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Microchip Ramps Security on Touchscreen Controllers for EV Chargers

Microchip Ramps Security on Touchscreen Controllers for EV Chargers

As the number of EVs on the road increases, Microchip has expanded its maXTouch touchscreen controller family to support the growing demand for touchscreen-based charging stations.


News Apr 30, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
Allegro Microsystems Launches High-Bandwidth Current Sensors for EVs

Allegro Microsystems Launches High-Bandwidth Current Sensors for EVs

Both current sensors are designed to improve efficiency in GaN and SiC power converters.


News Feb 15, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Duke University’s MadRadar Attack Causes Automotive Radar to ‘Hallucinate’

Duke University’s MadRadar Attack Causes Automotive Radar to ‘Hallucinate’

What happens when your car sees something that’s not there?


News Feb 06, 2024 by Aaron Carman
New Avalanche Photodiode IR Sensors Reported as 12X More Sensitive

New Avalanche Photodiode IR Sensors Reported as 12X More Sensitive

Designers can now see more with less light thanks to new optical sensors from a University of Sheffield spinout company.


News Jan 31, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Targeting the Secure Edge, NXP Adds All Purpose MCU to Its MCX Family

Targeting the Secure Edge, NXP Adds All Purpose MCU to Its MCX Family

Unveiled today, the new MCUs bring an optimized and cost-effective blend of performance and peripherals.


News Jan 30, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Melexis Releases ‘Revolutionary’ MEMS Pressure Sensor for EV Cooling

Melexis Releases ‘Revolutionary’ MEMS Pressure Sensor for EV Cooling

Melexis is debuting its Triphibian technology in a new MEMS pressure sensor that measures both gas and liquid—and is robust enough to survive a frozen state.


News Jan 29, 2024 by Duane Benson
Behind the Largest Family of Automotive Multi-Channel Temperature Sensors

Behind the Largest Family of Automotive Multi-Channel Temperature Sensors

Microchip recently announced the MCP998x family of automotive-grade, multi-channel temperature sensors—the so-called largest portfolios of its kind in the industry.


News Jan 23, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Launched today, this new alliance promises to make high quality thin-film piezoelectric (PZT) technology more accessible to piezoelectric MEMS developers.


News Jan 17, 2024 by Duane Benson
TI Simplifies ADAS and EV Designs With One-Chip Sensing and Power Solutions

TI Simplifies ADAS and EV Designs With One-Chip Sensing and Power Solutions

This week, TI unveiled several single-chip automotive solutions at CES—one of which is the first automotive radar sensor for satellite architectures.


News Jan 10, 2024 by Aaron Carman
NXP Serves up a 77 GHz Radar SoC for Software Defined Vehicles

NXP Serves up a 77 GHz Radar SoC for Software Defined Vehicles

At CES today, NXP announced its next generation 77 GHz radar system on chip designed to create a 360-degree network of “software defined” radar sensors for vehicles.


News Jan 09, 2024 by Duane Benson
Understanding How GMR Sensors Enhance Vehicle Performance and Safety

Understanding How GMR Sensors Enhance Vehicle Performance and Safety

Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) technology offers key advantages for a range of automotive applications. Learn how it works, how it compares to alternative approaches, and the types of GMR sensor solutions available.


AMD Unveils Processor and AI Adaptive SoC—Both Aimed At Automotive

AMD Unveils Processor and AI Adaptive SoC—Both Aimed At Automotive

At CES, AMD makes the case that next-generation cars could be a lot smarter by leveraging the company’s new embedded processor and adaptive SoCs.


News Jan 08, 2024 by Aaron Carman
12 Major Japanese Firms Team Up for Automotive SoC Research Initiative

12 Major Japanese Firms Team Up for Automotive SoC Research Initiative

As automobiles get more complex, the "Advanced SoC Research for Automotive" (ASRA) initiative teams up a dozen automotive, electrical, and semiconductor companies to further develop automotive SoCs.


News Jan 05, 2024 by Duane Benson
Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

While the rest of the world spent 2023 playing with ChatGPT, the electronics industry put AI into everything from processors to edge IoT chips to EDA tools.


News Dec 27, 2023 by Jeff Child
Ambarella Doubles Down on AI in Autonomous Driving Software Stack & SoC

Ambarella Doubles Down on AI in Autonomous Driving Software Stack & SoC

Today, Ambarella announced that it has co-developed a new neural network processing stack and chip family for AI computing in autonomous vehicles.


News Dec 12, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Introduction to Pressure Transducers

Introduction to Pressure Transducers

Learn about pressure transducers: devices used in a variety of industrial, medical, automotive, and consumer applications to sense pressure and convert it into electrical energy.


Taming the Complexities of Designing Touchscreens for Next-Gen EV Chargers

Taming the Complexities of Designing Touchscreens for Next-Gen EV Chargers

Public touchscreen-based EV chargers are in high demand. Understand the electronic design challenges of EV charger touchscreens and the solutions available to smooth the way.


NXP Controller Targets Battery Temperature, Safety

NXP Controller Targets Battery Temperature, Safety

NXP’s battery cell controller offers improved battery monitoring across a range of temperatures and voltages. This article examines why EV battery management is so difficult and details NXP’s battery cell controller.


News Dec 01, 2023 by Jake Hertz
NXP Rolls Next-Gen UWB ICs to Enable Smarter Car Access and More

NXP Rolls Next-Gen UWB ICs to Enable Smarter Car Access and More

Packing a radar and UWB transceiver in one chip, NXP’s latest development, announced today, simplifies vehicle access.


News Nov 28, 2023 by Aaron Carman
New Automotive Sensors Improve Cameras, Tire Pressure, and EV Batteries

New Automotive Sensors Improve Cameras, Tire Pressure, and EV Batteries

From automotive vision to energy management, these sensors rolled out last month help make vehicles smarter and safer.


News Oct 25, 2023 by Aaron Carman