Onsemi today announced that its Hyperlux image sensor family of drivers is now available on the Nvidia Drive platform to greatly enhance the vision of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and improve safety. With this powerful combination of technologies, automated-driving systems get a solution that fully utilizes the sensor’s benefits with best-in-class image quality that captures more detail across any lighting condition. One of the most critical features of autonomous driving is the vision system. The Hyperlux image sensors offer unparalleled detailed images and avoid blind spots without the need to ..read more

The PowerUP Expo is a three-day virtual conference and exhibition on power electronics, held June 27–29, 2023. With an exhibition area, live stage and messaging center, the PowerUP Expo functions similarly to a live exhibition and conference. This technical conference will include several sessions, including keynotes, panel discussions, technical presentations and tutorials on various subjects, including significant technical trends, market demands and new application areas. The exhibition area will include virtual booths from top power electronics businesses and a Live Chat facility ..read more

Designing IoT products just got a whole lot easier. Synzen Precision Technology, a leading provider of IoT solutions, has announced the launch of a new development platform that uses the advanced capabilities of the Nordic nRF9160 module. This new platform is designed to simplify the creation and deployment of IoT projects while ensuring seamless connectivity and secure data transmission. The Nordic nRF9160 module is a highly advanced chip that supports LTE connectivity, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Using innovative antenna design techniques, engine ..read more

Agile Analog, the analog IP innovator, has extended its range of data-conversion IP with the introduction of the first customizable, process-agnostic, 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC). “We are pleased to introduce the latest product in our data-conversion range, building on the success of our 8-bit and 10-bit ADCs,” said Barry Paterson, Agile Analog’s CEO. “There is growing demand for 12-bit ADCs, as these provide the higher resolutions that next-generation products require. This development opens up more application areas and is a key part of us expanding our IP product portfolio to m ..read more

Sfera Labs has expanded its Strato Pi CM family of compact Raspberry Pi–based Compute Module (CM) servers with two new models that provide support for the new Raspberry Pi CM4S, alongside other performance improvements. The Strato Pi CM v3 and Strato Pi CM Duo v3 are ideally suited to industrial and IoT applications ranging from energy management and data collection to building automation and control of marine systems. Sfera Labs introduced Strato Pi CM, a powerful, compact, 2 × DIN-rail module edge computing server, in 2018. In 2019, Strato Pi CM Duo—the first Raspberry Pi–based device suppor ..read more

TTTech Auto launched the Electronic Controls Design House to help automotive manufacturers transition to the software-defined vehicle. The offering includes off-the-shelf electronic control units and services like prototype development or design, industrialization, production and logistics of customized hardware. The automotive industry is currently facing a major technological upheaval at the hardware architecture and software levels. The long-awaited transition from traditional signal-based vehicle networks, such as CAN or LIN, to high-speed Ethernet is accelerating. Meanwhile, centralized c ..read more

At CES 2023, Owl Autonomous Imaging announced the availability of an evaluation kit for their new Thermal Ranger ADAS & Autonomous Navigation development platform. This hardware and software kit enables Tier 1 and OEM automotive companies to easily evaluate Owl AI’s Thermal Ranger imaging solution for use in their pedestrian automatic emergency braking and other ADAS applications supporting L2, L2+ and L3/L4 requirements. Owl’s monocular thermal camera solution enables 2D and 3D perception for object classification, 3D segmentation of objects, RGB-to-thermal fusion and highly accurate dist ..read more

Below are the top 5 news items that we covered here at EEWeb in 2022, based on reader response. 1. Hitachi Energy Brings 5G Connectivity to Mission-Critical Industrial and Utility Operations Hitachi Energy has today announced the launch of its new TRO600 series wireless routers with 5G capability, which are purpose-built to help industrial and utility customers achieve high reliability and resiliency in mission-critical operations. With the integration of 5G technology, Hitachi Energy’s TRO600 series routers enable a scalable, flexible, and secure hybrid wireless communication architecture. 2 ..read more

As a result of goals established in emissions rules in many parts of the world to reduce greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from transportation, electric propulsion has just emerged and is redefining transportation. In addition to passenger cars, electricity also powers an increasing number of commercial vehicles, such as trucks, buses, and vans, as well as machinery used in construction and agriculture. These vehicles are consequently more effective, quieter, and eco-friendly than their forerunners who relied on combustion engines. As for passenger cars, Infineon Technologies is also focu ..read more

Ambarella, Inc., an edge AI semiconductor company, today announced the world’s first centralized 4D imaging radar architecture, which allows both central processing of raw radar data and deep, low-level fusion with other sensor inputs — including cameras, LiDAR, and ultrasonics. This breakthrough architecture provides greater environmental perception and safer path planning in AI-based ADAS and L2+ to L5 autonomous-driving systems, as well as autonomous robotics. It features Ambarella’s Oculii radar technology, including the only AI software algorithms that dynamically adapt radar waveforms to ..read more