By Rick Bye, Senior Product Marketing Manager, NXP Using face recognition for access control The COVID-19 pandemic highlights concerns over how many different surfaces we often touch during a typical day. For example, everyone entering a secured building, such as a workplace or after-hours hotel entrance, touches access control keypads that present an ideal surface […]
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What is Wi-Fi HaLow? Players and future
Part 1 focused on HaLow technology; this part will explore who the major players are and discuss the future of the technology. Who are the major HaLow players? A few silicon startups are taking the lead in Wi-Fi HaLow rather than the traditional major chipmakers. They include Morse Micro, Newracom, Methods2Business (an IP provider), and […]
What is Wi-Fi HaLow? Part 1
In the first part of this two-part series, we focus on Wi-Fi HaLow technology. Part two will explore who the major players are and discuss the future of the technology. What is HaLow? In 2017 the wireless networking standard IEEE 802.11ah, also called Wi-Fi HaLow (pronounced “HAY-Low”), was released. HaLow uses the 900 MHz industrial, […]
Technical challenges of automated vehicles
Automated vehicles, also called self-driving cars or autonomous vehicles, are slowly emerging. It’s not an “all or nothing” situation. Features and technologies needed for automated driving are being developed incrementally, with some already in use. This FAQ looks at some of the technologies needed for automated driving, including various levels of “driver support features” versus […]
The role of ADAS sensors in automotive design
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are intended to prevent deaths and injuries by reducing accidents. Exemplary ADAS applications include: pedestrian detection/avoidance, lane departure warning/correction; traffic sign recognition; automatic emergency braking, and; blind-spot detection. This FAQ starts with an overview of the “levels of driving automation” and its relation to ADAS. It then reviews the role […]
What are ASILs and how do they work?
Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASILs) are a risk classification framework based on the ISO 26262 standard for Functional Safety for Road Vehicles. ISO 26262 is the adaptation of the IEC 61508 standards to address the specific needs of electrical or electronic (E/E) systems within road vehicles. This FAQ reviews the current status of the ASIL […]
What does automotive qualification mean?
Automotive qualification means that a component or system meets specific industry standards for manufacturing and performance. Automotive qualification is not a static landscape. New standards are developed in response to the emergence of new technologies, and existing standards evolve in response to changing applications and new mission profiles. This FAQ reviews and contrasts key international […]
Low cost, low latency PCIe ideal for sharing resources
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is more than just a high-speed serial bus that’s widely used in computers. PCIe is also found in some embedded systems and is a cost-effective, high performance, reliable, low-latency, and low power bus that can rapidly transfer data directly between PCIe-connected devices. PCIe-connected devices are typically CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, PCIe-connected […]
Applications and algorithms for quantum computing
Developing the hardware for quantum computing and hybrid quantum/classical computing systems is only one step in developing practical quantum computing solutions. Development of quantum algorithms and related software programming of the qubits is required to implement practical applications using quantum approaches to computing. Earlier FAQs in this series looked at the basics of quantum computing, […]
Merging quantum and classical computing in a hybrid system
Practical quantum computing requires connections to the outside world. Those connections may be for collaboration between a quantum computer and an external computing resource such as a supercomputer. They can simply output the results of the quantum computations in a manner accessible and usable by human operators. In either case, there’s a paradox between the […]
