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u‑blox, Commsignia and NXP collaborate to drive V2X

Thalwil, Switzerland and Santa Clara, USA – May 24, 2017 – V2X leaders u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), Commsignia Inc and NXP Semiconductors, today announced a strategic collaboration, in order to address the rapidly growing demand for reliable Vehicle‑to‑Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle‑to‑Infrastructure (V2I) technology.

The adoption of V2X technology in North America and European markets equips new vehicles with the ability to securely and anonymously share information with other similarly equipped vehicles, infrastructure and even pedestrians within a radius of up to 1km. … Read More → "u‑blox, Commsignia and NXP collaborate to drive V2X"

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Renesas R-Car Starter Kit Adopted as a Standard Reference Platform for Automotive Grade Linux to Accelerate IVI Development for Next-Generation Connected Cars

Düsseldorf, May 24, 2017Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) has adopted the Renesas R-Car Starter Kit as one of its standard reference platforms for software development. AGL is a collaborative open source project that … Read More → "Renesas R-Car Starter Kit Adopted as a Standard Reference Platform for Automotive Grade Linux to Accelerate IVI Development for Next-Generation Connected Cars"

New SHA-3 hashing IP from Barco Silex helps customers implement future-proof security

Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium ‐‐ May 24, 2017 ‐‐ Barco Silex, leading provider of IP cores for embedded security, has added the new SHA-3 hashing functions to its extensive offering of IP blocks. Hashing functions are used to check the integrity of messages, transactions and data in, e.g., e-commerce, financial applications or data archiving. SHA-3 hashing is part of the NIST-endorsed FIPS 202 standard and serves as a future-proof backup for the widely-used SHA-2 algorithms.

Hashing algorithms transform digital data such as messages, transactions or software packages into a unique, short “message digest”. Thereafter, even the smallest change in the original … Read More → "New SHA-3 hashing IP from Barco Silex helps customers implement future-proof security"

Angular Position Sensors from ZF Switches & Sensors target industrial markets

ZF Switches & Sensors, the leading manufacturer of electromechanical switch and sensor solutions for the industrial market sector, can now offer designers a complete range of angular position sensors based on Hall Effect technology which responds to magnetic fields generated by a (rare-earth) magnet. The sensors provide a linear change in voltage output corresponding to the rotation of the actuator.

The ANG series … Read More → "Angular Position Sensors from ZF Switches & Sensors target industrial markets"

Austemper Design Systems Launches Comprehensive Functional Safety Tool Suite

AUSTIN, TEXAS –– May 23, 2017 –– Austemper Design Systems today unveiled the semiconductor industry’s first end-to-end tool suite to analyze, augment and verify functional safety in system-on-chip (SoC), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and intellectual property (IP) designs ensuring they meet functional safety requirements.

“Functional safety is a challenge shared by the automotive, medical, industrial and enterprise markets, and is currently a manual process that doesn’t scale,” says Sanjay Pillay, founder and chief executive officer of Austemper. “Our goal is to meet the challenge with a cost-effective and comprehensive one-stop solution with all the pieces of the functional … Read More → "Austemper Design Systems Launches Comprehensive Functional Safety Tool Suite"

Microchip’s UNICENS Software Makes Interfacing to High-Speed Infotainment In-Vehicle Networks Easy and Flexible

CHANDLER, Ariz., May 22, 2017 — A new high-speed network solution for in-vehicle infotainment with device control over Internet Protocol (IP) is now available from Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP). Unified Centralized Software Stack (UNICENS) is a software module available at no charge to Microchip customers who are using Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INIC) such as the OS81118, OS81119 and any future INICs.

UNICENS encapsulates many of the network specifics and allows customers to focus on their application development rather than being burdened by network management details. It enables customers to choose their preferred device control method including Media Oriented … Read More → "Microchip’s UNICENS Software Makes Interfacing to High-Speed Infotainment In-Vehicle Networks Easy and Flexible"

Mentor Automotive Extends Test Platform Portfolio for Automotive Audio Bus

Mentor, a Siemens business, has extended its commitment to Automotive Audio Bus (A2B®) technology from Analog Devices, Inc. with the announcement of a second-generation A2B Analyzer System, additional support for the popular Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) protocol, and plans for a new A2B passive bus monitoring product.

Mentor’s second-generation A2B Analyzer platform incorporates all the robust functionality of its predecessor, while adding new features to support the latest AD242x family of transceivers from Analog Devices, including node simulation tools, A2Read More → "Mentor Automotive Extends Test Platform Portfolio for Automotive Audio Bus"

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