Automotive & Transportation

    December 2013
    Cars have feelings too

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    Dr. Robert Brand, VACUUMSCHMELZE

    Advances in automobile development have meant that modern vehicles are now much safer and more comfortable than their predecessors. Every new generation of automobile features a proliferation of active solutions developed to complement and enhance passive safety features such as increased chassis rigidity. Longer-established sa
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    Date:
    12/31/2013
    ROHM introduces a complete system PMIC for Intel Bay Trail I platforms

    ROHM BD9596MWV PMIC

    ROHM Semiconductor announced the general availability of Power Management ICs (PMICs) based on the Intel® AtomTM processor E3800 family. The Intel® AtomTM processor E3800 product family is a system-on-chip designed for intelligent systems, delivering outstanding compute, ECC, HD graphics processing, and media pe
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    Date:
    12/27/2013
    Isolated monolithic flyback regulator delivers up to 15 Watts

    LT8302 monolithic flyback regulator

    Linear Technology announced the LT8302, a monolithic flyback regulator that can significantly simplify the design of isolated DC/DC converters. By sampling the isolated output voltage directly from the primary-side flyback waveform, the part requires no opto-isolator or third winding for regulation. The LT8302 ope
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    Date:
    12/20/2013
    IAR Systems announced the launch of IAR Green Innovation Program, a sponsor program to support innovative development projects in eco-friendly technology. The program will award selected companies with up to $25,000 worth of IAR Embedded Workbench® or IAR visualSTATE® licenses for the duration of the project. Many of the mo
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    Date:
    12/17/2013
    Total hybrid & pure EV market will be US$334 billion by 2023
    The total global gross value market for hybrid and pure electric vehicles will reach US$334 billion within the decade, from a current value of US$69 billion, forecast analysts IDTechEx. This will primarily consist of large or very heavy duty vehicles, neither of which is primarily bought on up-front price. Thes
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    Date:
    12/06/2013
    Allegro's linear current-sensor IC is thermally enhanced for high precision
    The ACS770 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a fully integrated Hall-effect based linear current sensor IC incorporating thermal enhancement for high precision. The device consists of a precision, low-offset linear Hall circuit with a copper conduction path located near the die. Applied current flowing through th
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    Date:
    12/05/2013
    UBM Tech has announced that Janine Love has been promoted to Technical Director of DesignCon. Responsible for the development and integration of the two new wireless and optical conference tracks, Janine is already actively engaged with DesignCon 2014 and will continue working with the advisory board to further de
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    Date:
    12/05/2013
    APEC 2014 returns to Fort Worth with enhanced attendee features

    APEC PR Chair

    The Applied Power Electronics Conference, which will convene March 16-20, 2014 at the Fort Worth Convention Center, continues the longstanding tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer. APEC 2014 will provide: The best power electron
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    Date:
    12/04/2013
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