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Video processors assist driver viewing
Automotive video processors in the iND880xx series from indie enhance driver visibility in use cases such as surround view systems and electronic mirrors. The autotech company asserts that their video...
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Novel IR light source improves ADAS
Leveraging the strengths of VCSELs and LEDs, Rohm’s VCSELED infrared light source aims to advance automotive ADAS technologies. Currently under development for commercialization, VCSELED technology is...
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FPGAs deliver crypto-agile security
The Lattice MachXO5D-NX family of FPGAs offers crypto-agile algorithms, hardware root-of-trust (RoT) features, and failsafe remote field updates. Additionally, the company has launched latest version...
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Poorly defined design vs defect: A product-recall case study dissect(ion)
Back in mid-July 2021 I purchased a safe to securely store a handgun in a nightstand drawer next to the bed. Based both on abundant and predominantly positive reviews, along with an attractive price, I...
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A simple, full color upgrade for your LED indicators
Recently, I was working on a project that needed a couple of LEDs on its front panel for status indication. I realize many, if not most, pieces of electronic equipment now use graphic LCDs, Bluetooth...
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Single supply 200kHz VFC with bipolar differential inputs
Few methods for analog to digital conversion are more “mature” than the classic combination of a voltage-to-frequency converter (VFC) with a counter. VFC digitization is naturally integrating, so good...
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Slope detection for FM demodulation
A look at the simplest FM demodulation technique. It doesn’t give the lowest possible output distortion, it doesn’t reject amplitude distortion effects, but it is simple and can be used at virtually no...
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Automate battery management system (BMS) test with a digital twin
A battery management system (BMS) monitors and controls batteries in vehicles such as more-electric aircraft and electric cars. It needs to undergo rigorous tests under nominal and extreme conditions...
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64-bit MPUs advance space computing
Microchip has launched the first devices in its PIC64 High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (PIC64-HPSC) family of microprocessors. These multicore 64-bit RISC-V processors, which Microchip is...
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Sensor enables ghost-free HDR imaging
The OG0TC global-shutter image sensor from Omnivision brings the company’s DCG high dynamic range technology to AR/VR/MR tracking cameras. Intended for eye and face tracking, the backside-illuminated...
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PC-based scopes gain 10Base-T1S decoder
All PicoScope oscilloscopes from Pico Technology now include a serial decoder for the 10Base-T1S automotive Ethernet standard. This brings the total number of serial protocol decoders available with...
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Current sensors improve design efficiency
Allegro’s two new magnetic current sensors enhance system efficiency and protection compared to discrete shunt-based current sensing circuits. The ACS37220 measures current up to 200 A, while the...
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Toolset bolsters image sensor development
ST’s hardware kits, evaluation camera modules, and software ease development with its BrightSense global-shutter image sensors. The sensors feature a 3D-stacked construction, which results in a very...
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How will HBM4 impact the AI-centric memory landscape?
Just when Nvidia is prepping its Blackwell GPUs to utilize HBM3e memory modules, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced that the next version, HBM4, is near completion. HBM3e, an...
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Voltage inverter design idea transmogrifies into a 1MHz VFC
It’s interesting, useful, and fun that basic electronic topologies often turn out to have utility in multiple and surprisingly different applications. Figure 1 shows an example of such a circuit. It’s...
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Materials unveiled for scaling copper wires at 2-nm and beyond
A new material claims to increase the performance-per-watt of chips by enabling copper wiring to scale to the 2-nm node and beyond while reducing resistance by as much as 25%. This new material with...
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Walmart’s onn. UHD streaming device: Android TV at a compelling price
As I most recently mentioned back in March, I’ve dissected a lot of media streamers over the years, most of them from well-known suppliers such as Amazon, Apple, Google and Roku. One manufacturer you...
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Automotive processor IP complies with ISO 21434 cybersecurity
After the widespread adoption of the ISO 26262 functional safety standard in automotive designs, another standard is taking hold to protect connected vehicles from malicious cyberattacks. The ISO/SAE...
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Hold that peak with a PIC
Capturing transient analog signals with a microcontroller normally involves adding a full-fat peak-hold circuit as an external peripheral. This novel approach minimizes that extra hardware by using a...
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Micropillar surface yields lower-temperature boiling, better heat shedding
System designers spend a lot their time, mental energy, and effort on heat, sources, intensity, and especially how to get it away from sensitive components (a mentor once told me that “away” is that...
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