ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, announced that the company has acquired the CMOS Sensor Business from NXP Semiconductors. The acquisition expands ams’ environmental sensor portfolio with advanced monolithic and integrated CMOS sensors that measure several environmental variables such as relative humidity, pressure and temperature in one […]
U.S. University World’s First to Wirelessly Power Students
Powermat Technologies announced the installation of its wireless charging platform at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), allowing students to charge their mobile phones so they can stay connected to the information and learning resources they need while on the go. Becoming the first university globally to offer wireless power on campus, CSUSB will soon […]
New Solution for Automotive Positioning Systems and Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
Spirent Communications launched its Automotive Record and Playback test system to help drive innovation and improvements in the rapidly evolving vehicle navigation and connected car ecosystem. The test system enables automotive system developers to record many different real-world signals and then replay them repeatedly in development labs, to shorten the time taken to validate new hardware […]
Miniature RFIC for SDARS Car Radio Systems
Avago Technologies announced a miniature highly integrated LNA-filter RFIC module, the ALM-2203, targeting Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) car radio systems. The module is designed to enable SDARS signal to coexist with cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS signals commonly present in today’s automobiles. There are an increasing number of RF antennas and radio systems in […]
Half-Size System Host Board
Advantech (Irvine, CA) has announced its PCE-4 series product line employing PICMG 1.3 half-size form factor and support for Intel work station-grade CPUs, which offer a higher base frequency than desk-top CPUs and ECC memory support. The PCE-4128: Supports Intel 4th generation Xeon E3, Corei7/i5/i3 CPU. Is equipped with 4th-gen Intel C226 with ECC memory […]
Multi-Port, Multi-Protocol
ACCES I/O Products (San Diego, CA) has announced a new family of mini PCI Express (mPCIe) multi-port serial communication cards — the mPCIe-COM Series. These small PCI Express mini cards feature: A selection of 4 or 2-ports of software selectable RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 asynchronous serial protocols on a port by port basis. Applicability in […]
Green-Power Initiative
Skyworks (Woburn, MA) introduces a step-down, DC-DC converter for automotive, distributed power, industrial, and medical applications that features: A 28 V, 3 A, non-synchronous SKY87608-11-577LF. Additional applicability for general purpose, point-of-load, 16, 20, and 28 V voltage regulators. A SOP-8L, EP, 5 x 6 x 1.55 mm package. For more information visit www.skyworksinc.com.
Infineon Drives Next Generation Cellular M2M Communication
Vehicles exchanging information about traffic conditions, industrial machines with self-checking diagnostics, intelligent tracking of the supply chain or surveillance of utility meters in remote areas: in the connected world, devices will increasingly rely on secured cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication for automated data exchange. Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY), a leading provider of […]
Time-Domain Electromagnetic Simulation for Automotive Radar
Remcom announces unique benefits of time-domain electromagnetic simulation for automotive radar sensors via XFdtd® 3D EM Simulation Software. XFdtd enables simulations of full sensor models with a bumper’s fascia, dramatically decreasing development cycles and improving accuracy. Remcom is refining these competencies to help suppliers meet the requirements of the major automobile manufacturers. A new whitepaper […]
DC/DC Converters for Electric Vehicle Applications
Green Watt Power, a division of Calex Mfg. Co., Inc. announces the EVD-450 Series of DC/DC converters designed specifically for electric vehicle applications. The input range options for the EVD-450 are 30 – 65VDC, 60 – 90VDC, and 80 – 126VDC. The output voltages are 14.2 and 13.5VDC. Key features include very low Quiescent Current […]