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- On Electronics - March 2009
- Hella’s SENT Sensor Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. is unveiling a new line of digital sensors in late 2009 to replace analog versions, The sensors use the Single Edge Nibble Transmission (SENT) protocol: one “nibble” refers t...
Columns Published: 3/1/2009
- On Electronics - Feb. 2009
- Skyping from the CarVisteon Corp. has a new entertainment system with a more flexible programming platform and more powerful microprocessor core to keep pace with the race of mobile consumer electronics and Internet applications.
Columns Published: 2/1/2009
- At Your Fingertips
- What Is It?
Columns Published: 9/1/2003
- Braking By Wire (Almost)
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Columns Published: 7/1/2003
- Telematics' Unanswered Questions
- While there are plenty of definitions of “telematics,” consider it to be a collection of computer functions based in the vehicle.
Columns Published: 7/1/2003
- Making HEVs Happen
- It seems that hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles (HEVs) may have a future after all and not be the short-term stopgap that many had prophesied. Toyota, in particular, is fully committed to the concept and has made public its aim of selling 300,000 hy...
Columns Published: 11/1/2002
- Genchi-Genbutsu and Creating the Toyota 4Runner
- With the proliferation of SUVs on the market right now, the folks at Toyota knew that there was a big challenge in developing the new 4Runner. So Toyota engineers applied a methodology that got them thinking about what really needed to get done.
Columns Published: 10/1/2002
- The Next Big Thing: Wi-Fi
- Wireless connectivity for personal computers is exploding. More than 300,000 PCs are now being added every month to wireless local area networks (WLANs). It is only a matter of time before Wi-Fi ("Wireless Fidelity") sweeps through vehicles, as well...
Columns Published: 9/1/2002
- Five Myths of Telematics
- Telematics has long been touted as the next big blockbuster for the auto industry.
Columns Published: 7/1/2002
- Glassy-eyed Optimists or Material Geniuses?
- In the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Mr.
Columns Published: 5/1/2002