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Renesas introduces complex device driver software to ease development of battery management systems for EVs

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The CDD software is designed to work with Renesas’ Winning Combination BMS reference design hardware kit, which includes the ISL78714 IC and the RH850/P1M MCU. The new CDD software and the Renesas BMS reference design hardware kit (ISL78714BMS5XBEKIT1Z) are available now to qualified customers.

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LeddarTech delivers first LCA2 solid-state LiDAR chips to automotive partners

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The LCA2 is the autonomous vehicle industry’s first 3D solid-state LiDAR (SSL) SoC and is available now to Tier-1 automotive manufacturers and system integrators via purchase of the LeddarTech LCA2 evaluation kit. Kits contain: One fully-functional solid-state LiDAR unit integrating an LCA2 SoC.

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Volkswagen Tiguan update offers more power, available now

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Order books are now open for the updated, more potent Volkwagen Tiguan, which offers access to a piece of kit that has even more power than the curren.

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Renesas Electronics introduces V2V and V2I communications solutions

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By combining these new SoCs, system developers can now easily develop systems that support the corresponding V2X standard for the Japanese, US, and European markets. To ease these burdens, Renesas delivers V2X kit solutions that combine either the R-Car W1R or R-Car W2R with the R-Car W2H.

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Renesas Electronics introduces 4th-generation Li-ion battery management IC

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A battery management system (BMS) reference design is available, which includes five ISL78714 ICs and a RH850/P1M MCU to form a complete 70-cell evaluation platform for external balancing. The reference design kit provides setup and data logging via CAN and UART.

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Freescale introduces new family of image cognition processors for automotive camera applications

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The family, along with the accompanying libraries, hardware and software development kits, gives automakers a set of tools to design smart camera applications. Freescale, in cooperation with CogniVue, also plans to provide a software development kit, reference design solution and prototype design camera module to accompany the SCP2200 ICPs.

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TI introduces 16-bit delta-sigma ADC for the automotive market

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TI offers a variety of tools and support to speed design with the ADS1115-Q1 device, including the ADS1115 Performance Demonstration Kit (PDK), and an Op Amp to ADC Circuit Topology Calculator. All products in the ADS1115 family are available for automotive qualification. in 1,000-unit quantities.

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