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Accelerating Distributed Intelligence in Tomorrow’s Vehicle The evolution of electronics in the automotive market continues as the automotive system suppliers race to address the rigorous requirements of the automotive OEMs. The demands of our global automotive customers create new challenges and opportunities for innovation.
Innovative Products and Development Tools Our broad product portfolio and design support enable the development of value added, high performance modules cost effectively from bumper to bumper. The system designer can create their electronic control modules quicker. Plus Microchip Technology has a proven track record of delivering reliable products with long term product life cycles.
Innovative Technologies Advancing Embedded Solutions in Vehicles To support the continued importance of automotive electronics to the advancement of new features in modules, Microchip delivers technologies coupled with applications support to enable efficient power management, improved human interface, increased conversion efficiency, remote communications, data transfer and low power consumption.
Driving nanoWatt XLP into Tomorrow’s Vehicles With increased electronics penetration across the broad spectrum of applications within the vehicle, the number of ECMs continues to expand – taxing the vehicle's power budget. Some higher end vehicles can have over 80 ECMs, which means that current loads are increasing. An increase in battery size to support the growing power requirements is an alternative to overcoming this challenge.
Enabling Performance in Harsh Environments Broad Portfolio of High Temperature Devices Microchip’s High Temperature technology spans all product families including Microcontrollers, Analog, and Memory. Reliability testing is performed to AEC-Q100 Grade 0 (150ºC) and specified for operation up to 150ºC ambient. This enables robust applications under-hood, down-hole and in-oven.
Supporting the Connected Vehicle The challenge of implementing cost effective networks within the vehicle is critical with the increasing number of electronic control modules. CAN and LIN/J2602 are two of the major open multiplexing protocols deployed within vehicles. LIN/J2602 complements the existing portfolio of automotive multiplex networks led by CAN. With the continuing emergence of automotive electronics, the body control applications represent a significant segment of the vehicle.
Supporting the Advancements Toward a Beltless Vehicle The trend toward a beltless vehicle continues to build momentum as the demand for innovative solutions with a small footprint to support the consumer’s demand for improved fuel economy and reduced emissions, PIC microcontrollers and dsPIC®digital signal controllers provide an innovative suite of on-chip peripherals coupled with wide range of performance options that support the development of precision motor control systems.
Touch Sensing Technologies In Automotive With the increasing number of buttons and switches in the vehicle, touch sensing has become an alternative to the traditional push button switch user interface. Touch sensing eliminates mechanical movement and enables a completely sealed design which supports the consumer’s demand for contemporary styling. From proximity sensing to button replacement to button enhancement, touch sensing enables flexibility.
Enabling LED Lighting Applications With the advances in technology, LED lighting is being used in both interior and exterior applications within the vehicle. LEDs deliver long life, durability and efficiency. For example in a practical exterlor lighting application such as daytime running lights, LED based daytime running lights improve road safety and reduce fuel consumption by approximately 0.2 liter/100 km when compared to using the head lamp operating in low beam mode.
Commitment to the Relentless Quest for Perfection “Quality Comes First” is at the top of the list of Guiding Values for Microchip Technology. As an ISO/TS-16949 certified supplier since 2003, Microchip’s Aggregate System uniquely supports our commitment to exceptional quality. In an environment where enterprise wide commitment to continuous improvement is demonstrated and every employee is responsible for quality.
Support Training Microchip is committed to supporting its customers in developing products faster and more efficiently. We maintain a worldwide network of field applications engineers and technical support ready to provide product and system assistance. In addition, the following service areas are available at www.microchip.com: ■ Support link provides a way to get questions answered fast: http://support.microchip.com ■ Sample link offers evaluation samples of any Microchip device: http://sample.
