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Abalta WEBLINK supports additional smartphone apps

  Abalta Technologies said its WEBLINK software supports new smartphone applications in categories including Internet radio, navigation, points of interest, parking and weather. The WEBLINK car connectivity solution replicates the smartphone app user experience.  Read more... Read More →

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Red Bend and Vector partner to update ECU firmware over the air

  Red Bend Software announced that Red Bend’s Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) Update Installer will be integrated with Vector’s Flash Bootloader (FBL). The two companies will work together to co-market the solution.  Read more... Read More →

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TRW launches new seat belt pretensioner

  TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. is delivering its next generation SPR4 (Snake Pretensioner Retractor) seat belt assembly for worldwide customers and launching the product in North America, Europe and China.  Read more... Read More →

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Infineon high-voltage IGBT gate drivers speed ISO 26262 ASIL C/D designs for HEV and EV subsystems

  EiceDRIVER™ SIL and EiceDRIVER™ Boost are both sampling now Infineon Technologies AG introduced its next generation of high-voltage IGBT gate drivers. Designed for the main inverter of hybrid and electric vehicles (HEV/EV), the new EiceDRIVER™ SIL and the EiceDRIVER™ Boost drivers enable automotive system suppliers to more easily and... [Read more of this review]

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IMS predicts “impressive” auto electronics growth

  $240B by 2020 The global market for automotive electronics is set to rise to $240 billion in 2020, up more than 50 percent from $157 billion in 2010, according to the new report entitled, “The World Market for Automotive OEM Electronic Systems – 2013 Edition,” from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc.  Read more... Read More →

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Continental develops infotainment system for PSA Peugeot Citroën in China

  Continental has developed the new Multimedia Radio Navigation (MRN) System for the PSA Peugeot Citroën Group in China. The product was launched with the Dongfeng Citroën C4 L car model in March 2013 and will later be available in different vehicles.  Read more... Read More →

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Active balancing solutions for series-connected batteries

   by Samuel Nork, Director, Boston Design Center Linear Technology Corporation  Read more... Read More →

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Navigating the smartphone learning curve

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Enabling HDMI in the automotive segment

  By Paul Slattery – Digital Video Products, Analog Devices Inc.                   Introduction  Read more... Read More →

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Designing for Multi-Modal IVI Systems

By Chris Parlato, Project Leader, MEME Design  Read more... Read More →

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