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Harman's Google Glass Application Sees Danger Ahead

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Harman demonstrated how Google Glass can be integrated with the electronics supplier's advanced driver assistance systems...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

4G LTE-Enabled Information Module

Huawei’s 4G LTE-enabled HUAWEI ME909T mobile broadband product supports web surfing, data analysis, and information transmission within vehicles. Measuring 40 x 40 x 4 mm (1.6 x 1.6 x 0.16 in), the device...

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Energy

Thermal Management for Fuel-Cell Systems Studied

Reducing the environmental impact of aircraft in terms of carbon dioxide, noise, and pollutant emissions is an important objective. Fuel-cell systems deliver electrical energy with high...

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Electronics & Computers

Getting Aftertreatment on the Network

For many design teams, tighter emissions regulations have expanded the definition of a powertrain. Aftertreatment systems are now a critical factor that impacts engine operations. Design teams must...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

New Alliance to Bring Android Platform to the Car

Audi, General Motors, Google, Honda, Hyundai, and Nvidia have joined together to form the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA), a global organization of technology and auto industry leaders...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Displays Add Color to Simplify Operator Tasks

For decades, off-highway vehicles typically had one paint color outside and monochromatic displays or gauges inside. Color displays are now transforming operator environments as human-machine...

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Electronics & Computers

Falcon 5X Gets Advanced Avionics

Dassault Aviation has built into its upcoming Falcon 5X flight controls and displays experience not only from the Falcon family of business jets but also from the Rafale multi-role combat fighter. This is...

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Electronics & Computers

Hydraulics Tech Tips Via Social Media

Rexroth engineers connect with fans and followers via Facebook and Twitter on Tech Tip Tuesdays, sharing knowledge about mechanical and electrical engineering, hydraulics, drives and controls, linear motion, and retrofits and maintenance. Each Tuesday, a new technical tip is posted to the company’s social...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Sprint Velocity Adding Cloud-Based Features, Offering Retrofit

Chrysler's Uconnect started as a simple hands-free communication system in 2002 with subsequent access to onboard entertainment. Now thanks to a 2013 tie-up with Sprint...

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Electronics & Computers

Systems Send Digital Telematics Information to Emergency Dispatchers

As more vehicles employ telematics, there’s a growing interest in using digital data from a range of electronic controls to tell emergency responders about the severity...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Picturing a Brighter Future

Automotive developers are transforming interiors to meet expectations driven by consumer electronics, using larger color displays with sharper images. Design teams are working overtime to determine the best size...

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Connectivity

Mixed-Signal Cards

BEEcube (Fremont, CA) offers six ADC and DAC cards for wireless applications. The cards have VITA-57 FMC-HPC form factor and are pluggable in any of BEEcube’s products. The FMC104 ADC and FMC105 DAC are singlechannel,...

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Defense

Rugged Processors and Ethernet Switches

GE (Towcester, UK) will be supplying General Dynamics UK with subsystems required for the Demonstration Phase of the Scout Specialist Vehicle family of platforms being designed for the British Army. The...

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Semiconductors & ICs

Miniaturized Rad-Hard System Reduces Electronics Footprint

Electronics used for commercial satellite propulsion systems may soon become smaller and less expensive with the help of Missile Defense Agency (MDA)-funded research. The technology,...

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Electronics & Computers

Controller and Linear Stage

Newport Corporation (Irvine, CA) has introduced the compact CONEX-AGP controller, preconfigured with an AgilisTM AG-LS25-27P linear stage that includes a miniature, built-in, direct-read linear encoder. The...

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Electronics & Computers

FGPA Starterkit

The Kontron COM Express™ FPGA Starterkit from Kontron (Poway, CA) provides the necessary components to evaluate board designs with open-definable I/Os. OEMs can use the starterkit to develop dedicated full-custom SBC designs...

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Energy

Power Generation System

Kollmorgen (Radford, VA) introduces the Power Generation System, a 28 VDC system that generates up to 30kW of power. Consisting of a permanent magnet AC generator, generator controller, software, and cables, the system...

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Electronics & Computers

DC-DC Converters

VPT (Blacksburg, VA) has introduced the VPT100+ 2800 Series DCDC converter modules that offer up to 100W of output power per unit and parallel operation of up to five units. They are available in single output versions of 3.3V,...

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Electronics & Computers

PXI Interface Modules

National Instruments (Austin, TX) has introduced AIM PXI interface modules for military and aerospace avionics applications as well as real-time and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) avionics solutions. They offer single-, dual-,...

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Electronics & Computers

Power Film Resistors

The MPM20 Metal Tab TO-220 power film resistors from Caddock Electronics (Roseburg, OR) feature a standard lead finish of solderable thin gold for applications that require pure tin-free components. A non-inductive design...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Considerations of Aeroacoustics in Turbojet-Engine Testing

A study of the aeroacoustics of a turbojet-engine test cell has been performed as one step in the development of a computational aeroacoustics capability (CAA) that could provide...

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Communications

Network Keeps Line of Communication Open to Convoys

An airman riding as part of a convoy escort team in Iraq keys his radio microphone to check in with his base, and hears nothing but dead air. The U.S. Air Force is leading a joint...

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Electronics & Computers

Photonic Analog-to-Digital Converters

Early steps have been taken toward the development of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that would incorporate photonic quantizers based on the technology of InP semiconductors. These photonic ADCs are...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Traveling-Wave Wide-Band Microstrip Antennas

Microstrip antennas that can be made to perform well over relatively wide frequency ranges but are mechanically and electrically simpler than prior such antennas have been invented. These antennas...

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Electronics & Computers

DC/DC Converter

The Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Redmond, WA, has announced the Interpoint MPE series of DC/DC converters that accepts a 16 to 50 DVC input and provides single or dual outputs with up to 25 watts of...