Posted Sep 19, 2011, by John Day
Texas Instruments (TI) has launched a new family of ARM Cortex-based microcontrollers (MCUs) for safety-critical transportation as well as industrial and medical applications. It said its Hercules platform is designed to protect against systematic failures, detect random failures, and provide the documentation needed to obtain ISO 26262 ASIL-D or IEC 61508 SIL-3 safety certifications, which should ease … Read More
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Hercules microcontrollers,
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Posted Jul 29, 2011, by John Day
National Semiconductor, which we might not hear from all that much longer, since it’s becoming part of Texas Instruments, announced this week that Audi will include National’s FPD-Link III Ser/Des automotive infotainment chipset in the 2012 Audi A3.
Other Audi models are expected to get the current-generation chipset, though there was no specific word on which models or when. National says earlier … Read More
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Dr. Peter Steiner,
FPD-Link III Ser/Des automotive infotainment chipset
Posted Nov 19, 2010, by John Day
I want things to work the way they are supposed to – especially if it’s something important, like a car. I can imagine automotive electronics engineers must feel the same way about the chips they specify.
“I remember one day that a customer asked me, ‘What are you going to do to ship me zero defects,’” recalls James Williams, automotive development quality manager at Texas Instruments. “I nearly … Read More
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