Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that its R-Car system-on-chip (SoC) for car infotainment and advanced driving assistant systems (ADAS), as well as its RH850 automotive control microcontroller (MCU), have been adopted by Nissan for the ProPILOT Park, a full-fledged automated-parking system, of its new LEAF, Nissan’s new 100 percent electric vehicle which debuted on September 6, 2017. […]
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Passive cooling options and considerations (Part 1)
Keeping components and systems cool enough and within their safe temperature zone is a concern for many, though not all, designers and projects. Excessive heat as measured by temperature can cause erratic behavior, inaccuracy and drift due to temperature coefficient-induced shifts, shortened component lifetime, and even outright failure. Q: What are the cooling options? The […]
PMIC delivers 91% efficiency at 1.1 V output voltage for space/power constrained systems
Intersil, a subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Corporation, introduced a highly integrated programmable power management IC (PMIC) that delivers 91% efficiency at 1.1V output voltage for application processors, GPUs, FPGAs and high-performance system power. The new PMIC’s low RDS(on) MOSFETs and programmable PWM frequency allows designers to use fewer low-profile external components, enabling a 50mm2 power-supply […]
Sync buck regulators step down inputs to just 0.6 V
Intersil, a subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), today introduced five synchronous buck regulators that step-down 12V rails to point-of load inputs as low as 0.6V for MCUs, FPGAs, memory and peripheral I/Os. The newest members of the ISL850xx family consist of the ISL85014, ISL85012, ISL85009, ISL85005A and ISL85005 buck regulators. They deliver 14A, […]
MCUs targets smart power meter apps
The new RL78/I1C MCUs are available in seven versions, with on-chip memory capacities ranging from 64 kilobytes (KB) for low-end single-phase meters, 128 KB for high-end single-phase meters, and 256 KB for three-phase meters; and package pin counts from 64 pins for space-saving needs, 80 pins for single-phase meters aimed for use in emerging countries, […]
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Automotive safety drives ADAS innovations
by Jonpaul Jandu The growing importance of automobile safety has driven several key innovations over the years from anti-lock brakes to airbags, and high-strength occupant cages and crumple zones. German automakers have been first to leverage many of the most advanced technologies to improve driver safety and the overall driving experience. For example, over the […]
Power supply IC supports USB Power Delivery 2.0 and 3.0
Renesas Electronics Corporation released an industry-first high-efficiency power supply IC, the RAA230161 that supports the Power Rules requirements as defined in USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 2.0 and 3.0 specifications from USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). This IC can be used with a wide variety of equipment that uses direct current (DC) power, from AC adapters […]
