D3 Engineering, a Texas Instruments platinum design partner, announced its DesignCore RVP-TDA2Px Development Kit for autonomous systems development. The production-intent kit features TI’s TDA2Px SoC processor and 4Gbps FPD-Link III SerDes interface. D3 Engineering’s Rugged Vision Platform (RVP) allows rapid technology evaluation and system development under realistic on-vehicle conditions. It accelerates development of Advanced Driver Assistance […]
Automotive
Connected-car automotive MCU enables secure remote updates, high-speed, in-vehicle networking
As critical vehicle powertrain, body, chassis, and infotainment features increasingly become defined by software, securely delivering updates such as fixes and option packs over the air (OTA) enhances cost efficiency and customer convenience. With state-of-the-art security and generous on-chip code storage, ST’s latest Chorus automotive microcontroller is among the industry’s first gateway/domain-controller chips capable of […]
Image gallery: Technology on display at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles USA 2018
TU_Automotive put on its ADAS technology event in Detroit Oct. 16 and 17, featuring presentations from firms such as Toyota, Volvo, Ford, Lear Corp., Harman, Mitsubishi Electric, GM Ventures, Navigant Research, and start-up companies CalmCar, Seeva Technologies and AlphaCs Corp. Here are a few of the more intriguing displays we perused during the event. NEXT […]
Development tools speed connected car cloud service applications linked to AWS
To spur the development of cloud-linked services utilizing vehicle data, Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the availability of its Connected Car Software Development Tools. Using the new tools, developers working with the R-Car system-on-chip (SoC) family can create applications, such as predictive safety infotainment applications that link dynamic data from the vehicle and the cloud in […]
Automotive display SoC capabilities extended to address security
To address the increasing demand for large-scale digital instrument clusters among all class of vehicles, Renesas Electronics Corporation extends the scalable range of the R-Car family of system-on-chip (SoC) devices with the introduction of the R-Car E3 to realize high-end 3D graphics on the largest class of displays used for automotive instrument clusters – 12.3 […]
Single-core digital signal controller accelerates DSP performance for time-critical control
System designers looking for digital signal processing power with the design simplicity of a microcontroller can now utilize a new family of 16-bit Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) from Microchip Technology Inc. Designed to deliver faster deterministic performance in time-critical control applications, the new dsPIC33CK DSCs have expanded context selected registers to reduce interrupt latency and new, faster […]
V2X modem, processor, and software stack targets Japanese automotive apps
NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. have announced a partnership to develop a new V2X solution targeted at the Japanese market [J-ITS]. The solution will employ an NXP developed V2X modem and processor and a full Hitachi Solutions V2X software stack, providing automakers that target the Japanese market with a head start in the […]
High-def automotive camera module reference design includes image processor, serializer, power management
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced its high definition (HD) automotive camera module reference design, developed with collaboration from Leopard Imaging and featuring technology from Texas Instruments (TI). The compact design includes OmniVision’s OX01B40 image sensor plus image signal processor (ISP) system-in-package (SiP), as well as TI’s DS90UB933-Q1 or DS90UB935-Q1 serializer chip and TPS65000-Q1 power management integrated circuit (PMIC). All four components are AEC-Q100 Grade […]
Design tool generates photonic layouts for fabrication
Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced LightSuite Photonic Compiler – the industry’s first integrated photonic automated layout system. This new tool enables companies designing integrated photonic layouts to describe designs in the Python language, from which the tool then automatically generates designs ready for fabrication. The resulting design is “Correct by Calibre” – with the […]
V2X chipset supports both DSRC and C-V2X communications
Autotalks announced the launch of their deployment-ready, 2nd generation V2X (Vehicle to Everything) chipset capable of supporting both DSRC and C-V2X direct communications (PC5 protocol) at the highest security level. The chipset supports DSRC based on 802.11p/ITS-G5 standards and C-V2X based on 3GPP specifications. V2X communication is heading to mass-market adoption as the world’s largest […]