http://blogs.freescale.com Freescale experts bloggers bring insights to embedded trends, technologies, tools and techniques. Wed, 30 May 2012 16:16:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/9b08b390e128850ec002e62a1b598c3a?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://blogs.freescale.com freescale-automobilityhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~3/Mq0nNYleOZo/ http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/04/02/electrical-motors-invisible-little-helpers/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:55:08 +0000 Axel Streicher http://blogs.freescale.com/?p=7937 By Axel Streicher &#8212; Did you ever ponder over how many electrical motors can be found in a modern vehicle? Not really, eh? So if you, the technical savvy reader here, did not, then the average car user may not even acknowledge that there are electrical motors in vehicles running from fuel. Invisible little helpers, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogs.freescale.com&#038;blog=12186737&#038;post=7937&#038;subd=freescalehome&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~4/Mq0nNYleOZo" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/04/02/electrical-motors-invisible-little-helpers/feed/ 1 axelstreicher Freescale S12 MagniV MCU Family for Automotive Applications http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/04/02/electrical-motors-invisible-little-helpers/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~3/H0tWD3hEk9Q/ http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/27/discover-the-evolution-of-the-connected-car/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:58:48 +0000 Stephan Lehmann http://blogs.freescale.com/?p=7464 By Stephan Lehmann &#8212; Many in the automotive industry believe that the automobile will undergo more changes in the next 15 years than it has since its inception 125 year ago. Through partnerships, this industry is working towards fuel efficiency and a world without accidents. Vehicles will connect to each other and to the cloud [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogs.freescale.com&#038;blog=12186737&#038;post=7464&#038;subd=freescalehome&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~4/H0tWD3hEk9Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/27/discover-the-evolution-of-the-connected-car/feed/ 2 stephanlehmann http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/27/discover-the-evolution-of-the-connected-car/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~3/28HsqpI_erU/ http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/20/whats-smaller-than-a-fingernail-weighs-almost-nothing-and-can-power-a-3500-pound-race-car-to-run-faster-than-200-mph/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:24:14 +0000 Steve Nelson http://blogs.freescale.com/?p=7373 By Steve Nelson – On Sunday, at the Daytona 500, we&#8217;ll watch history unfold as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series roars into action with fuel-injected engines powered by Freescale technology. And we’re not kicking off this transition at a minor event, but at “The Great American Race,” in front of more than 200,000 fans and 15 million [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogs.freescale.com&#038;blog=12186737&#038;post=7373&#038;subd=freescalehome&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~4/28HsqpI_erU" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/20/whats-smaller-than-a-fingernail-weighs-almost-nothing-and-can-power-a-3500-pound-race-car-to-run-faster-than-200-mph/feed/ 3 stevenelsonfsl Doug Yates addresses crowd of Freescale engineers Doug Yates at Freescale Behind the scenes with Doug Yates and Freescale engineers Freescale Chip Hand Doug Yates addresses Freescale engineers http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/20/whats-smaller-than-a-fingernail-weighs-almost-nothing-and-can-power-a-3500-pound-race-car-to-run-faster-than-200-mph/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~3/IQ_KvjcqD_8/ http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/16/what-makes-a-battery-sensor-an-xtrinsic-solution-in-a-car/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:46:44 +0000 Cherif Assad http://blogs.freescale.com/?p=7358 By Cherif Assad – Sensors are proliferating in our cars. According to IHS, the MEMS sensor market continues to grow strong in automotive applications with compound annual growth revenue (CAGR) of 10% within the 2010-2015 timeframe. With the emergence of electrification, the 12V battery (also known as a low voltage battery) is more and more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogs.freescale.com&#038;blog=12186737&#038;post=7358&#038;subd=freescalehome&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~4/IQ_KvjcqD_8" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/16/what-makes-a-battery-sensor-an-xtrinsic-solution-in-a-car/feed/ 2 cherifassad Battery Sensors Xtrinsic Sensor Pyramid / Freescale http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/02/16/what-makes-a-battery-sensor-an-xtrinsic-solution-in-a-car/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~3/wkwsoKrhbEQ/ http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/01/11/securing-telematics-and-infotainment/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:42:48 +0000 Rainer Makowitz http://blogs.freescale.com/?p=6937 By Rainer Makowitz &#8212; The Consumer Electronics Show 2012 is once again demonstrating to what extent consumer devices either enter the car or they get converted into their automotive equivalent and added to the feature list. The biggest expectations on value for the driver are in the field of infotainment and assist functions. Whether access [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogs.freescale.com&#038;blog=12186737&#038;post=6937&#038;subd=freescalehome&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freescale-automobility/~4/wkwsoKrhbEQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/01/11/securing-telematics-and-infotainment/feed/ 1 rainermakowitz http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/01/11/securing-telematics-and-infotainment/