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The Monolithic Power Systems mCar EV demo at electronica 2018 showed off angle position sensors and motion control.

ON Semiconductor has launched two new Power Integrated Modules to be demoed at electronica 2018 alongside an Intelligent Power Module for EV charging....

Designed for industrial and automotive applications respectively, the ISO1042 and ISO1042-Q1 combine bus fault protection with common-mode transient immunity....

Bridgetek recently released a slim "credit card" dev module for its EVE (embedded video engine) IC, the BT81x.

What do you get when you combine an ultrasonic transducer with micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) machining?

What are TMR sensors and what applications are they best suited to? This article provides a snapshot of this sensor type and what TMR-based components are available for designers....

What do automatic rifles and electric vehicles have in common? Kalashnikov wants to be famous for both.

Researchers from the University at Buffalo have announced a gallium oxide transistor with EV batteries in their sights.

We've heard all about LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicle applications. But what about RADAR?

GaN Systems CEO Jim Witham spoke with AAC about the unique challenges of efficient power in automotive applications and how autonomous vehicles represent a convergence of trends across the...

LeddarTech has announced that it has released engineering samples of its LCA2 3D Solid State LiDAR (SSL) sensors to an undisclosed automotive partner for evaluation....

While some car enthusiasts resist the integration of technology into automobiles, the industry is marching on towards more and more electronic components in cars. STMicroelectronics has...

In the world of power, control monitoring is incredibly important for functional as well as safety reasons. And with the demand rising for GUIs in even the most basic products, it comes as no...

Low drop out (LDO) regulators are useful in noise-sensitive situations but, when used with DC-DC converters, their PSRR performance is often lacking. ON Semiconductor has announced the NCP16x...

Solid state LiDAR is gaining traction as a promising technology that is cheaper, faster, and provides higher resolution than traditional LiDAR, with predictions the price could eventually fall...

Allegro Microsystems announces a new family of current sensors for AC or DC current-sensing applications.

In the wake of Uber's fatal autonomous car crash, companies such as Intel and Waymo are insisting that their autonomous vehicle systems could have prevented this tragedy. How are these big...

Gallium nitride, or GaN, was a hot topic among power companies at APEC 2018. AAC's Karissa Manske had the chance to ask GaN Systems CEO, Jim Witham, about what GaN's capable of and where we'll...

This triple-output DC/DC controller offers two buck converters, each with an output voltage range of 0.8 to 24 V, and a boost converter that can produce up to 60 V....