Chip Shot
By John H. Day, contributing editor Powerful new semiconductor devices, cutting-edge protocols, and software tools are helping powertrain engineers balance economy and performance...
Accelerating Vehicle Power System Simulation
by Al Lesko, Agilent Technologies, Inc. One of the key trends in the automotive market these days is to make vehicles safer, more reliable and more comfortable via emerging applications like...
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2008 In-Vehicle Data Buses
Download a PDF copy of this insert from the May/June issue of Auto Electronics magazine....
Special Report
1-2-3 RED LIGHT!
by John H. Day Contributing Editor Automakers, suppliers and government agencies have joined forces to develop hardware and software for vehicle infrastructure integration technology with the potential to relieve traffic congestion, reduce emissions, and save lives......
Technical Feature
Bright ideas drive complex headlamp motion control
by Bart De Cock AMI Semiconductor Smart motor-driver chips enable intelligent system partitioning and help to convert complex multi-axis real-time programming into modular time- and cost-saving reusable designs......
Under the Hood
Under the Hood of the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Dual-Mode Hybrid
by Randy Frank Contributing Editor The dual-mode system used in the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon hybrids represents the first fruits of the combined efforts of General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler...
From the Editor
Camera-based active
by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, RF Design Whether it is a camera-based sensor, radar or Lidar, the demand for active safety systems in automobiles is on the rise......
John Day's Autoelectronics Blog
Microsoft adds navi to Blue & Me
by John Day In the Fiat stand at the Frankfurt Auto Show Microsoft and Fiat said they are expanding Blue & Me to include navigation.
Breaking Auto Electronics News
Visteon launches in-dash entertainment/GPS system Visteon has introduced the Visteon Navigation Radio System – a head unit replacement system that combines GPS navigation, iPod/MP3 command and control, Bluetooth hands-free phone with audio streaming...
Chrysler launches uConnect brand Chrysler plans to brand all of its in-vehicle interconnection technologies “UConnect,” as in UConnect phone, UConnect tunes, UConnect gps, UConnect studios, and UConnect web....
J.D. Power releases emerging technology study Safety-related automotive technology traditionally ranks high in J.D. Power and Associates (www.jdpower.com) U.S. Automotive Emerging Technology Study, but safety features began to slip last year and their slide relative to non-safety features accelerated in the 2008 study, according to Mike Marshall, the firm’s director of automotive emerging technologies...
