Automotive

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Power

DC-DC Converter Draws on the Power of GaN for Passive Cooling

Vitesco leverages GaN power FETs to bring passive cooling to its DC-DC converters, eliminating the need for costly liquid cooling.
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Power

Protection Devices, Ref Designs, and the World's Gnarliest eBike

This edition of PowerBites reports on new reference designs for EV charging stations and USB-C supplies, smarter power protection devices, and a high-end eBike that’s the model...
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Batteries

Battery-Monitoring System Boosts Measurement Accuracy

Battery-monitoring solutions from Optimized Battery Systems offer complete control of cell- and pack-level critical parameters, allowing for higher measurement accuracy.
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Ethernet

Going Beyond Ethernet: Securing Automotive Networks with MACsec

As vehicles become more advanced, the need for increased security becomes a critical issue that MACsec looks to mitigate.
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Test & Measurement

EMC Testing: Can It Untangle the Future of In-Car Connectivity?

As the connectivity requirements in modern cars shift up to multi-gig speeds, even more rigorous testing will be required to ensure electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
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Joby’s hydrogen-electric, vertical take-off and landing demonstrator aircraft has completed a 523 mile flight above Marina, California, with water as the only by-product.
Automotive

Hydrogen-Electric VTOL Demo Shows Potential for Emissions-Free Flight

No runway required: Joby Aviation successfully flew 523 miles in a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-electric air taxi demonstrator, with water as the only by-product.
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Automotive

Common-Mode Filter for Automotive Ethernet Claims Lowest Parasitic Capacitance

Targeting 10BASE-T1S, the new filter developed by TDK lowers line-to-line capacitance by approximately 30% compared to conventional products.
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Nonlinearities

So...You Want to Convert Your Gas/Diesel ICE Vehicle to Electric?

Andy shows the many approaches used by engineers to convert ICE vehicles to electric propulsion and provides “how to get started” guides and references
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Industrial

Dedicated Processors Add Power to Machine Vision

Vision is an ever-improving aspect of machines and autonomous systems. The growing role of dedicated vision processors is likely to lead to faster vision systems.
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Test & Measurement

Engineering Essentials: What is Power-Supply Accuracy?

Any engineer testing electronic devices cares about accuracy, which depends on the DC programmable power supply’s specifications, how it monitors the output, and how it’s wired...