Automotive application design: Accelerating innovation

Innovations in automotive connectivity

The automotive industry is currently experiencing a phase of rapid change. One of the key enablers of this change will be a vast increase in the amount of data flowing through cars, and between cars and their environments, made possible by new forms of connectivity.

Here Martin Keenan, Technical Director, Avnet Abacus examines the technology innovations that are enabling on-board, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity.

Passive in automotive applications

The automotive industry is entering a period of rapid change. Car makers will have to adapt to multiple, concurrent challenges such as new market entrants, tougher emissions standards, vehicle electrification and the shift to mobility platforms, as well as customer demands for greater safety, autonomy and connectivity.

None of this would be possible without passive components, and Alan Jermyn is on hand to discuss the standards and specifications that are influencing device selection for automotive applications.

Developing charging infrastructure for wide-scale electric vehicle adoption

Concerns about carbon emissions and urban pollution are encouraging the automotive industry to introduce hybrid and fully electric powertrains. Their work is being aided by steadily improving battery and motor technology, but is held back by the ’chicken and egg’ problem of charging the resultant vehicles. To ensure that electric vehicles (EVs) have the same freedom to roam as today’s fossil-fuel cars, a few challenges need to be addressed.