Vision Quest
By: By John H. Day, contributing editor
Image Sensors with high dynamic range, together with powerful processors and sophisticated algorithms, are enabling a new generation of vision-based systems...
Peripheral vision
By: by John H. Day, contributing editor
Vision-sensing applications are surfacing in luxury vehicles but the market is fragmented, with design engineers divided on what technology works best. Chipmakers, meanwhile, are readying new devices with powerful image-processing capabilities....
EMC Testing Goes Solid State
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology
One of the newer requirements in electromagnetic compliance (EMC) testing demanded by carmakers is the pulsed radar immunity test. Though exact requirements...
Tapping Radar Technology For Automotive Safety
By: Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director, RF Design and Power Electronics Technology
Microwave and millimeter wave-based radio detection and ranging (radar) systems for detecting and locating objects and measuring distance or altitude, as well as other applications, are synonymous with military and aerospace systems. ...