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Dear Sir/Madam
Spring is the time of the year for many people often buying new
cars. If you did so and might be interested what electronic
components could be integrated in your new car – you will
possible find some of them in this newsletter. Enjoy it!
Wolfgang
Patelay
Technical
Editor, EPN
Stand-Alone Test Environment (dSPACE)
MTest stand-alone version 1.3 is still based on the
AutomationDesk technology, but concentrates completely on
testing during function design. In order to allow for function
designs to be validated at an early stage, the test environment
allows systematic, automated tests to be performed and evaluated
during model-based function design.
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In-Vehicle Computer (Digital-Logic)
The Microspace-PCX48 (MPCX48), a fanless
IP50-protected industrial PC for in-vehicle computing housed in a
compact metal case, is based on the i855GME chip set and uses a
600-MHz or 1-GHz Intel Celeron M processor with up to 1 GB of DDRRAM
main memory. The computer features four USB V2.0 ports, three video
inputs, digital I/Os, pre-heating, and embeddable USB memory sticks.
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32-bit Dashboard Controllers (NEC Electronics)
The V850E/Dx3 automotive-dashboard-controller family
combines enhanced features with the latest Flash technology. The
controller is based on the 32-bit RISC CPU V850 and includes
application-specific peripherals such as integrated stepper-motor
drivers, an LCD controller/driver, a parallel LCD bus interface and
a sound generator.
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Microcontroller For Motor Control (Renesas)
The H8/36077GF series of low-cost, high-performance
microcontrollers is created for consumer motor-control applications.
The single-chip package integrates all the elements required for
most applications, such as oscillators, analogue inputs and timers,
and provides engineers with an easy-to-integrate single-chip design.
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Standardisation Is Key to Success
Software functionality is the
deciding factor in many buying decisions today, and perhaps most
so in the automotive sector. Infotainment, body electronics, and
under-the-hood monitoring and control systems are all
software-centric, accounting for more than 40 percent of the
cost of a car. John Alexander, Product Marketing Manager,
Automotive, Wind River, explains in his article in the
automotive supplement of EPN how the Wind River platform for
Automotive Devices can help to facilitate the software design
process.
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Light
at the End of the Cable
The explosion in the deployment of electronic devices
in automobiles has led to the increasing use of fibre-optic networks
so that the necessary data-bandwidth requirements can be met. But,
as the article by Peter Jenkins from Miniflex in EPN explains,
fibre-optic networks present practical challenges to the
manufacturer.
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Lowpass, 30-kHz Bessel filter offers high performance for audio
applications
In this Design Idea in EDN Try Murphy from Analog Devices
describes how the careful selection of amplifiers and components
helps achieve the lowest levels of noise and distortion for
higher-order filter.
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Single switch selects one of three signals
This Design Idea shows how you can
use a single-pole momentary-contact switch to select one of three
signal sources by scrolling through three output states. For this
purpose Felix Matro created a circuit which comprises commonly
available components from the CD4000 CMOS-logic series, along with a
general-purpose NPN transistor.
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Micro Mechanical Systems, by T.
Fukuda (Editor) and W. Menz (Editor)
In ten sections this book describes the principles and
technology of Micro Mechanical Systems. Section one is a general
introduction to the historical background and the parallels to
microelectronics, reviewing the motivation for microsystems, and
discussing microphysics and design and the evolution from
microcomponents to microsystems. In the following sections the
different aspects of Microsystems are described. The final
section discusses the future problems and outlook of micro
mechanical systems.
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