automotive systems

Designers working to achieve automotive functional safety in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) can now reduce solution size and complexity with the MAX16137 single-window voltage monitor with built-in self-test (BIST) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

Vehicle breakdown and insurance specialist RAC is using machine-to-machine (M2M) technology to improve performance of its breakdown fleet and reduce costs by remotely monitoring driver behaviour such as braking, cornering and adherence to speed limits, as well as improve response times to breakdown customers.

(BLOG): June 17, 2013 — The idea of machines speaking to machines makes some people worry that there is an impending machine age. In reality, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is not science fiction, but science fact and, says Daryl Miller (pictured) of Lantronix, human beings are being anything but left out.

Red Bend Software announced it has joined the GENIVI Alliance to collaborate with automotive manufacturers and tier one suppliers on managing the growing amount of software in cars.