NEWS OEMs need centralised platforms for adas

Automotive OEMs will eye, who all have an - erage between eight and for in-vehicle network - need to adopt new plat - nounced centralised au - twelve teraflops, orders ing. Ethernet-based prod - forms based on cen - tonomous platforms. of magnitude beyond the ucts from the likes of tralised processors and While each is in a dif - typical smart sensor de - Marvell Semiconductor high-speed low-latency ferent stage of develop - ployed in adas. and Valens are well posi - networking on the route ment, all have common Physical separation of tioned to meet the needs The monthly magazine for automotive electronics engineers to autonomous vehicles, themes, particularly in re - dumb sensors and cen - of high bandwidth and says ABI Research. lation to processing tralised processing will automotive requirements Issue 33 As vehicles become in - power. The platforms av - also open opportunities at a low cost. Ford targets 2021 for September 2016 dependent and begin to drive and react to traffic From connected to connected bikes IN THIS on their own, autonomous autonomous vehicles ISSUE systems will aggregate and process data from a Ford plans to have a high- president and CEO. “We have a strategic ad - Page 2: Centralised variety of on-board sen - volume, fully au - The four start-ups are vantage because of our platforms for adas sors and connected infra - tonomous SAE level- lidar sensor company ability to combine the structure. This forces the four-capable vehicle in Velodyne, -based software and sensing Page 3: Nissan fits industry to hit a hard reset commercial operation in computer vision and ma - technology with sophisti - 200 cars in case on adas architectures, 2021 in a ride-hailing or chine learning company cated engineering,” said currently dominated by ride-sharing service. Saips, machine vision Raj Nair, Ford executive Page 5: ZF buys distributed processing The firm is investing in firm Nirenberg Neuro - vice president. Ibeo lidar tech and smart sensors. or collaborating with four science and 3D mapping This year, Ford will ABI forecasts that 13 start-ups, doubling its Sil - experts Civil Maps. triple its autonomous ve - Page 8: EMBC million vehicles with cen - icon Valley team and Building on more than a hicle test fleet, bringing benchmark suite tralised adas platforms more than doubling its decade of autonomous the number to about 30 will ship in 2025. Palo Alto campus. vehicle research, Ford’s self-driving Fusion Hy - Page 10: Delphi “The distributed ap - “The next decade will first autonomous vehicle brid sedans on the roads autonomous test proach to adas will prove be defined by automation will be an SAE level- in California, Arizona and in Singapore unsustainable as OEMs of the automobile, and we four-capable vehicle Michigan, and there are look to deliver highly au - see autonomous vehicles without a steering wheel, plans to triple it again tomated driving around Forget smart connected cars, a San Francisco company has developed a Page 11: Automotive smart bicycle. Volata Cycles built the $3500 bike, which is equipped with a as having as significant accelerator or brake ped - next year. radar measurements 2020,” said James Hodg - an impact on society as als. It is being designed Ford also is expanding son, industry analyst at 6.1cm app-based embedded computer that seamlessly integrates into the Ford’s moving assembly for commercial mobility its Silicon Valley opera - ABI Research. “The new handlebar, allowing access to information such as performance, weather Page 16: Mobility forecast, turn-by-turn directions, heart rate and notification. line did 100 years ago,” services, such as ride tions, creating a dedicated and EMC testing centralised adas architec - said Mark Fields, Ford sharing and ride hailing. campus in Palo Alto. tures will unify sensing, The safety features include an integrated horn that creates awareness of cy - Adding two new build - processing and actuation clists in traffic, while the automated front and rear lights ensure visibility Page 19: Removing throughout the day. ings and 14,000 square test lab clutter to deliver integrated deci - metres of work and lab sion-making for smooth A GPS-based anti theft system including a motion detector informs the space next to the current path planning and effec - owner if anyone tries to steal the bike. A front-hub dynamo automatically Page 23: Range charges the internal battery, providing the cyclist with the luxury of never research and innovation Rover in focus tive collision avoidance.” centre, the expanded This transition should worrying about recharging. campus supports plans to present major opportuni - “We knew we had to push the limits of design and performance, intro - Page 27: Product ducing native technology into the bicycle, and we wrapped it up in a stylish double the size of the news ties for vendors new to Palo Alto team by the end the industry, as well as Italian design,” said Marco Salvioli, CEO of Volata. “As cars have evolved, Ford plans fully autonomous vehicles by 2021 also bikes need to evolve.” of 2017. Page 32: Contact old incumbents, including details NVidia, NXP and Mobil - vehicle-electronics.biz Vehicle Electronics September 2016, Page 2 NEWS NEWS

crossovers will work in Nissan engineer fits harmony with the rest of Link turns to for interface the and provide the functionality that drivers Link Motion is to use Qt with Qt continues even 200 cars in briefcase require. to create an automotive tighter now after the first Following table-top val - computer platform. Fol - successful project.” A Nissan engineer has de - scanners at airports. electrical features, such as idation using the brief - lowing a pilot project, the Link chose to use Qt be - veloped a way to share “I travel to many meet - the driver assistance and case, the set-up is built as company has extended cause of its ecosystem advanced technologies ings with colleagues Safety Shield technolo - a larger-scale prototype the use of Qt in the devel - support, tool chain and with colleagues abroad. around the world, where gies.” and rigorously tested to opment of an integrated ability to create high per - He imagined a mobile we share ideas,” said The briefcase helps to ensure a high-quality cus - automotive computer that formance (60frame/s) in - technical centre, built it at Banks, an electrical engi - prove that electrical sys - tomer experience. Only includes infotainment and terfaces rapidly. home in his spare time neer from Nissan’s Euro - tems and software for then is it approved for in - instrument clusters. Link’s automotive computer platform “Tier-ones and OEMs and fitted into an easy-to- pean Technical Centre in next-generation Nissan clusion in a future model. The computer supports developing in-vehicle carry briefcase. Cranfield, UK. “The issue multiple displays, includ - provide opportunities for Jouni Mikkonen, CEO of systems for regular fam - The idea was the brain - is always demonstrating Panasonic buys ing central unit, cluster a better user experience Link Motion. “Thanks to ily cars, to electric vehi - child of Martin Banks, the systems we have de - and HUD for a wide and flexible customisa - its graphical capabilities, cles, sports cars and super and it is now being used veloped when I’m away range of automotive cus - tion for each customer we are able to render vi - cars are turning to Qt to to develop the next gen- from my desk, so I de - OpenSynergy for tomers. It was designed project. sually impressive, high- set the industry standard eration of Nissan’s cided to create my own with security built in. “Qt is a great choice for performance, hardware for automotive cockpit crossovers – the Qashqai, solution.” cockpit software Using Qt technology in us in building an excel - accelerated graphics on development,” said Tero Juke and X-Trail. He did most of the de - the development of the lent and customisable two or three screens at Marjamäki, head of auto - To the untrained eye the sign and development of Panasonic has acquired stack to car is said to user experience,” said once. Our cooperation motive at Qt. briefcase looks low-tech, his briefcase at home and the outstanding shares of makers and tier-one sup - with its simple switches in his spare time, even German company Open - pliers. It will continue to and LED lights. But this making his own PCBs so Synergy, a specialist in operate the business as an box of tricks – small they performed exactly as embedded automotive independent company enough to be transported he wanted. software for cockpits. under the new ownership. as aeroplane cabin lug - “It looks very rudimen - OpenSynergy’s soft - “OpenSynergy’s mis - gage – can replicate the tary, but the LEDs show ware enables different op - sion has been to bring in - entire electrical architec - me if the circuits are erating systems to be used novative software to the ture of up to 200 different working properly,” he in one system, making it automotive industry and Nissan model and trim said. “This simple frame - possible to integrate mul - to enable the develop - combinations. Banks’ work can test the in-car timedia and driver sup - ment of the next genera - biggest problem now is integration of some of port functions. tion of highly integrated getting past the security Nissan’s most advanced “Through making vehicle systems, embrac - OpenSynergy our sub - ing the specific safety and sidiary, we will realise a security challenges of the next-generation inte - vehicle environment,” grated cockpit and make said Stefaan Sonck a great step towards inte - Thiebaut, co-CEO of grating cockpit system OpenSynergy. and adas with a firm eye His fellow co-CEO on autonomous driving in Rolf Morich added: the future,” said Hirotoshi “Under its new owner - Uehara, executive officer ship, OpenSynergy will at Panasonic. keep serving the entire In addition to the soft - automotive ecosystem, ware technology, Open - tier-one suppliers and Martin Banks with his briefcase Synergy provides a manufacturers.”

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ZF buys Ibeo stake to pects to increase its work - force from around 50 to 250 employees in the access lidar technology medium term and also es - tablish an autonomous ZF has acquired a 40% pands our current sensor become more compact driving competence cen - stake in Ibeo Automotive portfolio of radar and and easier to integrate tre that will focus on the Systems. The - camera technologies and, into the vehicle. volume production and based company, founded moreover, Ibeo’s fusion “We are gradually fill - marketing of products for in 2009, specialises in of these three sensor tech - ing in the remaining gaps highly automated and au - lidar technology and in nologies provides out - in our technology portfo - tonomous driving. developing environmen - standing results in lio,” said Sommer. “With “We are very much tal recognition software environmental awareness lidar technology and sen - looking forward to coop - with a particular focus on and forms the basis for sor fusion, we are able to erating with ZF,” said applications for au - autonomous driving.” strengthen the eyes and Ibeo’s CEO Ulrich Lages. tonomous driving. Ibeo’s The lidar generation de - brain of future genera - “We have a very strong customers include several veloped in cooperation tions of vehicles and thus partner that is shaping the major global vehicle with ZF aims to repro - move a step closer to re - megatrends of safety, ef - manufacturers. duce a three-dimensional alising the vision of acci - ficiency and autonomous “Lidar gives us access image of the environment dent-free driving.” driving. With our com - to a core technology for without the rotating mir - Ibeo’s roots date back to prehensive know-how, environmental and object rors contained in current 1998. In the fast growing we can enable all driver recognition,” said Stefan lidar systems. Thanks to market of sensor systems assistance applications up Sommer, ZF’s chief exec - solid-state technology, and environmental recog - to highly automated driv - utive officer. “Lidar ex - lidar technology should nition, the company ex - ing with 3D lidar.” AT&T chooses UMC hits AEC-Q100 grade 0 Harman telematics Taiwanese foundry production of AEC-Q100 United Microelectronics grade-1 automotive ICs. AT&T has selected Har - backed by security. (UMC) has verified on “Semiconductor con - man’s TCU telematics “Connectivity is the silicon its 0.18µm bipolar tent in vehicles continues control unit for its mobile backbone for tomorrow’s cmos dmos (BCD) to increase at a rapid pace broadband accelerator increasingly autonomous process for AEC-Q100 as auto electronics such programme. The pro - vehicles,” said Phil Eyler, grade 0 automotive ICs. as adas, infotainment and gramme streamlines executive VP at Harman. The process is now navigation constantly AT&T’s certification “They may run without ready for mass produc - evolve,” said SC Chien, process to ensure that fuel, but they will not run tion, with qualified FDK senior vice president at products and services without connectivity. and IP available for auto - UMC. reach customers more Harman’s work with motive applications such Chien said the 0.18µm quickly. AT&T reflects a shared as power management BCD process made UMC The TCU is an inte - goal and a mutual com - ICs. The successful qual - one of the only foundries grated on-board telemat - mitment to developing ification enables UMC compliant with AEC- ics and infotainment unit systems manufactured chips to be Q100 grades 1 and 0. that connects automotive that enhance the driving used for high-reliability “We look forward to systems to the cloud. It experience.” vehicle applications helping more foundry offers high-speed connec - The TCU enables GSM, within high temperature customers gain entry into tivity for fast, automo - GPS, wifi hotspots and environments, and fol - the thriving automotive tive-grade connectivity LTE connectivity. lows the foundry’s mass IC market,” he said.

Page 5, September 2016 Vehicle Electronics NEWS NEWS Cohda keeps round-the-world EMBC releases benchmark suite The Embedded Micro - Can remote-data request, challenging workloads, it system’s capabilities, electric bike tour connected processor Benchmark matrix arithmetic, road- tests scalability. computing resources or Consortium (EMBC) has speed calculation, tooth- “Putting multiple exe - throughput,” said Paul A team of 23 students trailblazing event. released Autobench 2.0, to-spark, and other cution cores into a single Teich, principal analyst at from Eindhoven Univer - “We are supplying an industry-developed algorithms commonly processor does not by it - Tirias Research. “This is sity of Technology in the Cohda MK5 units for the benchmark suite com - employed in automotive. self guarantee greater why Autobench 2.0 is so Netherlands set off last motorcycles and support prised of automotive Workloads can be indi - multiples of processing valuable. It shows when month on electric motor - vehicles,” he said. “The workloads that integrate vidually parameterised to power, and there is no parallelisation and scaling bikes to complete a units allow real-time with the consortium’s vary the amount of con - prima facie reason to ex - contribute to perform - round-the-world journey communication to ensure Multibench tool. currency being imple - pect that a multicore ance, and, at least as im - in 80 days while staying the motorbikes perform Multibench lets proces - mented by the kernels. By processor will deliver a portant, when and why connected using Cohda according to design and sor and system designers applying incrementally- dramatic increase in a they don’t.” MK5 on-board units. meet this demanding test and analyse the per - Aiming to cover schedule. We also plan to formance and scalability Vauxhall brings connectivity to Mokka X 26,000km, the wireless support V2X demonstra - of multicore architectures units allow V2X commu - Electric motorbike taking part in the tour tions in cities such as and platforms. With the nications. As well as Shanghai where we have increasing adoption of monitoring performance prove vehicle safety and Cohda Wireless vice V2X units installed.” multicore technology in during the journey, Cohda traffic efficiency in cities president Bernd Luebben The Storm World Tour automotive applications, plans to demonstrate how with V2X infrastructure said the company was began in Eindhoven, Autobench 2.0 can pro - V2X systems can im - installed. proud to sponsor this starting a route that cir - vide an important per - cumnavigates the north - formance metric for ern hemisphere, leaving system designers testing Toyota signs MoU to design Europe via central Asia the efficacy of multicore and then crossing North processors. Japan’s taxi of the future America before returning “Beyond helping under - to Eindhoven in Novem - stand and evaluate the The Japan Federation of taxi is scheduled to be - cuss drawing up vehicle ber. Each electric motor - performance of specific Hire-Taxi Associations come available in 2017. specifications to meet bike has a top speed of processors and systems, and Toyota Motor are col - The federation and Toy - these goals as well as en - 160km/h and can travel Autobench 2.0 assesses laborating to develop and ota are joining hands in hancing safety systems 380km before requiring a the impact of memory introduce the Japanese this pursuit, to enhance and providing services in recharge. bottlenecks, efficiency of Infotainment and connectivity are key features of the Vauxhall Mokka X taxi of the future. the convenience for a multiple languages. The student-designed thread synchronisation SUV, including IntelliLink and the personal connectivity and mobility Toyota’s relationship broad range of customers In the Tokyo area, both batteries – 24 separate and other related func - assistant OnStar. IntelliLink lets owners bring the world of with the Japanese taxi in - including the elderly, will look at ways to col - cartridges that can store tions in automotive sys - and apps into the vehicle. dustry began in 1936, families with children and laborate on developing 28.5kWh energy – can be tems using multicore USB and Bluetooth connectivity allow for hands-free phone calls, audio when the Toyota Model foreign tourists. At the and leveraging automated replaced by a fully processors so designers streaming and viewing photos and videos. It is also compatible with AA was first used as a same time, they are aim - driving technologies. charged pack within can make informed deci - Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. taxi. Since then, both par - ing to build an inclusive They will also look at seven minutes. Each day, sions that optimise their With the personal connectivity and service assistant OnStar, owners get ties have established a community that wel - using taxis to collect and the students will recharge products,” said Peter a guardian angel at their side. It automatically reacts in an emergency, longstanding partnership. comes all and, simultane - analyse information on batteries from the local Torelli, EMBC director of alerting an OnStar advisor if the airbags are deployed in an accident. To enhance the urban ously, contributes to the the road traffic environ - power grid at companies, software engineering. In addition to automatic crash response, the service remotely unlocks scenery in Japan, Toyota promotion of Japan as a ment, and apply those re - universities or homes en It upgrades and turbo- doors, downloads destinations directly to the vehicle’s navigation system, is developing a next-gen - tourist haven. sults to the development route. The team will also charges versions of the sends emails on vehicle health and includes a 4G LTE wifi hotspot. eration taxi, where the de - The two parties will es - of Toyota’s Mobility take part in events that kernels contained in Au - Drivers can also call up data such as oil condition or tyre pressures. sign reflects the spirit of tablish a task force that Teammate Concept for show the potential of tobench 1.1, including Japanese hospitality. This will meet regularly to dis - automated driving. electric mobility. angle-to-time conversion,

Page 7, September 2016 Vehicle Electronics Vehicle Electronics September 2016, Page 8 NEWS NEWS AWS Electronics invests £1m in factory Delphi tests autonomous Thanks to growth in auto - the third phase of devel - lighting, scientific instru - Nine years ago, the motive orders, AWS opment at the site – al - mentation, medical and company started with 12 Electronics has an - most doubles available general industrial are also people at a small facility vehicles in Singapore nounced a further expan - production space en - showing healthy growth. in Slovakia 2km from sion at its low-cost abling a second automo - “Our strategy of contin - where it is now located. manufacturing centre in tive line at the facility. ually investing and ex - “Now we have 250 staff The Singapore Land gapore at the forefront of industry partners. tion of the same vehicle Námestovo, Slovakia. While the automotive panding our Slovakian and they are excited to be Transport Authority autonomous vehicle Of particular interest to technologies that enabled This follows 25 per cent sector is a main contribu - facility in a region which working with state-of- (LTA) has picked Delphi adoption,” said Kevin the Singapore LTA is the us to successfully com - annual growth at the elec - tor to revenue growth at is physically close to sig - the-art production and as a strategic partner to Clark, president and chief potential for automated plete the first coast-to- tronic manufacturing the plant and a major nificant existing and po - test equipment, which is implement autonomous executive officer at Del - driving to make it easier coast autonomous drive services location. driver for the expansion, tential new customers is the same as the resource mobility concepts. phi. “This is a great for commuters transiting of the USA in 2015,” said The £1m investment – other sectors such as working very well,” said available at the UK plant Delphi will provide a recognition of Delphi’s the first and last kilometre Jeff Owens, Delphi CTO. AWS Electronics’ CEO and operated using a cen - fleet of fully autonomous leadership in advanced between a mass transit The technology is vehi - Paul Deehan. “Education tral, company-wide, real- vehicles and develop a safety technologies, auto - station and their home or cle agnostic and can be in Slovakia generally and time manufacturing cloud-based mobility-on- mated software, systems work place. By address - applied in passenger cars, locally in Námestovo is control system,” said demand software suite. integration, as well as our ing this need, the usage of buses, commercial vehi - of a very high standard, Deehan. The company will con - ability to drive mobility the mass transit systems cles, purpose-built mobil - so our workforce there is The Slovakian manu - duct a trial of an urban, forward for our cus - could increase, reducing ity pods and EVs. extremely capable and facturing centre carries point-to-point, low-speed, tomers.” overall traffic congestion The pilot will last three well qualified. They are ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and autonomous, mobility- Delphi’s development and vehicle emissions. years with plans to transi - working to world class ISO 13485 approvals and on-demand service in programme and au - “As a partner in Savi, tion it into an operational manufacturing methods, is working towards ISO/ Singapore’s autonomous tonomous vehicle demon - Delphi will use a founda - service by 2022. procedures and interna - TS 16949 automotive vehicles test bed at a busi - stration is part of the tional accreditations that certification with comple - ness park in the western Singapore Autonomous AWS Slovakia manufacturing centre are standardised in our tion of final audits due at area of the city. Vehicle Initiative (Savi), UK site also.” the end of 2016. “We are honoured to formed in 2014 to oversee AWS provides services partner with the Singa - and manage autonomous Novatek licenses Ceva for adas for the whole electronic pore LTA on advancing vehicle research, test-bed - product life cycle from innovative mobility sys - ding, and the develop - Novatek Microelectron - “Having successfully face detection and au - design through manufac - tems, which will put Sin - ment of applications by ics, Taiwan’s second collaborated with Ceva in thentication, drone anti- ture, to whole life service largest fabless IC design the past few years for vi - collision systems and and repair. Melexis R&D hits Dresden house, has licensed and sion processing, we are adas. These types of ap - These go from concept deployed the Ceva-XM4 delighted to extend our plications are built using design inputs to through- Melexis is establishing an semiconductor technol - intelligent vision DSP for partnership and leverage Ceva’s CDNN2 deep life product support and R&D centre in Dresden, ogy to address the rapidly its next-generation vi - the advances they have neural network, a propri - the firm responds to the Germany, to focus on the evolving automotive, in - sion-enabled SoCs target - made for our next-genera - etary software framework technical requirements automotive industry. It dustrial, medical, domes - ing markets requiring tion SoCs,” said Allen Lu, that enables deep learning by offering design sup - will initially have around tic appliance and building advanced visual intelli - assistant vice president of tasks to run on the XM4. port, rapid prototyping, 25 to 30 engineers. automation sectors. gence capabilities. Novatek. “Novatek has a strong complete product assem - Melexis already has “After careful consider - The camera SoC line By integrating the XM4 track record of bringing bly and testing, high-end nine R&D centres, two in ation we decided Dresden for car DVR and surveil - as a dedicated vision high-quality, feature-rich surface mount capability, Belgium plus one each in presented us with a great lance systems integrates processor, Novatek and and cost-effective camera complex electro-mechan - , France, Ger - opportunity to strengthen the third generation Ceva- its customers can deploy SoCs to the mass mar - ical assembly, cable and many, Philippines, our engineering assets,” MM3101 imaging and vision algorithms to en - ket,” said Ilan Yona, gen - harness assembly, and Switzerland, and said Marc Biron, global vision DSP and is ship - able applications such as eral manager of the vision through-life repair and USA. These support the development manager for Delphi pilots autonomous vehicles in Singapore ping in volume. surveillance systems with business unit at Ceva. maintenance. company in creating Melexis.

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Steffen Heuel and Wolfgang Wendler explain how to make simpler measurements on automotive radars

he high resolution of auto - overcome these problems. vehicles, nowadays even reaching motive radar sensors re - Radar sensors measure the the compact class. Sensors for the quires signal bandwidths range, radial velocity and azimuth automotive sector operate in the up to the gigahertz range. For this angle of targets in the vicinity frequency bands around 24, 77 Treason, frequency bands around under any weather conditions. and 79GHz. 77 and 79GHz are provided for Thanks to good performance data these applications. Until recently, and low costs, they lay the foun - harmonic mixers had to be used dations for more and more assis - for test and measurement because tance and safety functions in no analyser was available that covered up to over 79GHz in a single sweep. Fortunately, new signal and spectrum analysers

Signal and spectrum analyser that can cover the frequency range from 2Hz to 85GHz in one sweep

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ent processing interval of the radar waveform. If the coherent processing interval is kept equal, the radial velocity resolution im - proves by about a factor of three when the signal is emitted at 79GHz instead of 24GHz. Chirp sequences are often used in automotive radars. This re - quires several linearly frequency- modulated signals with a duration of about 100µs and a bandwidth of several hundred megahertz up to several gigahertz. Twin challenge To detect and resolve two adjacent Modern automtive radar systems need the latest test equipment objects, the range resolution of the sensor must be higher than the The frequency bands, emitted frequency hopping into the sen - separation of the objects from power level and test requirements sors to reduce interference be - each other. However, wide signal for automotive radars are defined tween several radars. bandwidths are required for a high in various standards such as EN Higher frequencies are not only range resolution. This is not just a 301091 v1.4.0. In Europe, some helpful for the development of challenge for signal generation wideband automotive radars are smaller sensors, they also help im - and evaluation in the sensor, but temporarily using the 24GHz prove radial velocity resolution. also requires high-end test and band; however, this must be dis - Radial velocity resolution depends measurement equipment for de - continued by 2022. In its place, on the wavelength and the coher - velopment, verification and stan - Measurement of a 1GHz FM chirp signal; graphical depictions show the frequency versus time or the internationally available the power in the time domain, and a table lists the most important measurement parameters 79GHz band has been proposed by the European Commission. Use of this band is being dis - dard-compliant analyses. The down-converted to an intermedi - with harmonic mixers. Attenua - cussed and has already been ac - measuring instruments must cover ate frequency, the user sees both tors must be attached to the wave - cepted in many countries owing the frequency range up to 81GHz the signal and its image. An addi - guides and then re-adjusted for to the significant advantages it and offer analysis bandwidths up tional measurement is therefore each changing level. offers. to 2GHz. Signal and spectrum required whereby the frequency of Crossing frontiers Along with minimal limitations analysers are typically used for the local oscillator is shifted by regarding the emitted power level this task, but older technology can double the intermediate fre - In recent years, test and measure - and a smaller form factor for sen - only achieve bandwidths up to quency. This enables the analyser ment vendors have introduced sors, it offers wider signal band - 500MHz, and maximum input to detect and then remove un - features that make such unwieldy width up to 4GHz and a higher frequency usually comes nowhere wanted mixing products. compromises unnecessary. A key range resolution. For example, near 81GHz. However, this only works when development is the ability to per - while a modulated signal band - Given these limitations, the fre - the intermediate frequency is form measurements from 2Hz to width of 150MHz allows a range quency ranges of analysers have higher than half of the signal 85GHz in one sweep, enabling resolution of one metre to be Today, radar sensors are used for numerous assistance and safety to be expanded with the help of bandwidth, otherwise the image complete radar applications in the achieved, ten times this resolution functions; almost all of them require a high spatial resolution that external harmonic mixers for and signal overlap. 79GHz band. Integrated pre-selec - can be achieved at 1.5GHz. Wider can only be achieved with high bandwidths such as the bands measurements in the 79GHz band. Another factor is it is cumber - tion allows analysers to display bandwidth also allows the integra - around 79GHz This setup, however, has no pre- some to reduce the input level in a signals without unwanted mixing tion of technical measures such as selection. When the signal is suitable manner when measuring products when measuring the

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spectrum, even where this is sig - Frequency bands for available for recording signals up nificantly wider than double the automotive radar in Europe to 2GHz bandwidth and analysing intermediate frequency. In addi - them automatically. Important pa - tion, the inclusion of attenuators Frequency band Bandwidth rameters such as chirp rate or de - inside the signal and spectrum 24 to 24.25GHz 250MHz viations from ideal linear analyser means signals with dif - 21 to 26GHz 5GHz behaviour are measured and dis - ferent levels can be easily 76 to 77GHz 1GHz played graphically or in tabular Keep in analysed without having to adjust 77 to 81GHz 4GHz form. All the important parame - the input level using cumbersome ters can also be measured and dis - external attenuators. played at the push of a button While an internal analysis band - data. The signal path from the using a software option cus - width of up to 512MHz suits analyser’s RF input to the oscillo - tomised for automotive radars. many automotive radar measure - scope’s A-D converter is charac - Steffen Heuel ments, it is not sufficient for the terised with respect to amplitude (left) works in 79GHz band, where signals have and phase response. TOUCH technology considerably larger bandwidth. In the latest generation of test management at For these applications, equipping and measurement instruments, Rohde & the instrument with a wideband connection of the oscilloscope to Schwarz analysis option – fully controlled the analyser is completely trans - by the signal and spectrum parent for the user and measure - analyser – resamples, equalises ment option operation is identical Wolfgang and down-converts the signal into in all cases whether using the A-D Wendler (right) digital baseband. In combination converter in the oscilloscope or is product with a suitable oscilloscope, it can the one in the analyser. manager for perform measurements up to a For wideband, linearly fre - spectrum signal bandwidth of 2GHz. quency-modulated and continuous analysis at Such analysers fully control the wave signals such as those used in Rohde & oscilloscope and transfer, process, automotive radars, customised Schwarz equalise and analyse the digital measurement applications are

Anthony Martin for those working in electromag - discusses the impact intelligent netic compatibility (EMC). With the advancements in intel - mobility is having on EMC testing ligent mobility and intelligent transport systems (ITS), there are ntelligent mobility has become revolution since the development far greater EMC implications an area of much debate and of the production line, intelligent upon the safe requirement for development among automo - mobility is set to change the face transport due to the high number tive engineers over the past few of the automotive sector as we of devices required in the control Iyears, with fully autonomous ve - know it. of autonomous and connected hicles on the horizon. Hailed by For test engineers this change is vehicles and their need to Typical profile of a radar signal (FMCW radar) some as the greatest automotive particularly influential, especially communicate with each

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other and the surrounding infra - the road and between the vehicle For all vehicle systems, correct clutter significantly complicate structure. Driverless and con - and surrounding infrastructure. functionality must be ensured in the process; and poor antenna nected vehicles will demand much These so-called V2X communica - their intended EM environment. characteristics and high levels of more from EMC testing as the tions are at the foundation of ITS, This means off-board threats such vehicle RFI can be disastrous to complexity of control systems in - and their reach and reliability de - as high power phone and TV reception and connectivity per - creases along with their reliance pend on the quality and radio fre - transmitters and on-board threats formance. on more and more sensor inputs. quency (RF) protection of the including mobile devices and in - For example, ITS enabled vehi - There are a significant number antennas, of which there are many stalled transmitters. This verifica - cles broadcast positional informa - of electronic systems fitted to in the vehicle. tion is especially important for tion and listen for similar modern day vehicles but intelli - The rapid increase in the level safety-related systems that have messages from other vehicles or gent vehicles will bring a large in - of wireless technology within functions that control or affect the roadside infrastructure. For trans - crease in electronic content to vehicles allows for a multitude of safe operation of a vehicle. For mitted messages, the vehicle an - deliver a feature rich and safe new services to be realised, how - the autonomous car, the list of tenna performance determines the journey for occupants. However, ever manufacturers will need to safety related systems will in - area in which the vehicle will be all electronic systems will need to form robust strategies to account crease dramatically. For testing, heard. The communication range A vehicle undergoing EMC testing in an EMC chamber be resilient against electromag - for the increased levels of soft - this will mean a greater level of of a vehicle fitted with a poor an - netic energy and have the ability ware upgrades required. The im - diagnostic information will be re - tenna system will be significantly to operate together. Needless to plications on manufacturers may quired to understand exactly less than the same vehicle fitted purchasing a vehicle, however intelligent mobility in autonomous say, engineers have a task on their mean they require additional as - which systems are in error. with a good antenna system. This with embedded data and voice vehicles. This continuous devel - hands to ensure EMC testing is sistance from test organisations, For EMC engineers, a thorough can be likened to trying to shout connections, an additional con - opment is driving industry stan - robust enough to handle these with expertise in rapid software understanding of the safety, secu - with your hand over your mouth. tract with a network operator may dards, particularly when it comes changes. validation. rity and reliability requirements of Similarly, an ITS vehicle with a also be required. To deliver voice to EMC. At vehicle level, a great deal of each vehicle feature is a necessity. poor antenna system and compo - and data services with a robust A key indicator of the impact in - Changing requirements innovation, through the use of All vehicle control units, sensors nents that produce high levels of level of performance is very diffi - telligent mobility will have on In-vehicle wireless technologies, moving targets and a number of and actuators taking the place of RFI will only hear messages cult and costly to realise. With EMC engineers is the complexity including GSM, 3G, 4G, , other intelligent test systems, is human functions will find them - broadcast from other vehicles and consumers paying for connectiv - of the testing to be carried out. GNSS, wifi and Bluetooth, are the required to test vehicle automa - selves on the safety related func - infrastructure at a very much re - ity, it will be up to the network Training and awareness in the lat - backbone of the connected and tion or vehicle assist functions in tion list, thus requiring higher duced distance than a vehicle with operators and vehicle manufactur - est standards will constantly need autonomous car. an EMC chamber. This will mean levels of engineering rigour. Un - a good antenna and components ers to deliver services that are per - updating, while access to the cor - Many of these digital technolo - using the latest test equipment and derstanding the source of mal - that produce low levels of RFI. In ceived by the consumer to be rect equipment and facilities used gies rely heavily on external com - facilities to guarantee test comple - functions will require a significant this instance, it can be likened to adequate. While broadcast and will be key to the development of munications between vehicles on tion to the highest standards. increase in effort during the EMC trying to listen with your fingers network operators maintain geo - the industry in the future. engineering process. in your ears. graphical service coverage across The fight to become the leader When these issues are encoun - urban and rural locations, it will in autonomy will continue among Robust requirements tered in vehicle designs. OEMs be down to vehicle manufacturers manufacturers, while new To deliver these services with a quickly become plagued with to optimise their integrated sys - relationships will need to be robust level of performance, to problems relating to poor per - tems such to limit service degra - established with EMC test consul - prevent the customer from being formance and the risk of customer dation. In addition, vehicle tancies and engineers at the fore - plagued with audio, video or data dissatisfaction increases signifi - manufacturers will need to ensure front of their field to develop corruption and dropouts, and the cantly. Highlighting performance signal loss and interference advanced test methods and robust vehicle’s autonomous driving issues early, accurately and in-line sources inside the vehicle are kept systems for the future. functionality from being impaired, with customer perception to avoid to a minimum to ensure good con - is a challenge. Issues such as fad - over or under engineering is there - nectivity for personal devices. ing due to differing signal paths, fore of key importance moving Future shadowing where signals are ob - forward. Anthony Martin structed by a hill or a large build - There is no doubt that the future Implications is EMC chief ing, Doppler effect when receiver of the automotive industry is set Autonomous vehicles have a multitude of software devices engineer at and transmitter are moving rela - Consumers have historically been to become significantly more that all require rigorous EMC testing Horiba Mira tive to each other, and surface used to a one-off payment when complex with the development of

Page 17 , September 2016 Vehicle Electronics Vehicle Electronics September 2016, Page 18 TEST & MEASUREMENT TEST & MEASUREMENT TTiimmee ttoo cclleeaann uupp tthhee cclluutttteerr Matthias Karcher proposes a simple concept for better testing and validating of distributed electronic systems in vehicles

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look into the test, verifica - without rtos, and with interfaces years. The engineers, designers solute experts will cope with this tion and system integra - of all kinds. and planners of today have a time task. tion labs of all vehicle Additionally, all these devices window of only four years maxi - Well, it is certainly understand - manufacturers and their suppliers have to communicate with each mum. This is of course coupled able that this problem will in - Aleaves the same impression the other to represent properly and re - with a much larger and more ex - crease if further bus systems and world over – measuring equip - liably all the different functions in tensive range of models and greater complexity add to this in ment, PCs and test units every - a car, from a simple window model initiatives, which means future. The chaos and confusion where. Overcrowded rooms full opener to a high-end multimedia more cars are developed and mar - will become even more over time with test devices and electronics system. Communications net - keted in parallel. unless a clean-up happens. After for automated tests put vehicle works such as Lin, Can, Can-FD, The product development that, it holds back for a while until systems or subsystems through Flexray, Most and Ethernet are in - process or the time to market is the next clean-up is due and per - their paces around the clock. dispensable in today’s architec - shorter despite increased com - haps some devices have to be dis - Although often well organised, tures. In the near future, even plexity – of course at even lower posed of every so often. It is an it is hard to believe that in such a more networks will be imple - cost and with the same if not bet - iterative and never-ending mess system faults, faulty elec - mented including A2B, Automo - ter quality of the final product. process, but it helps to have fur - tronics and software bugs can be tive Ethernet, CXPI, Sent and This is not a simple nor a trivial ther development and increasing detected reliably to eliminate PSI5. task. The time to adjust to this complexity under control. Engineers can quickly build a test and measurement mountain them in production vehicles. It is easy to imagine that this issue and to come to terms with it Integration The complexity of electrical and trend combined with the desire for was short. Often, the development electronic systems in vehicles is a more comprehensive user expe - process was the focus and was This still relatively simple princi - cost savings can be achieved by for all messages, events and sig - growing steadily to include built- rience will increase the complex - then optimised and shortened by ple should be applicable to test investing in higher integrated test nals on all networks will be main - in electrical and electronic devices ity of electrical and electronics different techniques such as scrum labs. A regular clean-up and dis - systems. In that way the increased tained. Looking at the costs, a lot and the communications systems systems in cars not linearly but and agile development. posing helps a lot, however, cost pressure can be taken into of money can be saved with such they are based on. In the mean - rather exponentially. But what happens with the higher integration on top of that account. a system – both direct and indi - time, there are cars with up to 100 To make things worse, in recent hedging, test and validation of helps even more. What does that To clean up a test labs for dis - rect. Direct costs relate to the pur - different microcomputers and years development cycles for cars systems and devices? Some may mean for test devices and sys - tributed electrical and electronics chase costs because instead of each with their own performance have become increasingly shorter disagree, because today there are tems? It is quite simple. Take the communications systems in the several test devices only one de - levels. These include the whole to keep up with the technological a lot of techniques in this field, in - basic systems and all extensions automotive area, reduce complex - vice is needed, which is usually range of microprocessors and mi - advance of consumer electronics. cluding automation, x-in-the-loop that have accumulated over the ity in the lab and exploit cost sav - cheaper than the sum of individual crocontrollers – from 8 to 32bit, A decade ago a complete vehicle technology and so on. However, time and put them in a new ex - ings, there are certainly several devices. Indirect costs will be less single core to quad core, with or platform was developed within six the focus lies primarily, if not to - panded core system. Suddenly, the starting points. One very obvious because the complexity of the test tally, on the test software. lab will be cleaned up leaving approach would be a hardware in - systems decreases as well as the The hardware or the measuring space for future extensions. terface with a high integration of test time. equipment has improved only It is certainly understandable communications networks. This The reason for this is the scaling slightly and could hardly keep that such a clean-up has quite a interface would clean up the lab of the test software to support all pace with the systems to be tested. positive and significant effect on because previously a single device bus systems continuously. The A frequently observed phenome - other issues and parameters too. A was present for every network. configuration and test execution non is that existing test equipment tidy lab reduces the complexity of Such devices unite a large amount effort is reduced massively. All in will be enhanced with new tech - the test laboratories and thus the of automotive communications all, a very good way to handle in - nology, that is a new bus system error susceptibility of tests and networks in a single product and creasing complexity, reduce costs, although the test equipment itself test equipment. Within a short thus reduce the complexity of test achieve a faster time to market is infrequently renewed. time, quality can be realised for systems as well as the chaos in and increase quality. A clean-up is This has led to situations in devices and systems. test laboratories. always worth - which test laboratories turn into Whether this is feasible at lower Suddenly, with only one step while. chaos. Large amounts of test de - cost depends on the system and there is more space and a better Matthias vices, interface adapters and business models of the test system overview of the test system, along Karcher is measuring units then build a test provider. Discussions with those with fewer connections, power senior manager and measurement mountain con - affected clearly show that there supplies and wiring effort. The Integration can reduce chaos in a test environment for K2L fronting the engineers. Only ab - are many cases in which massive important synchronous time stamp

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A look at the driver-assistance features features of the Drive Pack and Low traction launch is a manu - prompted to engage low traction The introduction of Jaguar Land adds adaptive cruise control with ally selectable driving mode de - launch whenever grass-gravel- Rover’s InControl Touch Pro info - on the SV Autobiography Dynamic queue assist and intelligent emer - signed to assist drivers when snow mode is selected. The sys - tainment system delivers im - Range Rover gency braking. Drive Pro Pack pulling away from a standstill on tem remains active until the proved satellite navigation also provides blind spot assist, slippery surfaces such as wet vehicle reaches 30km/h. which automatically applies grass, snow or ice. By controlling or 2017, Jaguar Land Rover nologies include rear park dis - counter steering if the driver be - the amount of torque that can be is giving the Range Rover a tance control, cruise control and gins to change lane into the path applied by the driver, the system suite of advanced semi-au - speed limiter, lane departure of a following vehicle, and lane reduces the likelihood of wheel - tonomous driving technologies warning, and autonomous emer - keep assist provides gentle, cor - spin to maintain traction and en - Fwith the introduction of the SV gency braking. This intelligent rective steering input if it detects sure smooth acceleration. Autobiography Dynamic. This technology uses a forward-facing the vehicle is drifting across the The feature can be accessed in - model is claimed to be the most camera to detect a risk of collision white lines. dependently through the central powerful, most dynamic produc - and warn the driver initiating full Tow assist takes any anxiety out touchscreen and the driver is tion Range Rover to date. emergency braking if the driver of the difficult task of reversing The SV Autobiography fails to respond. while towing a trailer. Using the Dynamic marries attention to The additional Drive Pack in - vehicle’s existing surround cam - detail with elegant and luxurious cludes existing features such as era system, this technology lets materials including diamond blind spot monitor, traffic sign drivers guide a trailer into position quilted leather seats, contrast recognition and reverse traffic de - with little effort. By following the stitching and a knurled finish tection, and new technologies in - trajectory lines overlaid on an rotary shift controller and pedals. cluding intelligent speed limiter, image from the rear-facing camera Powered by a 550HP V8 super - which uses the traffic sign recog - displayed on the central touch - charged engine, through specially nition hardware to adjust the vehi - screen, tow assist can steer the ve - configured suspension, it delivers cle speed automatically to meet hicle automatically to follow the a combination of performance and the prevailing speed limit. path selected by the driver using handling without compromising Also included in the Drive Pack the dash-mounted rotary terrain comfort and refinement delivering is a driver condition monitor that response selector. a 0 to 96km/hr time of 5.1s. analyses data such as steering in - Range Rover continues to ce - puts and road speed, as well as ment its all-terrain capability taking account of the time of day, through a host of adas features. to warn against driver fatigue. Standard driver assistance tech - The Drive Pro Pack takes the

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functionality and connectivity. flight tracking. celeration and power delivery pro - The fast, intuitive operation is InControl Touch Pro also fea - duces a 0 to 96km/hr time of 7.1s. augmented by the larger 25.6cm tures door-to-door routing, an in - The 3.0 litre V6 engine has dual-view touchscreen display. telligent, multi-device system that lightweight all-aluminium con - Alternatively, users can choose to navigates users to their destination struction and combines super - enhance their view of the naviga - whether they be on foot or behind charging with direct-injection and tion system by selecting to con - the wheel, thanks to a Land variable intake, and exhaust valve vert the digital display behind the Rover-dedicated smartphone route timing to improve throttle re - steering wheel to a full-screen planner app. sponse, linear power delivery and view of their route and map, in - Commute mode automatically a unique soundtrack. A single bal - creasing visibility and reducing learns frequently-used routes and ancer shaft enhances smooth run - distraction from the road ahead. recommends the most efficient ning and refinement. As part of the InControl Con - route dependent on live traffic There are also 19 new colours to nect Pro pack, InControl Touch data, then shares the driver’s des - give customers more choice of Pro incorporates a series of new tination, arrival time and current metallic and pearlescent colours, app services to Range Rover. In - location with friends, family and widely available in either gloss or Control Remote Premium allows colleagues via a live messaging satin matte finishes. The addi - drivers to control remotely vehicle system through the driver’s smart - tional palette ranges from tradi - functions such as activating the phone. tional shades to bolder, more climate control to cool or heat the contemporary choices. Engine choice car ready for departure, set and Detail deactivate the alarm, and even In addition to the existing engine start the engine. The app will alert line-up, some customers will have The SV Autobiography Dynamic owners if their vehicle alarm has the option of specifying Jaguar is said to be the most powerful been triggered. Land Rover’s 3.0 litre V6 super - production Range Rover to date. Additionally, it includes live charged petrol engine. The V6 Its 550HP 5.0-litre V8 super - apps that can be downloaded to achieves 340PS and 450Nm of charged engine is shared with the provide information such as head - torque combined with CO 2 emis - acclaimed Range Rover Sport line news, weather reporting and sions of 248g/km. Effortless ac - SVR. The engine has been cali - Taste of luxury inside the SV Autobiography Dynamic brated and delivers 680Nm of torque, powering the SV Autobi - ography Dynamic from 0 to The SVO division has fine- speed stability and greater steer - Inside, diamond quilted leather 96km/h in 5.1s with a top speed of tuned the suspension to achieve a ing precision. Adaptive dynamics seats with contrast stitching are a 225km/hr. It is paired with ZF’s combination of performance and monitors vehicle movements up to available in four exclusive colour- eight-speed automatic transmis - comfort. Revisions to the knuck - 500 times a second, reacting to ways, offset by Grand Black ve - sion for seamless gear changes les, links, springs and dampers driver inputs and changes in the neer front fascia and door casings and supreme performance. provide a lower ride height – road surface to provide greater and flashes of red to interior de - “The Range Rover SV Autobi - 8mm lower than standard – and control without compromising re - tails and paddle shifters to denote ography Dynamic has been spe - more immediate responses. finement. its dynamic characteristics. cially developed by the special It also has two driver-focused The side vents, bonnet finisher, In addition, features, such as the vehicle operations team to deliver technologies designed to deliver grille, front bumper accents, rotary shift controller, start stop a more engaging driving experi - improved body control and agility. Range Rover script and tailgate button and pedals have a knurled ence,” said Mark Stanton, director Dynamic response improves vehi - finisher are all finished in finish. of Jaguar Land Rover’s special cle handling and occupant com - Graphite Atlas. Users have a In keeping with its more pur - vehicle operations. “It delivers the fort by reducing the amount of choice of alloy wheel designs, as poseful character, the SV Autobi - ultimate combination of perform - body lean during cornering. The well as three finishes. It is also the ography Dynamic has bright ance and Range Rover luxury, be - system controls the front and rear first Range Rover available with chrome quad tailpipes that have fitting its unique position in the axles independently, delivering in - red brake callipers and Brembo been optimised to enhance its dis - Rear screens provide passenger entertainment portfolio.” creased low-speed agility, high- brake technology. tinctive V8 soundtrack.

Page 25 , September 2016 Vehicle Electronics Vehicle Electronics September 2016, Page 26 PRODUCTS PRODUCTS Clock oscillators Hall effect sensors target meet AEC-Q200 environmental regulations AEC-Q200 qualified pressure monitoring re - clock oscillators meeting ceivers, wifi and Wimax. Hall sensors from Infi - the Hall element and the TS16949 for industrial Three voltages are neon Technologies can active circuits. The chop - and automotive applica - available – the IQXO-540 help automotive electron - per ensures the tempera - tions are available from operates at 3.3V, the Engine automates ics meet environmental ture remains stable and IQD. IQXO-541 at 2.5V and standards. The TLx496x reduces the effects of The IQXO-54x Auto the IQXO-542 at 1.8V. schematic generation are said to have precise process fluctuation series units are housed in All deliver a cmos output switching points, stable They are suitable for 2.0 by 1.6 by 0.8mm ce - along with an enable-dis - and system assembly operation and low power automotive applications ramic sealed package able function. consumption. They are with an operating voltage with frequencies from 4.0 With a current con - An engine from Concept gineers or service engi - available as latch and of 3.0 to 5.5V, which gen - to 50MHz. sumption down to 5mA Engineering brings auto - neers the convenience of switch-type sensors. erally are not exposed to With stabilities down to and standby current of matic schematic genera - using web browsers to ac - They consume no more overcurrent. 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Optional en - any location. Visualisa - providing an interface to ent temperature of -40 to available in 0402 and gines are available for the tion features and debug - attach external displays +105˚C. They are sam - 0603 case sizes. AEC- system level (S-engine) ging capabilities are such as TFTs. The MCUs pling now and will be in Q200 and RoHS compli - and for the transistor level customisable, allowing support all in-vehicle net - production early next ant, the products are com - (T-engine). company-specific design working standards re - year in TEQFP-208 and pletely lead free. It also brings design en - and service platforms. quired for instrument TEQFP-216 packages.

Page 27 , September 2016 Vehicle Electronics Vehicle Electronics September 2016, Page 28 PRODUCTS PRODUCTS Improving vision for military vehicles Development tool upgraded At this month’s DVD other crew members can military vehicle show in help with surveillance for vehicle architectures the UK, RFEL will be an - tasks to ensure safe and nouncing an HD-SDI and effective operation. Out - With Preevision 8.0, Vec - GVA generic vehicle ar - puts can be capped, fixed tor supports the develop - chitecture compliant mil - or shared over the avail - ment of future-proof itary driver vision aid. able bandwidth. electric and electronic ar - Called Trailblazer, it is The first of the two in - chitectures for vehicles. said to improve driver terfaces is a native digital The release can be used and crew effectiveness by video HD-SDI output, re - for model-based develop - extending the field of quiring coaxial cabling ment of automotive view beyond the normal it can provide video to ing higher resolution of and a point-to-point in - Ethernet networks and spectrum, even in adverse more than one user on the the raw sensor, a high stallation to create a service-oriented software weather and low light . platform. Each user can quality digital zoom capa - closed circuit driving aid, architectures (SOAs). 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GNSS signals with the convert automotive bat - nearly the same level as HSPA, each with two an - The card has three PCIe connection of an addi - Actuators tery voltages efficiently well as through line and tenna connectors at the mini card slots in total: tional antenna connector into a tightly regulated load transient events. front, one PCI mini card two of them for commu - at the front is also possi - for haptic voltage, with seamless Protection features in - slot for wlan, telephony, nications via LTE, ble via the third slot. transition between the clude pulse-by-pulse cur - Particularly for use with pedals buck and boost modes. rent limit, hiccough mode frequent location or rate- The A4450 is targeted above and below the re - and load dump condi - short-circuit protection, related network changes, Automotive actuators for at the automotive, indus - quired output voltage and tions. A high-voltage bat - LX short-circuit protec - ten Micro Sim cards can haptic accelerator pedals trial and instrumentation a single-inductor, single- tery compatible enable tion and missing free - be accommodated. The have been introduced by markets with end applica - stage conversion is de - input accommodates wheeling diode. The software provided allows TT Electronics. They tions to include infotain - sired. switched battery input ap - enable input is compati - the separate control and have a total weight less ment, instrument clusters, The input operating plications. ble with a high-voltage the power up and down of than 400g, said to be a telematics, amplifiers and voltage range of 3 to 36V Regulated output volt - battery level, and a the Micro Sims. significant reduction from control modules. makes it suitable for auto - age ranges from 3 to 8V power-on reset output is For use in harsh envi - the weight of comparable The device suits auto - motive infotainment ap - with load current of up to integrated. ronments, it works in an pedals. motive input environ - plications and it can 1A DC. The PWM The device comes in a operating temperature of The actuators enable ments where battery input handle idle stop-start, switching frequency is 20-lead, 4 by 4mm QFN -40 to +85˚C, and the power-efficient transmis - voltage supply can vary cold crank, double battery 250kHz to 2.4MHz, and package. board is coated against sion, consuming less than dust and humidity. 1W with an active actua - Editor and Publisher: © 2016 Vehicle Electronics tor when it reaches a Steve Rogerson ISSN 2055-1177 Conduit protects cables from heat pedal force increase of at [email protected] least 10N. The pedal Vehicle Electronics is available to readers world - In response to increased them to operate at up to the range. force the driver feels in - Advertising Manager: wide. It will be published approximately twelve Diane Trotman demand from the automo - +200˚C, and have under - With various fittings creases when the drive - times a year in a digital-only format. All rights [email protected] tive market for conduit gone long-term heat and conduits available, train changes from reserved. No part of Vehicle Electronics may be and fittings that work aging, tensile and impact made from polyamide battery to combustion en - Web Site Manager: reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any with high temperature strength testing. and co-polyester materi - gine. The additional pedal Martin Wilson means, electronic or mechanical, including photo - cable wiring to ensure The system protects and als, the range includes force can be customised [email protected] copying or recording on any information storage performance near engine routes high temperature HTC08 to HTC20 con - according to OEM speci - system, without the written consent of the pub - hot spots, Harnessflex has wiring in and around hot duit, with T and Y-piece fication. Published by: Vehicle Electronics Magazine, lisher. The publisher cannot be held responsible launched its TempGuard spot areas of the engine. fittings, straight and The actuator is said to 72 Westwood Road, Nottingham NG2 4FS, UK for loss or damge to unsolicited press releases or range. It is said to increases the elbow joiners, along with have a high degree of re - photographs. Views of contributors and advertis - Web site: vehicle-electronics.biz These conduit and fit - temperature rating by backshells for Amp, liability without long- ers do not necessarily refelect the policy of Twitter: @velectronicsmag tings work with high-tem - more than 60 per cent Bosch, Deutsch and FCI term degradation across Vehicle Electronics or those of the publisher. perature cables, allowing over standard fittings in connectors. -40 to +80˚C. Page 31 , September 2016 Vehicle Electronics Vehicle Electronics September 2016, Page 32