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| April 12, 2022 Microcontroller Watch |
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| | | Infineon Launches AURIX TC4x Family Of Microcontrollers, A Big Innovation In Car Electrification And Digitization |
| The future of mobility will include, cars that are cyber secure, carbon-neutral, autonomous, and fully connected. Microelectronics are an integral part of that transformative process of innovation. Infineon's AURIX TC4x MCUs are leading the way in this regard. So innovative that car manufacturers are already using up to 35 TC4x's in vehicles ready to hit showroom floors by the mid-2020s. |
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| | | Microchip Releases Its memBrain To Effectively Solve Speech Processing Problems At The Edge |
| In the world of AI, speech processing is paramount to speech recognition security systems, and computing on the edge. Computing-in-memory is SSTs latest addition to addressing data communication bottlenecks. SST is a subsidiary of Microchip, maker of the memBrain, the analog addition to the WITIMEM MCU. This could have a great impact on voice recognition, home automation, and handheld devices like cell phones. |
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| | | STMicroelectronics Launches The Stellar E MCU Line Dedicated To EV Applications |
| STMicroelectronics launches the Stellar E MCUs, meant to be dedicated to the EV market. The Stellar E is designed to capture the automobile as the platform. Software-based designs of the EV, directly affect affordability, scalability, and charging. The MCUs make allow for more flexibility in designs, cost savings, and support enhanced compliance with safety and security standards |
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| Editor's Desk by Stephen Vicinanza |
Microcontrollers Advance EVs To The 3Cs
Hello Circuit Cellar fans, in the first quarter of 2022 there is a major shift in the forces of car manufacturing. There has been a surge of new Microcontrollers focused on a holistic methodology for the future of car design. I am calling this the 3Cs - Cyber, Connectivity, and Carbon. The major microcontroller manufacturers have now moved towards software-defined design, with the car (EV) as the platform. This is a more holistic methodology, where the car is the major body and the entire ecosystem is then found within the software and hardware more precisely the electronics and mechanical function as a whole. One functions directly with the other. |
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| | | In this holistic environment are systems that function interrelatedly, the 3Cs. Let's have a look at each, separately. Cyber - cyber-security and the maintaining of safety are now at the forefront of the MCU designs for the future. It's real-time, constant contact with the cloud. Real-time (SOTA) software over-the-air updates, and expansion modules to the software. Safety protocols can be monitored and updated. Data can be utilized to effectively maintain the necessary and can be moved securely from origin to car, without the need for third-party intervention, like taking the car in to the dealership for updates. Connectivity. Maintaining a connection to the cloud is paramount to security and safety. The MCUs being launched in the first quarter of 2022 are performing a myriad of functions for accessibility. Working directly with instruction sets that work alongside the general functions of the chip, an enhanced routine can keep the car connected through software, rather than Bluetooth. The average EV will be essentially a mobile hotspot. |
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| Carbon-Carbon Neutral manufacturing and deployment are now becoming more needed as climate change looms larger than any other issue facing the auto industry. The MCU development is keeping pace in making the process of manufacturing more streamlined and overall less of a carbon-rich environment. MCUs are making the process of building a car, or truck less wasteful and more affordable. MCUs are creating a software-defined EV, that doesn't need costly, and contaminating processes to produce, run, maintain, and upgrade. The 3Cs are the future, as is the automobile as an ecosystem. I tend to think this is only the beginning. As it becomes more important to build an affordable, functional automobile, that is safe and clean, rather than a more profitable vehicle the industry will see a great surge in development. |
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| SolidRun & NXP launch World’s Smallest 16-Core System on Module Just this past week, SolidRun has released their latest LX2-Lite SoM based on NXP's Layerscape LX216A SoC, with an accompanying CLEARFOG LX2-Lite off-the-shelf Development Board. SolidRun claims this the LX2-Lite Mini SoM is the smallest 16-core SoM platform in the world, due to the ultra-compact size being just 58x40mm. |
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