The Newest Car Models - Software
by Randy Frank Saying that today's vehicles are extremely complicated electronic assemblies would be a gross understatement. To cope with this growing electronics complexity,...
Special Report
New Features, Lower Costs for Automotive Multimedia
by John H. Day Contributing Editor Faced with rapidly falling prices and the need for integrated solutions, suppliers of automotive multimedia products and services are forming partnerships...
Advanced System Design for Body Applications
by Nicola Liporace, Joseph Notaro and Giovanni Torrisi The penetration of semiconductors inside an automobile is forecasted to increase rapidly in the coming years. Today, a high-end car is estimated to contain...
Departments
Editorials
Model-based Design Signals Paradigm Shift
by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, RF Design From simply rolling your windows up and down to controlling your powertrain, microcontroller-based electronic control units (ECUs) have become part and...
Power ICs are Making the Automotive Grade
by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology Not long ago, it seemed that many semiconductor vendors paid little or no attention to automotive applications. The reasons (or excuses) for this inattention...
Technology Update
VDA Agrees to Joint Rules The members of the German Automobile Industry Association (VDA, www.vda.de) have come to an agreement on sustained improvement and quality assurance....
Conformance Test for FlexRay This year should see completion of a further step in the introduction of the FlexRay communication system, namely the provision of a protocol conformance...
Cooperation Within High-tech Companies The automobile manufacturer AUDI has founded a special company Audi Electronics Venture GmbH (AEV) whose task is to ensure that electronics and software...
Vehicle Body Measurement System is 20 Times Faster In collaboration with Renault's (vehicle prototype department), the French specialist ActiCM (www.acticm.com) has developed a fully automatic optical...
Under the Hood
Under the Hood of the 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
by Randy Frank Contributing Editor The Monte Carlo is one of several 2006 General Motor's models that launch their newest family of powertrain control systems and a new approach to powertrain...
Executive Viewpoints
Driving With Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management System
by Robert Carter Lexus Division At Lexus and Toyota we have opened a window to the future of advanced handling and stability technology with the new vehicle dynamics integrated management...
An Active Approach to Driver Protection
by Dan Crishon Delphi Corporation Have you ever thought about how long it takes to blink your eyes? It's close to 90 milliseconds, which is the same amount of time it takes for safety...
New Products
New Products MINIATURE CRYSTALS FOR TPMS APPLICATIONS NIHON Dempa Kogyo Co. Ltd. (NDK) offers two crystal resonator options to provide frequency control for transmitters...
Open Standard for Universal Applications Together with Autoliv and Bosch, Continental Temic (www.conti-online.com) has developed the PSI5 sensor interface as an open standard for universal applications...
