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SAE Books: Vehicle Fire Safety with Erbis Biscarri
A seasoned engineer with a multi-discipline background in electronics, manufacturing systems, and forensic analysis, Erbis Biscarri brought decades of experience to the topic of automotive safety in his latest work. Biscarri’s book, Fires in Conventional and Electrified Vehicles: Theory, Prevention, and Analysis, published by SAE International, offers a comprehensive guide to one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: vehicle fire safety. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Materials
A New Approach to Assessing the Quality of Aerospace Components
In a study, published in the Journal Waves in Random and Complex Media, researchers from the University of Bristol have derived a formula that can inform the design boundaries for a given component’s geometry and material microstructure.
Technology Report Unmanned Systems
NXP S32 CoreRide Platform Simplifies Development of Software-Defined Vehicles
A new industry-first open platform for developing the software-defined vehicle (SDV) combines processing, vehicle networking and system power management with...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tuning-Up AI’s ‘Understanding’ to Make Safer ADAS, AVs
In December 2023, Kognic, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based developer of a software platform to analyze and optimize the massively complex datasets behind ADAS and automated-driving...
Articles Connectivity
Simulation Developer RFpro Mimics Vehicle Sensors
U.K.-based simulation systems developer rFpro recently launched its new ‘ray-tracing’ simulation rendering technology, designed to replicate the way that vehicle sensors “see” the...
Articles Software
FACE Technical Standard Offers MOSA Lessons for Safety-Critical Software in Any Sector
The FACE Technical Standard shows that the benefits of MOSA can be leveraged in practice. Automated tools, with which regression test can be automated as the same code is leveraged in a variety of tool chains, go a long way toward ensuring that reused modules are fit for purpose in their new environment.
Articles Data Acquisition
Lidar Vs. Everybody in the Onboard Sensor Race
Despite the industrywide realization that SAE driving automation Levels 4 and 5 are not imminent and instead long-term goals, development continues on the sensors that power current and future...
Articles Regulations/Standards
Tesla’s FSD Recall Impacts AV Industry
On February 16, 2023, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that Tesla had voluntarily agreed to recall 362,758 Model S, Model X, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles – the entire...
Articles Transportation
Securing CAN Networks in Commercial Vehicles
Commercial road vehicles are the backbone of the modern consumer economy. Almost any business from construction, to energy, to online retail at some point relies on the delivery of goods by...
Articles Connectivity
The Future of Managing Mission-Critical Systems
Adhering to functional safety standards is demanding in terms of both time and money.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Multicore RTOS
The DO-178 Deos™ multicore real time operating system (RTOS) has been selected by Honeywell.
News Design
Addressing Electromagnetic Compatibility in the Context of Aircraft Electrification
In the current context of aircraft electrification, the aerospace industry needs to address increased design complexity and higher levels of integration, which...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Keeping Pace with In-Vehicle Data Speed
Next-generation advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) require camera and radar systems with increasingly high resolution. That means more speed and higher bandwidth for networks, switches and the...
News Data Acquisition
Designing and Assessing Vehicle Safety Functions with a Use Case Approach
The required capabilities of a vehicle’s systems and components will vary depending on the scenarios and use cases in which they are expected to safely operate. This...
Articles Aerospace
Open System Software for Critical Applications
Make sure that you have a fully integrated, automated approach to test and requirements traceability.
News Data Acquisition
Virtual Meets Mixed Reality for Vehicle Development
Automakers developing stand-alone technologies, such as driver-interface systems, will increasingly need to consider moving to a company-wide virtual model to create a digital twin of an...
News Connectivity
Horiba MIRA’s Vision for World-Class AV Testing
It is a bold company that uses the description “globally unique,” but that’s the label engineering research and test provider Horiba MIRA has attached to its new AV development...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
UX Designers and “Engineering Chefs” Cook up Unique User Interfaces
Cabin interiors will continue to transform in the coming years, largely driven by the advanced UI/UX (user interface/user experience) development taking place in...
Articles Communications
FCC Actions, Incompatible Options Muddy V2X Outlook
Vehicle-to-vehicle/infrastructure (V2X) communications often is touted as a critical technology for automated driving and even to derive the utmost benefit from advanced driver-assistance...
News Imaging
Thermal Imaging Makes Its Case for ADAS, AVs
What specific sensor types will comprise the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) of the 2020s? That’s a controversial subject among engineers who are developing SAE Level 2 and 3 (and...
News Imaging
ZF Advancing ADAS, Autonomy with Next-Gen Sensors
Together with its many partners, ZF supplies camera and radar technology and advanced components for both the passenger car and truck markets, the latter being especially suited for the move...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Toposens 3D Sonar Seeks Objects Overlooked by Lidar
Alexander Rudoy was spending almost every hour of his free time developing a robotic toy fish that could sense its underwater surroundings. At the time he was studying electromechanical...
Application Briefs Communications
Flight Computer
Abaco SystemsHuntsville, AL866-652-2226www.abaco.com Abaco Systems’ FORCE2 flight computer has been chosen by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to be at the heart of GA-ASI's Certifiable Ground Control...
News Manned Systems
Peloton Develops a Level 4 Automated Platooning System, but Keeps the Driver in Charge
Peloton Technology Inc. is taking a novel (or maybe traditional) approach to vehicle automation by placing the driver in control. The company, which...
News Power
Delivering on Autonomous Transport
“Data is the most efficient propellant.” This expression underpins the founding in 2016 of the Swedish startup Einride. Now, the fledgling tech company is partnering with well-established...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Gaming Tech Helps Apache Maintainers Reduce Training Time
Lockheed Martin Corporation has released the latest version of RELY3D, its advanced visualization and training tool for sensor system maintainers working on the Boeing AH-64 Apache...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Now Available: SAE EDGE Research Report on Unsettled Topics in Automated Vehicle Test and Validation
SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, announces the availability of a new SAE EDGE™ Research Report, focused on unsettled...
News Communications
Cepton Technology’s Newest Highspeed Lidar Sensor Can Spot a Tow Hitch on a Vehicle Traveling 50 Miles per Hour
Cepton Technologies, Inc., a San Jose, California-based 3D lidar developer, has added a line scanning lidar (light detection...
News Imaging
Part Two of the SAE International AutoDrive Challenge Kicks off Today
Mcity – the University of Michigan’s autonomous vehicle proving ground – will be the site of the SAE International AutoDrive Challenge’s college-level Year 2...
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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A FREE Two-Day Event Dedicated to Connected Mobility
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance