Design Challenges for Digital Instrument Clusters
By: By Andy Gryc, QNX Software Systems
Digital instrument clusters are poised to supersede analog clusters in next-generation vehicles. This may seem surprising at first, since digital clusters require higher-end CPUs and much more software than their analog counterparts, not to mention large LCD panels. Why, then, are automakers adopting them? ...
Software Tools: Automakers Continue to Push Suppliers for More
By: By Randy Frank Contributing Editor
Coordinating the increasing network of software and hardware modules in today's vehicles requires forming a system model to account for all the interfaces...
Accelerating Vehicle Power System Simulation
By: 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...
MODEL Behavior
By: by John H. Day contributing editor
New design tools coincide with the advent of AUTOSAR to ease engineers' application development burdens....
Preventing recurrence in future designs
By: by Jason Matthews Mercedes-Benz Technology
Once the root cause of a particularly troublesome problem has been identified, the problem-solving team will usually enter a euphoric stage, anticipating...
Under the Hood of the 2007 BMW 525i
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor
The award-winning BMW Assist
is standard on the BMW525i as
well as all 5, 6 and 7 series
BMWs. The 2007 5 series comes with
four years of call-in assistance service
and several telematics features....
Configuring the Future of Driver Information Delivery
By: by John Sanderson Siemens VDO Automotive
Driver information delivery is focused on improving the human-machine interface (HMI). The instrument cluster is the traditional delivery method and is...
Under the Hood of the 2006 Lexus RX400H
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor
The display for engine vs. motor operation is not the only new HMI on the RX400h but it is perhaps the most unique. The full hybrid operates in electric-only,...
Power Management For Automotive LCDs
By: by George Henry Microsemi Integrated Products
Automobile manufacturers are increasingly using liquid crystal display (LCD) technology to differentiate their products, particularly at the luxury end...
