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ON Semiconductor driving energy efficient innovations, has launched new Automotive Intelligent Power Modules (IPMs) that offer class-leading power density and improve overall performance in on-board charging (OBC) and other high-voltage DC-DC conversion applications for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The FAM65xxx APM16-packaged devices offer a fully-featured, integrated solution that eases design-in for automotive customers with one device outline...

Two thirds would prefer automated driving in stressful traffic jam situations Skepticism about technical feasibility has grown in the last five years CEO Dr. Degenhart: “New developments must be introduced onto the roads in a responsible way" According to the Continental Mobility Study 2018, German drivers are ambivalent about automated driving. While around two thirds would prefer to be chauffeured electronically through...

Texas Instruments is pleased to announce its Automotive and Industrial Techday: Embedded Processing, which is the flagship technical conference for its embedded products portfolio and will be held in Bangalore on 14th and 15th November 2018. When: November 14-15, 2018, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm (IST) Where: Le Meridien Bangalore (website) Address: 28, Sankey Road, P B No. 174, 560 052 Bangalore, India What to expect during the workshop: The conference...

Fujitsu has today commenced sales in Japan of industry's first AI-powered software product intended to help municipal employees perform child daycare-related tasks. Fujitsu developed a public solution with a child-rearing and daycare center AI admissions screening system that features "Fujitsu Human Centric AI Zinrai," the company's artificial intelligence technology. The new product automatically matches thousands of children to daycare...

Designers striving for greater efficiency and performance from increasingly compact electronic systems will be able to tap into three new building-block analog ICs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. The MAX41464 sub-1GHz wireless transmitter, the MAX38888 backup power regulator, and the MAX16141 36-volt ORing FET controller for building automation, industrial, automotive, and portable applications will be featured at the electronica...

As consumer demand for compact Internet of Things (IoT) and portable electronics devices accelerates, product designers need to find solutions that reduce application size while extending battery life. Timing devices are central to the operation of these products, but clock sources traditionally require multiple components to meet the frequency requirements of consumer devices, thus consuming board space and power....

Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced it is expanding its strategic technology partnership with Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd a pioneer in the development of electric vehicles (EVs), and Mahindra Racing, one of the ten founding teams competing in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, for the 2018-19 season. The team is collaborating on system-level design upgrades featuring the Renesas RH850/E2x microcontroller...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the LMG3410R070 600 V 70 mΩ gallium nitride (GaN) power stage from Texas Instruments (TI). Boasting ultra-low input and output capacitance, the LMG3410R070 supports new requirements for high-power-density electric motor applications, including industrial and consumer power supplies. The high-performance GaN power stage...

Designers striving to bring greater intelligence into Industry 4.0 digital factory equipment while meeting the stringent size and power demands of the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) inside can now turn to the new Go-IO reference design from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). Go-IO, which packs 17 configurable IOs in a space one-half the size of a credit card,...

To advance millimeter-wave (mmWave) sensor technology in worldwide industrial applications, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced its 60-GHz sensor portfolio, the highest resolution single-chip, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), for industrial systems. IWR6x mmWave sensors enable industrial automation through on-chip processing capabilities, providing real-time decision-making and signal processing. The newest 60-GHz mmWave sensors will be the first to include antenna-on-package...