Automotive Components

The electric power steering (EPS) series for steer-by-wire warehouse vehicles, autonomous AGVs, and similar material transport vehicles needing a robust electric steering solution, has been introduced by Allied Motion Technologies. The EPS series is a compact, fully-integrated motor, gearbox, controller, and optional output pinion.

The DS90UB935-Q1 serializer from Texas Instruments (TI) is in stock at Mouser Electronics. The automotive-rated serializer is part of TI’s FPD-Link III family, designed to support high-speed, space-constrained raw data sensors in cameras, satellite radar, LIDAR, and time-of-flight (ToF) applications.

  It has been announced by Toshiba Electronics Europe (Toshiba), that a new Bluetooth IC for automotive applications will be added to their IC line-up. The TC35681IFTG is based on an arm Cortex-M0 CPU and is compliant with Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) core specification 5.0.

  Innovator of coil-anodised aluminium, Lorin, which produces coil-anodised aluminium for transportation applications. Lorin's coil anodised aluminium aims to offer significant benefits of increased strength and durability at a lower weight and cost than competing materials. 

Kontron has announced the VX3106. The 3U VPX SBC features an a 64-bit ARM Cortex-v8 A72 based processor with speeds up to 1.8GHz, main memory up to 16GB DDR4 and up to 64GB of eMMC. Its soldered memory, 1Gb FRAM technology for memory retention over power loss, low power consumption and tolerance of temperature ranges from -20 to 65°C makes it well suited for applications in the transportation, avionics, and defence industries.

At IAA 2018 in Hannover, FPT Industrial introduced its Euro VI Step D Standard. This new regulation will be applied to all new heavy duty commercial vehicles and buses registered from 1st September 2019. At IAA FPT Industrial exhibited a Diesel-Hybrid Powertrain featuring the F1A Euro VI Step D engine and is RDE (Real Driving Emissions) ready.

  Leti has announced a project to improve reliability and response time of low cost automotive components by equipping the devices with sophisticated model predictive control techniques.

The Automechanika Frankfurt 2018 exhibition marked the unveiling of two comprehensive NSK training videos for garages looking to improve their skills when replacing wheel hub bearings. The videos, which present a clear approach to hub bearing replacement, also offer informative tips to ensure this type of repair is faster, safer and more reliable for customers across Europe.

A tilt and telescopic steering column with improved collision safety has been developed by NSK thanks to a new design of breakaway structure that improves reliability in an impact situation. In addition, the new unit is lighter for enhanced fuel economy and offers higher vibrational rigidity to improve driver comfort.

Automotive is one of the strongest growing markets for electronic components worldwide. AEC-Q200 compliant components are consistently being designed into automotive systems such as EV power train and battery management, infotainment, engine control, air bags, lighting and more. The demand for ‘off-the-shelf', yet highly rugged devices is expanding fast, and in many cases outstripping supply.