded control devices using the complete system impractical. Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation is a real-time test technique used to test these devices more efficiently. During HIL test, the physical system that interfaces...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
As technology advances, the need to place larger numbers of electrical and electronic systems into automobiles has dramatically increased. To name a few, these systems include Control Area Networks (CAN), safety systems, communications, mobile media, infotainment systems including wireless headsets, DC motors and controllers. ...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
QMatrix devices are digital charge-transfer (QT) ICs designed to detect touch using a scanned, passive matrix of electrode sets to achieve a large number of touch keys driven by a single chip.
This configuration leads to a high pin count efficiency in the sensing chip and allows for a small number of connections between...
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
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
Driverless cars are virtually unique in symbolizing the power of future technologies and digitalization to alter our everyday lives. Connected, automated driving holds the promise of significantly higher road safety and convenience. However, trusting an autonomous vehicle is a big step for many people.
Every radar...
Published: Nov 06, 2020