Articles

Sensors/Data Acquisition

For Lidar, MEMS the Word

As automakers and their technology partners develop lidar sensors to enable SAE Level 4-5 autonomous driving, some systems designers believe MEMS micromirrors have the potential to reduce overall size and cost — two major hurdles to widespread lidar adoption. Read on to learn more.

Articles

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Phone Alliance’s Standard Targets Automotive Sensors

Smart phones appear set to expand their burgeoning role in the automotive industry. The MIPI Alliance, which created interface standards for cameras and displays, plans to have a high-speed automotive standard ready by the end of 2019. MIPI’s Automotive Working Group plans to complete the MIPI A-PHY, a physical layer specification that moves data from cameras, radar and lidar at 12-24 gigabits per second (Gbps).

Articles

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Daimler-Xilinx Linkup Spotlights Growing Use of FPGAs

The increasingly varied nature of data tied to safety systems and connected cars is altering electronic architectures, putting more emphasis on adaptability during design phases and...

News

Robotics, Automation & Control

3D Printed Tools and Robo-Glove Make Inroads at GM Assembly Plant

A few General Motors manufacturing plant workers are sharing space with collaborative robots, suggesting assembly line applications for 3D printed parts—and potentially in...

Articles

Semiconductors & ICs

LiDAR: New “Eyes” for Vehicle Autonomy

The acronym stands for Light Detection and Ranging, and LiDAR first showed its potential in May 1962, when electrical engineers Louis Smullin and Giorgio Fiocca used the 12-inch telescope at MIT’s...

News

Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Osram IREDs Enhance Vehicle Vision, less Harmful to Human Eyes

As a compliment to cameras, LIDAR and radar, a new family of Infrared LEDs (IREDs) can expand the vision of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles without harming human eyes.

News

Propulsion

Ford Gives 2019 Raptor Smarter Shocks, New Trail Control Electronics

Electronically controlled shocks and a new Trail Control system that automatically adjusts power and braking at each wheel lead the 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor’s suspension...

News

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Simulation 'Libraries' Will Support Testing of High-Level Vehicle Autonomy

The challenges of validating autonomous vehicles designed to operate at SAE Level 4 and 5 are a major focus of driving-simulation specialist rFpro. The advent of...

Articles

Transportation

Seeing Through Fog

As the mobility industry advances with ADAS and autonomous vehicle (AV) operation, the safety challenges of applications involving nighttime warning systems, pedestrian detection and driver situational awareness will...

News

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Virtual Validation on the Rise, but Physical Testing Remains Crucial

The more vehicles do to take control and perform safety-related maneuvers without driver input, the smaller will be their margin for error. Ensuring that all the sensors,...

News

RF & Microwave Electronics

America’s Latest AV Testing Site Adds Cloud Provider

The newly operational American Center for Mobility (ACM), designed for all-weather testing of connected and autonomous vehicles, will use Microsoft as its data infrastructure and cloud...

News

AR/AI

Rolls-Royce Sees a Future in Connected Engines

Richard Goodhead, Senior Vice President Marketing, Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce, sees the changes that will result from the company’s IntelligentEngine, launched as a concept in early...

News

Design

OA-X Contender Moonlights as AFRL Testbed

Months have passed since the United States Air Force (USAF) finished the first phase of its light attack aircraft experiment. The OA-X assessment, which took place at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in...

Articles

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Fusing Sensors for the Automated-Driving Future

The ability to scale is always critical, but will be especially important as technology marches forward. Sensors improve, processors get more powerful, and engineers figure out ways to do more every year. Advances in one area typically beget progress in other fields.

News

Regulations/Standards

ADAS: Functional Safety and Freedom from Unacceptable Risk

“When it comes to safety in cars, there are two main considerations: firstly, reducing dependency on driver skill and awareness and secondly, functional safety,” said Tim Mace,...

Articles

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Brake Pad Development Tool

The ITT Smart Pad is a brake pad technology concept from ITT Inc. (Lainate, Italy) that offers an approach to friction designed to empower the entire brake system with real-time data. Sensors embedded in every ITT...

Articles

Semiconductors & ICs

Sensor ICs, Semiconductors and Safety

What system-level risks and related safety implications are lurking within the vehicles you’re developing? Electrification, greater overall electronics content and the trend toward autonomous vehicle...

News

Power

Mahindra Launches E2o ElectriCity Car in the UK

Mahindra recently made its entry into the UK automotive market with the launch of the e2o electric city car. Designed specifically for easy urban commuting, the Mahindra e2o features several...

News

Design

Integration Can Simplify Motor Development Process

Texas Instruments aims to simplify the design process for the growing number of electric motors used in hybrids and in applications like electric power steering. TI recently unveiled a...

News

Unmanned Systems

2016 SAE Congress: Fear of the Driverless Car as 2020 Approaches

What will connectivity and mobility be like in the 2020s? Although the start of the decade is less than four years away, an expert panel at the 2016 SAE World Congress cited...

Product Briefs

RF & Microwave Electronics

Compact High-Shock 6DOF Sensor

The 6DX PRO for gathering kinematic data for research and engineering validation was designed by DTS specifically for occupant dynamics and human injury assessment. DTS claims the 6DX PRO is the smallest,...

News

RF & Microwave Electronics

A Hundred Innovations for Renault’s Eolab Concept

When Renault prepares a motor show concept, it invariably does so comprehensively. But for Paris this year it has excelled itself, claiming that its ultra-lightweight Eolab environmental...

News

Software

Bosch Adding Engineers, Expanding Tech Center

By doubling the size of its current U.S. technical center, Bosch lays the foundation for adding another 200 specialists to its Michigan workforce.

Articles

Design

Will ‘Recalls’ Become ‘Upgrades’?

"The nice thing about the digital world is that, when you enter it, you don't know where you will end up," said Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Research and Development Director, Dr. Wolfgang Epple....

News

Software

Denso Senior VP Offers Career Advice to Young Engineers

With nearly 40 years of engineering experience, Doug Patton (SAE member, 1987) recounts career learnings nearly as fast as the minicomputer he used during his college days.