The pace of innovation has changed. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can no longer take years to introduce new products or update functionality in existing products. If your customers can’t get what they want, when they want it, they’re quick to go elsewhere.
OEMs in nearly every industry are becoming...
Published: Sep 25, 2020
Energy Harvesting (EH) is the process of electronically capturing and accumulating energy from a variety of energy sources deemed wasted or otherwise said to be unusable for any practical purpose. Energy harvesting, or energy scavenging as the process is sometimes referred to, is associated with capturing residual energy...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
Power-up control, general purpose I/O expansion, voltage level translation and interface bridging are common functions in telecom infrastructure, server and industrial applications. System designers are turning to the use of programmable logic devices (PLDs) to implement these functions in their designs due to the inherent...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
This paper discusses the challenges and success factors for creating the world’s first integrated MEMS gyroscopes for the consumer electronics market. A disruptive MEMS processing platform called Nasiri-Fabrication is described which has enabled Motion Processing applications, creating the largest and fastest growing...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
In recent decades, cars have increased in numbers as well as dimensions. They have become more comfortable, more powerful, safer and therefore heavier as well, with mid-range cars already weighing 1.5 tons.
Fossil fuels are only available until they are exhausted and when they are burned, they release harmful...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
ECUs became a standard component in most vehicles. As a computer designed to solve a very specific problem, the ECU is a fundamental component in an automobile. Modern vehicles can contain over 100 ECUs with many different purposes.
This white paper explores different approaches to test automotive electronic control...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
Within the next 10 years, we will see remarkable change in the automotive industry from improved engine efficiency to autonomous vehicles to electrification. National Instruments is proud to partner with leading institutions driving these changes. This curated handbook summarizes and provides access to six case studies...
Published: Aug 14, 2019
Optical image stabilization (OIS) addresses the quality of images, and is an idea that has been around for at least 30 years. It has only recently made its way into the low-cost consumer camera market, and will soon be migrating to the higher end camera phones. This paper provides an overview of common design practices...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Some vehicles have the capability to provide a virtual 360 degree view around the vehicle coming from images captured by the front, rear and two side cameras. These images may need to be scaled (resized) for different LCD sizes, adjusted and enhanced to improve the image quality.
New IC solutions are needed to...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
This OEM is a global leader in control and automation solutions. They provide a wide variety of products including: motion controls, condition sensing switches, power management systems, power supplies and temperature controllers.
NorComp provides 15 and 44 pin HD D-Subs for a series of servo motor drive systems. ...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
In this application, Riaz developed a custom solution consisting of a printed circuit board with a heat source and an EMI shield consisting of a metal plate that also serves as a heat spreader. The heat source is separated from the EMI shield by a layer of thermal interface material.
A heat sink is mounted to...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
In 2018 KEMET continues leading the automotive solutions with the 1 st to market introduction of a 150ºC product, T599 Series. The polymer automotive offering represents an opportunity for miniaturization and cost of overall solution reduction and is important as an alternative in actual MLCC supply chain restrictions...
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Most organizations do not consider production test a top priority, but it is a necessity to prevent major quality issues in the products that represent the company brand in the hands of customers.
The costs, however, can be significant and are often greatly misunderstood, especially when there’s no easy way...
Published: May 01, 2019
Advances in semiconductor technologies from efficient power semiconductors to advanced sensor systems, has lead to the development of intelligent and safe robots. The next evolution of robotics will lead us into era with more autonomous robots and artificial intelligence (AI).
This document exposes ideas on how to...
Published: Jul 16, 2018