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The Cavalry has arrived for automotive cybersecurity. What's next?
After the publication of Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek's remote commandeering of a Jeep's CAN bus brought national attention to the issue of automo...
Manage and update your vehicle fleet remotely and (more importantly) securely
If I had to pick one technology that got more than its share of attention at CES, it would be automotive. The products and technologies that were on d...
V2X technology makes cars safer
The software needed to operate a sophisticated new car can contain upwards of a hundred million lines of code - fifteen times more than the new Boeing...
Top tech to watch at CES 2017: Building blocks for autonomous drive
It's hard to believe, but once again it's time for the most exciting (and exhausting) show of the year - the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). CES 2017...
Monitoring nefarious people with offender tags
Stretching back to Medieval times the "Go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200" approach to offender processing was all that existed....
IoT Roadshow, San Jose - Redpine Signals: Have your car talk to mine
I recently spent some time with Redpine Signals, a San Jose, Ca.-based company that focuses on ultra-low power and high-performance products for next-...
Fear of pushing the battery packs, or not
Battery technology has improved, there's no arguing that. However, it's not improving at nearly the same rate as other areas of technology, including...
QNX Platform for ADAS takes V2X to the streets ... inside Las Vegas Convention Center
I wasn't expecting to see a V2X demonstration inside the Las Vegas Convention Center, but QNX Software Systems pulled it off. In the LVCC's North Hall...
Renesas Autonomous Driving Development Platform accelerates driverless functions at CES 2016
The most rewarding part of attending CES is the interactive demos, hands down. One of the most intriguing demos this year was courtesy Renesas, where...
Microchip "does the math" in converter IC for thermocouple design
At Sensors Expo earlier this year I had the chance to sit down with John Austin, Product Marketing Manager with Microchip's Analog and Interface divis...
ST surges in automotive and wearables
Okay, this briefing actually happened the day before CES officially opened to the public, but I'm sure you'll give me a pass. Bob Krysiak went through...
NXP advances 77 GHz and the plug n' play smart home
NXP Semiconductor occupied a portable in the show's central plaza, and inside I found out why. The company was exhibit-ing a range of technology, from...
QNX concept cars project an ADAS/IVI future
Hands down one of the coolest booths I visited while at CES, QNX Software had two vehicles on display that were retrofit-ted with their latest technol...
Texas Instruments takes the next step in wearables
Another look at auto and the IoT came from TI, who leveraged sensor fusion technology for a couple of active safety demonstrations and took wearables...
ARM attacks automotive, moves to support the IoT developer
During an automotive roundtable with several other reporters and industry analysts, Will Tu of ARM outlined how the IP licensing company has strategic...
New Inventory Search Tool helps engineers cut to the chase in component selection
As a member of the embedded trade media I must admit that at times it's difficult to find information about particular products. In fact, it's often d...
CES 2017: BlackBerry QNX SDP 7.0 drives safety-critical automotive ECU consolidation forward
Each year, the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center is one of the most exciting places for CES-goers, as it houses (most of) the automotive t...
Revisiting radio tuners in car head units
Advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) features are taking over the head unit in cars, and that inevitably requires more space and power. So how can...
Design for Level 5 autonomous driving--today
In days long past, semiconductor vendors provided semiconductors, and that's it. Slowly, they moved to other areas that would benefit the design engin...
Top 10 embedded inventions of the last 10 years