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New Tech Tuesdays: ADAS Technology Is Riding Positive Trends Tommy Cummings

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Join journalist Tommy Cummings for a weekly look at all things interesting, new, and noteworthy for design engineers.

Motorists aren't looking too far ahead when it comes to safety technology for their vehicles. They want technology they can trust.

They want auto manufacturers to focus on improving existing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features rather than developing self-driving vehicles, according to a 2022 consumer survey1 by the American Automobile Association (AAA).

The market is also trending toward ADAS development. According to Technavio2, the ADAS market is projected to grow by nearly $19 billion (USD) by 2025.

This is all good news for ADAS developers and design engineers, who have a multitude of ADAS-specific products available. ADAS products range from collision avoidance technologies to driver aids, such as night vision, driver alertness, adaptive cruise control, and more.

In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we'll look at new products from Taoglas, STMicroelectronics, and Maxim Integrated that offer ADAS solutions.

Antennas, MCUs, and a Coprocessor Eval Kit

Taoglas’ Raptor III MA1280 7-in-1 Public Safety Antenna mounts directly on a vehicle's roof and comes with 5m cables and SMA connectors. The antenna covers all 4G and the Sub-6GHz 5G cellular bands. The device also combines active multiband GNSS (GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo), two 5G/4G cellular MIMOs, two dual-band Wi-Fi®, active AM/FM, and LMR (700MHz to 900MHz) antennas. The attached whip antenna on the rear of the enclosure covers the LMR bands used for specialist communication systems, such as public safety and first responders.

STMicroelectronics SPC58 N Line Performance Microcontrollers are tailored for applications requiring high performance and even faster signal processing. The SPC58 N Line has three cores embedded with a frequency of 200MHz each and a 200MHz Generic Timer IP Module (GTM). They're ideal for advanced powertrain applications, hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and electric vehicle (EV) motor drives, electric power steering, active suspension applications, anti-lock braking, and advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS).

The Maxim Integrated DS2478 Evaluation Kit offers software and hardware solutions to test the DS2478 DeepCover® Automotive Secure Coprocessor. The coprocessor can compute any required HMACs or ECDSA signatures to do any operation on the DS28E40 or DS28C40 integrated circuits. The evaluation software runs under Windows® 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7 operating systems.

Tuesday's Takeaway

The good news is that motorists are wanting auto manufacturers to tap the brakes on autonomous driving technology and put their efforts toward improving ADAS features. The better news is developers have plenty of ADAS products available to them.

Sources

1. Gross, Andrew. “Consumer Skepticism Toward Autonomous Driving Features Justified.” AAA Newsroom, May 12, 2022. newsroom.aaa.com.

2. Technavio. “Automotive Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Market Size to Grow by USD 18.99 Billion.” Cision PR Newswire, May 16, 2022. www.prnewswire.com.



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Tommy Cummings is a freelance writer/editor based in Texas. He's had a journalism career that has spanned more than 40 years. He contributes to Texas Monthly and Oklahoma Today magazines. He's also worked at The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, San Francisco Chronicle, and others. Tommy covered the dot-com boom in Silicon Valley and has been a digital content and audience engagement editor at news outlets. Tommy worked at Mouser Electronics from 2018 to 2021 as a technical content and product content specialist.


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