New-Tech Europe | May 2017

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New family of maXTouch® touchscreen controllers designed for large-screen automotive HMI designs Microchip announces a new family of maXTouch® touchscreen controllers. The MXT1665T-A family of automotive-qualified touchscreen controllers is designed for large-screen automotive Human Machine Interface (HMI) designs. The technology brings multi-touch HMI, such as that experienced on a mobile phone, to car drivers and passengers on screen sizes from 8 to 15 inches. The MXT1665T-A family features Microchip’s adaptive touch technology that uses self-capacitive touch as well as mutual-capacitive touch scanning. This combination provides a multi-touch experience even through thick cover lenses, thick gloves or in the presence of moisture and water. The product family is fully AEC Q100- qualified to address the unique needs of automotive system designs. The family complements the successful MXT641T-A family of products and shares many of the same features developed for the automotive industry. It also supports larger screen sizes above 10 inches in addition to smaller multi-finger pinch separation. The wide range of screen size options within Microchip’s touchscreen controller families enables greater scalability and helps to shorten design time as well as lower system and development costs. The MXT1665T-A family consists of three controllers: the MXT1665T-A supports 1664 touch-node sensors; the MXT1189-A supports 1188 touch-node sensors; and the MXT799T-A with support for 798 touch-node sensors. A designated evaluation kit is available for each of the parts in the MXT1665T-A family. Each kit includes a PCB with maXTouch controller; a touch sensor on a glass/plastic lens; the FPC to connect to the sensor display; a converter PCB to connect this kit to the PC via USB; and cables, software and documentation. The controllers are also compatible with maXTouch Studio, a full software development environment to support the evaluation of maXTouch. All the devices in the MXT1665T-A family are available now for sampling and volume production in a LQFP176 package. For more information, visit Microchip’s Web site at: http://www.microchip.com/MXT1665T_Main7302

Renesas Electronics Unveils the Renesas Autonomy™, Open, Innovative and Trusted Platform to Further Extend its Commitment to ADAS and Automated Driving Delivers Total End-to End Solution that Scales from Cloud to Sensing and Vehicle Control – The First Rollout of Renesas Autonomy Product, the R-Car V3M System-On-Chip, Provides Cutting Edge Capabilities for Smart Cameras Targeting NCAP Regulations Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of Renesas autonomy™, a new advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving platform. As the first rollout under its groundbreaking Renesas autonomy Platform, Renesas released the R-Car V3M high-performance image recognition system-on-chip (SoC) optimized primarily for use in smart camera applications, as well as surround view systems or even lidars. The new R-Car V3M SoC complies with the ISO26262 functional safety standard, delivers low-power hardware acceleration for vision processing, and is equipped with a built-in image signal processor (ISP), freeing up board space and reducing system manufacturers’ system costs. Renesas will exhibit its first Renesas autonomy demonstrator, developed based on the new R-Car V3M SoC, at DevCon Japan to be held in Tokyo Japan on April 11, 2017. About the Renesas autonomy Platform Vehicles in the autonomous driving era will be required to sense the environment, control the vehicle, and conduct synchronized communications with the cloud. Awide range

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