Automotive & Transportation

January 2026

PIC32CM PL10 MCUs Expand Microchip's Arm Cortex-M0+ Portfolio

Building on decades of experience in serving embedded applications where low power, affordability and ease of development are critical, Microchip Technology has added PIC32CM PL10 MCUs to its PIC32C family of Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core devices. PL10 MCUs feature a rich set of Core Independent Peripherals (C

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Date:

01/30/2026

Equipmake Secures new £2.4m, 23-Vehicle Zero Emission Electric Bus Drivetrain Supply Deal with Agrale

Equipmake, a market leader in engineering-driven differentiated electrification technologies, products and solutions across the automotive, truck, bus and speciality vehicle industries, is pleased to announce that the Company has received a further £2.4 million order from Agrale S.A. ("Agrale") to

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Date:

01/28/2026

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Unveils its Powerful aMOS E2 600V Super Junction MOSFET Platform

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide band gap power devices, power management ICs, and modules, today unveiled its powerful aMOS E2™600V Super Junction MOSFET platform. The first high-voltage product fr

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Date:

01/27/2026

Microchip Expands maXTouch M1 Touchscreen Controller Series for Broader Display Size Coverage

Microchip Technology has again expanded its maXTouch® M1 family of touchscreen controllers to bring reliable and secure touch detection to an even greater range of automotive displays, now covering free-form widescreen format displays up to 42 inches down to small compact screens in the 2

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Date:

01/27/2026

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Figure 1: A block diagram of the 41/43-725A 6-channel battery simulator module

HiL Simulation Delivers a Safety-First Approach to EV BMS Test

Stephen Jenkins, Simulation Product Manager at signal switching & sensor simulation specialist, Pickering Interfaces

Many of the tests required to verify battery management systems (BMS) for electric vehicles (EVs) are potentially dangerous to conduct as the conditions could result in fire, explosion, or damaging the unit-under-test (UUT). This article explores the role of BMS simulation – and specifically how hardware-in-the-loop (H

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Date:

01/26/2026

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad 48V World

Vicor

Today more and more power electronic systems are transitioning from 12V to 48V to garner competitive advantage. Vicor is supporting this movement by introducing a new family of 48V to 12V DC-DC converters. These new products help to easily transition to 48V architectures while reducing power losses and deliv

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Date:

01/23/2026

Infineon and HL Klemove drive SDV development forward

Infineon and HL Klemove Collaborate to Advance Automotive Innovation for Software-Defined Vehicles

Infineon Technologies AG and HL Klemove have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their strategic collaboration in automotive technologies. The partnership aims to combine Infineon’s semiconductor expertise and system understanding with HL Klemove’s capabilities in advanced autonomous dr

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Date:

01/08/2026

Accelerating the mobility transition together (l. to r.): Benjamin Pfeifer (Chief Commercial Officer ioki), Michael Barillère-Scholz (Co-founder and CEO ioki), Tobias Liebelt (CEO Benteler Mobility), Sven Herzig (Chief Sales Officer HOLON).

BENTELER Acquires Deutsche Bahn Company ioki, Creating First European Full-Service Provider for Autonomous Mobility

The BENTELER Group is acquiring ioki GmbH, the leading European provider of software-based mobility solutions, from Deutsche Bahn AG. Both companies have signed the corresponding agreement; further details of the transaction will remain confidential. The closing of the transaction is expected in the near future. With the succe

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Date:

01/05/2026

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Figure 1. Switching a supply line with an N-channel MOSFET and a separate driver circuit, the LTC7003.

Step by Step Methodology and Solutions for Connecting and Disconnecting a Supply Voltage Line

Frederik Dostal, Power Management Expert, Analog Devices

This article discusses the options a circuit designer has to turn on and off supply lines in electronic systems. While the task sounds trivial, there are many things to consider for a successful implementation. In some electrical systems, disconnecting a supply line is necessary. This may be in the form

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Date:

01/01/2026

Kevin Parmenter, Director Applications Engineering, TSC America

Managing the Mix: Electric, Hybrid, Plug-in Vehicles and Charging Systems

Kevin Parmenter, Director Applications Engineering, TSC America

The automotive industry is experiencing one of its most transformative periods as electric and hybrid vehicles move into the mainstream. This shift coincides with rising demands for safety, automated driving, and connectivity, all of which dramatically increase the electronics content in all vehicle types. According to Grandv

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Date:

01/01/2026

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Figure 1: Design V diagram showing the connection between simulation and physical test

In an Age of Simulation, Physical Test Still Drives Automotive Trust

Selene van der Walt, Emerson

It’s no secret that automotive test teams are under increased pressure to push the bounds of innovation, move faster than ever, and maintain quality and consumer trust -- all while keeping budgets low. The increased prevalence of simulation and model-based test engineering in the past years has been a mu

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Date:

01/01/2026

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Figure 1: SerDes, like other technologies, uses an OSI model to define the interactions between layers. All layers of the stack are required for the system to function properly

Building the Compliance Test Specification for OpenGMSL

Carrie Browen, Keysight Automotive

As intelligence shifts into software, vehicles gain scalability and flexibility but also face new challenges in E/E architecture design. With sensors and displays generating terabytes of data daily, faster networks and high-performance computing are essential. Emerging SerDes standards, such as OpenGMSL, offer pro

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Date:

01/01/2026

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

AI Will Dominate the New Year

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Happy New Year! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Bonne Année! Frohes Neues Jahr! 明けましておめでとう! And if you understood more than one of those, congratulations! Here’s to another year of the greatest power coverage since J. J. Thomson first discovered the electron. 22 Years of Power Systems Design, a

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Date:

01/01/2026

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Happy New Year From All At PSD!

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Welcome to the January edition of Power Systems Design! The majority of people start the year full of enthusiasm. At the end of each year, we look back and evaluate how it has gone and where we have fallen short. We then take those learnings, look to the future and make resolutions about what and how we will ch

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Date:

01/01/2026