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How come I have to do all this extra work?

Posted May 6, 2011, by John Day

Somebody at Hella was complaining to somebody at IBM about having to do extra work. Automotive application developers at Hella use tools from IBM Rational Software, including DOORS for requirements management and Rhapsody for modeling. They also use software from INCHRON GmbH for analysis and validation of real-time behavior, and the problem was having to re-enter in INCHRON information that already … Read More

Tags: DOORS, Hella, Continental Automotive, INCHRON GmbH, IBM Rational Systems, IBM Rhapsody

What’s ahead for adaptive front lighting

Posted Jul 12, 2010, by John Day

About five years ago a state-of-the-art adaptive front lighting system (AFS) could control car headlight beams automatically based on speed, steering angle, and other vehicle sensor data. Light could shine where a vehicle intended to turn, as opposed to shining only after the turn was completed. That functionality, introduced on higher-end vehicles, can obviously make night driving safer. It’s now available … Read More

Tags: Audi a8, Hella, Steffen Pietzonka, xenon, high intensity discharge (HID), LED headlamps

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