http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:48:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chrysler plans to brand all of its in-vehicle interconnection technologies “UConnect,” as in UConnect phone, UConnect tunes, UConnect gps, UConnect studios, and UConnect web. For the latter, Chrysler is partnering with Autonet Mobile and Mopar to offer aftermarket in-vehicle Internet connectivity on all Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles, beginning in August. Chrysler ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2008/06/26/chrysler-gives-connectivity-a-name/ Safety-related automotive technology traditionally ranks high in J.D. Power and Associates U.S. Automotive Emerging Technology Study, but safety features began to slip last year and their slide relative to non-safety features accelerated in the 2008 study, just released. J.D. Power surveyed more than 19,000 U.S. consumers in April to gauge their ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2008/06/24/safety-slips/ Ford and Chrysler both brought similar-sounding blind spot detection technologies to Detroit for SAE. Ford plans to offer a blind spot mirror and a cross traffic alert with blind-spot monitoring system on MY2009 and future Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development, said ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2008/04/22/ford-and-chrysler-at-sae/ Vendors are jockeying for position in a potentially huge market for in-vehicle TV technology. At the National Associated of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas, Qualcomm’s MediaFLO Technologies unit broadcast live streaming television to an SUV, just to prove they could. The MediaFLO platform employs a dedicated mobile broadcast network that, ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2008/04/22/tv-time/ The MathWorks says automotive engineers can now verify compliance with IEC-61508 (safety systems) and The MathWorks Automotive Advisory Board (MAAB) modeling standards within Simulink. At SAE 2008 in Detroit, the company also announced version 2.0 of the MAAB’s Control Algorithm Modeling Guidelines for MATLAB, Simulink and Stateflow, and earlier it ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2008/04/16/mathworks%e2%80%99-simulink-model-checking-%e2%80%93-and-more/ In the Fiat stand at the Frankfurt Auto Show Wednesday morning (September 12) Microsoft and Fiat said they are expanding Blue & Me to include navigation. Martin Thall, general manager of Microsoft’s Automotive Business Unit, said a market opportunity exists between factory-installed navigation systems in the €1,500-2,000 price range and ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2007/09/12/microsoft-adds-navi-to-blue-me/ As the number of electronic functions in a vehicle increase, so do the number of electronic control units (ECUs) required. That’s unavoidable in some cases, but in others, it’s possible and beneficial to reduce the total number of ECUs by controlling multiple functions from a single location. To that end, ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2007/08/16/boschs-approach-to-consolidating-ecus/ Omron is poised to enter the active safety market with a system that demonstrates sensor fusion. It combines LIDAR-based adaptive cruise control system with camera-based lane departure warning. The firm has configured a demo vehicle – a Mercedes C320 – with a black and white camera and a dashboard display. ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2007/08/15/keeping-in-lines/ It’s axiomatic that the sooner a design error is discovered the cheaper it is to fix it, so it makes sense to verify, validate and test early and often. Jon Friedman, automotive industry marketing manager at The MathWorks, says that many errors originate somewhere between requirements and specifications in the design ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2007/07/31/test-and-verify-early-and-often/ Continental AG, which paid approximately $1 billion in April a year ago for Motorola’s automotive electronics business, is now investing $15.6 billion (€11.4 billion) to acquire Siemens VDO Automotive AG. It’s Continental’s largest-ever purchase. With combined sales of $34.3 billion (€25 billion) and a work force of nearly 140,000, the ... http://blog.autoelectronics.com/auto_electronics/2007/07/26/13/