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Electronics in cars and other vehicles is used for safety, security and comfort. The share of development effort and costs dedicated to electronics in cars is constantly increasing. A big issue for the next years are (partly) self-driving vehicles, meaning we will have even more sensors and processor power in cars. Bus-systems like Flexray, LIN and CAN, nowadays even Ethernet, are used to connect the different processors and microcontrollers. Another big issue is software reliability, the industry is using common specs and frameworks like AUTOSAR for it.
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First Carbon Nanotube Computer adds up
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

First Carbon Nanotube Computer adds up

Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) may one day replace the silicon we use for semiconductors. Although it is roughly 15 years since the first CNT transistor was demonstrated they have not been successfully fabricated on a wafer scale until now. The reason it has taken so long is that semiconducting CNTs ...
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Firewall Protects Home Automation Devices
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Firewall Protects Home Automation Devices

Icon Labs has released what it claims to be the industry’s first software firewall that protects home automation devices from Internet-based attacks. Dubbed “Floodgate at Home”, the software features the Icon Labs suite of security products to provide device protection, management and incident ...
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Health Care For Lead-Acid Batteries
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Health Care For Lead-Acid Batteries

Texas Instruments has launched the first lead-acid battery management IC featuring a proprietary “Impedance Track” capacity measurement technology for lead-acid batteries. The bq34z110 “gas gauge” IC claims to be the industry’s only scalable power management device to support multi-cell lead-acid ...
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Carry a Chip in your Heart
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Carry a Chip in your Heart

Imec recently demonstrated a low-power intracardiac chip designed to detect ventricular fibrillation. Billed as a major step toward next-generation cardiac resynchronization therapy solutions, the new chip features innovative signal processing functions and consumes only 20 µW with all channels ...
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Elektor Membership Cards Contain Secret Chips
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Elektor Membership Cards Contain Secret Chips

Starting in 2013, all Elektor members will receive a green or gold-colored credit card-sized membership card. Gold Card members already received their card together with the January-February double issue and the Elektor DVD 2012. Green Card members will automatically receive their card  in the ...
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Carbon Microthread Connects Brain to Machine
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Carbon Microthread Connects Brain to Machine

With everybody constantly on their phones, the emergence of the Internet of Things and augmented reality, ubiquitous computing does not seem all that far-fetched anymore. This leads to the question of how we will interface with our smart cars, our smart homes and our domestic robots. Will we hunch ...
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Does the World Want Lethal Autonomous Robots?
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Does the World Want Lethal Autonomous Robots?

Should lethal autonomous robots be stopped from ever coming into existence? That is the question treated in a report published by the Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic. In their report “Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots” they argue that ...
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Draw Sensors with Carbon Nanotubes
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Draw Sensors with Carbon Nanotubes

MIT researchers have designed a new type of pencil lead in which graphite is replaced with a compressed powder of carbon nanotubes. The lead, which can be used with a regular mechanical pencil, can inscribe sensors on any paper surface. Carbon nanotubes offer a powerful new way to detect harmful ...
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Home Automation on Elektor Projects
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Home Automation on Elektor Projects

Many electronics enthusiasts like to do home automation projects. The Elektor Bus series for instance that we ran in 2011 was hugely popular, so popular that we had to come up with a quick solution to handle the many reader requests and suggestions we received. Unfortunately, this solution...
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Hydrogen Race Car Takes On Fossil-Fueled Rivals
December 10, 2013 by Elektor Team

Hydrogen Race Car Takes On Fossil-Fueled Rivals

Started in 1998, the Formula Student (FS) challenge invites teams from universities across the world to build a single-seat racing car and race them against each other on the famous Silverstone (UK) race circuit. This year, for the first time, a hydrogen race car entered the FS competition and it ...
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