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AUTO SAFETY/ SECURITY: Overview
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems represent a substantial challenge in the development of future vehicles. Significant research has aided in the development of these systems that have gained a prominent place in the markets and are considered to have attained the most desirable rankings of automotive innovations. Safety features include air bags, anti-lock braking systems, tire pressure monitoring systems and electronic brake force distribution.

AUTO SAFETY/ SECURITY: News

ZMD Launches SARah Family of Low-power ADCs for Automotive Real-time Applications

SARah is based on a scalable family architecture with full upwards and downwards compatibility.  >>  

Atmel's Automotive Development Kit

he ATAPMxx automotive development kit is a modular, flexible application system to support customers efficiently in developing and evaluating their application within one single environment  >>  

Automotive Airbags :: Allegro Introduces Unique User Programmable Linear Sensor To Automotive Market

This new sensor is targeted at the automotive market and is designed to be flexible and highly accurate in applications requiring absolute position sensing  >>  

Automotive Airbags :: Freescale inertial sensors enhance sensitivity of safety-critical automotive airbag systems

Freescale Semiconductor introduces inertial sensors to enhance the performance, sensitivity and reliability of next-generation automotive airbag systems.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: OmniVision Launches First Megapixel Sensor for Automotive Market

OmniVision introduced the first megapixel CMOS image sensor designed specifically for advanced automotive vision and sensing systems, the OV9710 in QFP package.  >>  

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AUTO SAFETY/ SECURITY: Blogs

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Programmable Logic Targets Your Automobile

By Dave Elliott, Altera Corp. Automobiles today are probably the most intimate consumer product that occupies our daily life. In the past, they had a functional priority to mechanical parts such as exteriors and an engine. However, electronic devices are now highly emphasized for added vehicle value, convenience, and driving safety.  >>  

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AUTO SAFETY/ SECURITY: Semiconductor Solutions

Tire Pressure Safety/ Security :: NX5032SD (for Car Electronics)

A small surface-mount type crystal unit, ideal for the special requirements of car electronics, such as TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System). [from NDK America]  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Autopad

Autopad is a non-contacting inductive approach to rotary, linear, and multi-axis position sensing. , and offers improved accuracy, flexibility, and robustness when compared to existing sensor... [from TT Electronics]  >>  

Automotive Airbags :: Rugged automotive memory technology

Ramtron automotive nonvolatile memory is ideal for the new wave of cars that feature improved safety, fuel-efficiency, and enhanced driver experience. [from Ramtron]  >>  

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AUTO SAFETY/ SECURITY: Application Resources

Driver Warning Safety/ Security White Papers :: Methods to extend the dynamic range of CMOS Active Pixel Sensors

Paper published and presented at SPIE ElectronicImaging 2008 in San Jose  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security White Papers :: Reverse Sensing

The number of electronic control modules within the vehicle continues to increase. Systems to aid the driver in handling the blind spots that exist on vehicles, especially the larger SUVs, are...  >>  

Tire Pressure Safety/ Security Application Notes :: LF Wake-up Demonstrator ATAK5267-83

Typical wake-up applications can be found in vehicles for tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). The LF wake-up demonstrator shows performance of a 1D LF wake-up channel.  >>  

Tire Pressure Safety/ Security Application Notes :: TPM for automotive use

This document explains a typical tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system for automotive use. TPM's monitor the internal temperature and pressure of an automobile's tire.  >>  

Automotive Airbags White Papers :: Overview of Vehicle Safety Systems

Occupant safety is one of the most critical elements of the automobile design. As a result, safety systems continue to become more sophisticated in order to limit, and ultimately prevent, personal...  >>  

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AUTO SAFETY/ SECURITY: Reference Designs

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: Automotive Buck Boost LED driver Reference Design

This document explains the steps to design a Buck boost LED driver using the MLX10803.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: OmniVision And eASIC Offer Mpeg-4 Reference Design To Provide Rapid Development Of Camera Solutions

OmniVision and eASIC have announced an MPEG-4 camera reference design suitable for camcorders, security and surveillance cameras and automotive vision systems.  >>  

Driver Warning Safety/ Security :: eASIC Announces eDiVeo Family Of Low-Cost Single-Chip Audio And Video Codecs

eASIC announced eDiVeo low-cost single chip audio and video CODECS. The eDV9100 supports MPEG-4 video providing encoding or decoding for full motion VGA.  >>  

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