Ever since Heinrich Hertz demonstrated that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects, engineers have been putting the discovery to use in many range- and direction-finding applications. The technique…
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STM32 MCUs Are Up to the Solar-Car Challenge
August 15, 2016
The 2016 American Solar Challenge is complete and the winner is the University of Michigan Solar Car team that was sponsored, in part, by ST. The University of Michigan team…
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In 1885 Gottlieb Daimler built what many consider the first gas-fueled internal combustion engine (ICE). Since then engineers have made ICEs vastly more powerful, efficient, and clean. Still, there’s…
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CAN Bus Protection : STMicroelectronics Protects What Protects You
July 15, 2016
STMicroelectronics’s experience includes designing and manufacturing components for the most hostile environments, including Mars itself. It was therefore natural for the company to come up with a comprehensive line…
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New Silicon Carbide Devices increase Electric Vehicle Autonomy
July 13, 2016
If electric vehicles are undoubtedly the future of automotive, it will take ingenuity and new technologies to transition from expensive models and proof of concepts to mass adoption and…
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Traditionally, change in the car industry takes a long, long time. For instance, the internal combustion engine was first used in an automobile in the late 1800s and…