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Ethernet Audio-Video Bridging
Excelfore enables simplified audio-video interconnectivity using Ethernet audio-video bridging (AVB), which leads to lower cost and system weight for infotainment systems in vehicles. Connectivity is simplified by...
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120dB Lens for HDR Sensors
Sunex NoGhost 120-dB lenses are the first and only lenses designed, optimized, and tested for use in cameras using high dynamic range (HDR) image sensors, claims the company. With the increased dynamic range for HDR...
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Flexible Circuit Technology
Q-Prime from Multek Flexible Circuits Inc. is a flexible circuit technology developed specifically for applications where efficient heat dispersion is required and is especially useful for LED applications....
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Polymer-Cathode Tantalum Capacitors
With the recent focus on the efficiency of vehicle electronics, automotive manufacturers are looking for tantalum capacitors with lower equivalent series resistance (ESR). Polymer-cathode tantalum capacitors...
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Cooled EGR Shows Benefits for Gasoline Engines
“EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) systems now in use on diesel engines were used to meet emissions regulations. In gasoline engines, we think they are an ideal way to meet stricter fuel...
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Mercedes-AMG’s SLS Departure Opens Door to New GT
How can Mercedes-AMG top its gull-winged SLS that has just eased out of production? It doesn’t try. Instead, the SLS "replacement" is less costly, less radical, more practical, but still...
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In Search of the Lightweight, Multi-Material Car
Automotive researchers and engineers are looking for ways to knock the fat off nearly every part of a vehicle in their efforts to achieve higher fuel economy.
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Center Console Concept
Preh’s center console concept features navigation, HVAC, and infotainment functions in an effort to facilitate drivers’ function selection in the cockpit, all while reducing driver distraction. The “touchless”...
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SAE 2014 Convergence Preview
The marriage of vehicle electronics with mechanical systems is growing ever closer in intimacy, as the organizers of the first Convergence conference 40 years ago expected. Counseling on that relationship—and...
Global Vehicles Software
Jaguar Reveals Long-Awaited Clean-Sheet Entry-Level XE
Hush-hush specialist media previews of new cars can be something of a marketing-led, frothy hype-fest. Not so Jaguar’s new XE sports sedan, shown in secrecy to this Automotive...
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Flywheel Hybrids Offer New Efficiency Potential
A decade ago, the current global requirements for future new-car CO2 emissions—USA 2025, 93g/km; EU 2020 95g/km (possibly 70g/km by 2025); China 2020, 117g/km; and Japan 2020,...
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Toyota Ups Funding for Collaborative Safety Research Center
Many companies attempt to maximize research for proprietary gain. The purpose of Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) is a different thing altogether. CSRC...
Articles Transportation
Fuel Cells on the Upswing
2015 could be at the start of something bigger for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Hyundai recently announced the arrival for lease of a fleet of Tucson FCEVs for the southern California market,...
Articles Transportation
Women in Vehicle Engineering
Cindy Hess rocketed through the Auburn University College of Engineering in just three years. Graduating as an electrical engineer in 1977, she turned down job offers from aerospace giants Boeing and General...
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Time-Of-Flight Cameras Detect Driver’s Gestures, Aid in Autonomy
Two major design trends, the push to provide more exotic human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and the march towards autonomous driving, are sparking interest in cameras not now...
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Volkswagen's New Euro Passat Switches to MQB Matrix
The essential design criteria for the creation of a new generation of a high volume production car has become thoroughly formulaic: improved fuel consumption; lower emissions; more...
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Vehicle-Dynamics Company Has a Friction Algorithm for You
NIRA Dynamics AB has developed friction algorithms for where the rubber meets the road, and is seeking partners to put them into action for improved safety. Existing...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Visteon First with Wireless Device Charger Compatible with Multiple Standards (Video)
Visteon Corp. claims its in-car wireless device charging system is an industry first in that it complies with both of the main standards: Power Matters...
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New E-Motor for DCT Use Has No Rare-Earth Metals
LG Innotek on Aug. 28 announced it will begin production in early 2015 of an electric motor for use in automotive dual-clutch transmissions (DCT) that does not use rare-earth metals—a...
Product Briefs Materials
Closed-Cell Silicone Sponge Sheeting
BELLOFOAM closed-cell silicone sponge sheeting from Bellofram Silicones is designed to support a variety of industrial, manufacturing, gasketing, insulation, sealing, and padding requirements in automotive,...
Product Briefs Automotive
Aluminum Laser-Welded Blanks
Shiloh Industries, Inc. claims to offer the industry’s lightest aluminum door blank for mass production without compromising part integrity or formability, allowing automakers to further reduce mass compared to...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dongfeng Nissan Announces New Venucia Design Center
Dongfeng Nissan announced groundbreaking for three new design/engineering business units at its Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV) in China. The $81 million (500 million RMB) facility...
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Industrial Amplifier
HBM Inc.’s new industrial measurement amplifier enables users to make precise, dynamic measurements of raw and filtered torque, frequency, pulse, speed, and angle of rotation. According to the company, it is the only...
Articles Materials
Steel Red-hot for Weight Reduction
For safety, performance, and weight reduction, steel remains the top performer among light-weight materials, but the chase for better fuel economy is putting increased pressure on this perennially popular...
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Next-Generation LED Drivers for Front, Rear Lights
Texas Instruments offers the automotive industry’s first two-channel switching LED driver for front lights and the only linear LED driver with single short LED detection for rear lights,...
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Brushed Motor Pre-Driver IC
The TB9052FNG motor pre-driver integrated circuit (IC) from Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) was developed for safety-critical automotive applications such as electric power steering and other...
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JLR's All-New 2015 Modular Engines Feature Roller-Bearing Cams, Balance Shaft
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently unveiled fundamental details of its all-new turbocharged modular gasoline and diesel engine range designed for high levels of...
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Multi-Screen Infotainment System for Multiple Content Streams
FLEXConnect audio-video bridging system from Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. is a next generation in-vehicle infotainment system that provides flexibility for multiple...
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Ford's New 2.7-L EcoBoost V6 Designed for Lighter Aluminum F-150
A 2.7-L gasoline engine in a full-size Ford F-150 pickup? Fuel economy is important, with challenging regulatory-dictated improvements to be met—but who would want to buy...
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