The Grand Challenge by Jim Turley
How will the technology from DARPA's Grand Challenge make its way into more pedestrian vehicles?
Managing EMC in automotive systems by Jan Polfliet, Aarnout Wieers, and Herman Casier
With so many chips inside the average car, there's a danger they can interfere with each other or jam other electronic systems. These authors from AMI semiconductor examine the challenges facing the automotive designer in combating electromagnetic emissions and explain what AMI is doing to help.
Optimizing video safety systems using model-based design by David Jackson
Using high-end model-based development tools, designers can easily start work on sophisticated systems. This article uses the example of a video-based lane-departure system to show how model-based design improves the process.
Eight-bit MCUs claim half the automobile by Adam Prengler and David Stone
The 8-bit MCU is hardly on its way out; it's the backbone of most automotive electronics systems. This article explores how low-cost 8-bit chips can do most anything that auto makers throw at them.
