Artificial Intelligence

Building automation must meet increasingly stricter demands as more and more disciplines need to be integrated into intelligent control systems. All the necessary technologies already exist. The real challenge today is to combine the partial solutions of different manufactures and various communication standards. An open network based on standards paves the way for "artificial intelligence".

A SDK has been launched, offering developers a flexible framework, comprehensive set of hardware device drivers and a useful set of development tools for more efficient implementations of ADAS. The TI Vision SDK, based on Texas Instrument’s popular SYS/BIOS RTOS, enables multiple algorithms to run concurrently on numerous heterogonous cores and eases integration of new functionality into the system. Additionally, the comprehensive...

The Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) SerDes chipsets, from Maxim Integrated Products, allow engineers to design high-resolution ADAS with either traditional STP or lighter, less expensive coax cables. Current vehicle designs use STP cables to drive data to automotive infotainment displays and cameras. 

Designed specifically for automotive use, the UMSZ2 Series is a multi GNSS module providing support for multiple satellite positioning systems with a single module. The series, from ALPS Electric, will be made available from April 2014.

In collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Imec has launched what they claim to be the world’s first 79GHz radar transmitter implemented in plain digital 28nm CMOS. This product launch paves the way towards full radar-on-chip solutions for automotive and smart environment applications.

Continental and HERE have announced that they will intensify their collaboration in bringing the Connected Car to life. Revealed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, USA, the companies will focus on future Automated Driving functionalities, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and the Electronic Horizon.

Continental is developing future-proof human-machine interface (HMI) concepts and instrumentation for vehicle manufacturers worldwide. As well as a general increase in vehicle functions, future HMI concepts have to address oncoming trends such as partially, highly or fully automated driving. These situations have to be operated in a reasonable manner, when the transition takes place between the driver and the automated driving functionalities.

Supporting riders when braking hard in bends, the Bosch MSC motorcycle stability control could prove to defuse thousands of critical situations and significantly bring down the number of fatalities in bends.  

The Teseo III product family from STMicroelectronics is a single-chip standalone positioning IC which can receive signals from multiple satellite navigation systems, including the Chinese BeiDou, the US GPS, the European Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS and Japan’s QZSS. The satellite-tracking IC is suitable for applications including in-car navigation systems, telematics systems, portable, marine, and fitness.

Expanding their product portfolio for automotive imaging, Omnivision has introduced the single-chip OV10626 AutoVision sensor alongside the OV480 electronic distortion correction solution. The image sensor delivers high dynamic range (HDR) and excellent low-light sensitivity, while the companion chip supports it by delivering best-in-class electronic distortion correction and significantly enhanced low-light performance.