A primary challenge in the automotive industry is the increasing complexity of modern cars caused by the high amount of vehicle electronics respectively vehicle functions which are implemented as mechatronic systems. A promising solution is the relatively new function-oriented development approach that focuses on the interdisciplinary development of such functions and which helps to handle the ...

In the early era of microcomputer-based automotive electronics, a separate ECU was developed for each functional unit such as engine management or transmission control. Coordination with the other ECUs was implemented via control lines, e.g. lines carrying pulsewidth modulated signals. Growing functionality, however, was driving the number of control lines and their costs upwards. That is why, ...

We present a method for classifying products into a set of known categories by using supervised learning. That is, given a product with accompanying informational details such as name and descriptions, we group the product into a particular category with similar products, e.g., ‘Electronics’ or ‘Automotive’. To do this, we analyze product catalog information from different distributors on Amazo...

This paper is about describing and analysing modelling practices in automotive industry and electronics design. Based on ethnographic observations in modelling sessions in three case studies, we tried to describe the modelling scope in real work environments. This helped to identify problem areas or areas of change, articulation work in decision making activities during modelling, models as sha...

Worldwide commercial interest in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is reflected in a production capacity that presently exceeds several thousand tons per year. Currently, bulk CNT powders are incorporated in diverse commercial products ranging from rechargeable batteries, automotive parts, and sporting goods to boat hulls and water filters. Advances in CNT synthesis, purification, and chemical modificati...

In automotive electronics,a lot of good examples for mixed-signal designs on semiconductor component-, PCBand system level can be found. These designs can benefit from the topdown methodology as have the digital designs in the last 15 years. This is even the case, though one key feature of the digital top-down flow – the circuit and layout synthesis – is not available in mixed-signal design. St...

Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are ubiquitous in electronics cooling a wide variety of applications Industrial, Automotive and Consumer electronics. TIMs comprise compliant polymeric matrix with thermally conductive fillers. Silicones the polymer first choice due to special characteristics thermal stability ability fine tune modulus across range. Silicone migration can be concern, whether r...

The high availability and safety requirements for automotive electronics are currently almost exclusively addressed by application-specific engineering solutions to fault tolerance rather than by systematic approaches. Currently, syst e m i c approaches are ruled out because of cost. The reason for this is that a systemic approach to fault tolerance requires ( I ) replication of components and ...

Abstract Over the past decade, printed electronics (PE) has shown great potential for a wide range of industries, from consumer goods, electronics, aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical, biomedical, to textiles and fashion. The rapid development printing technology been strongly driven by growth PE market its many applications. Here, we review latest trends in production quality control, focusi...

This paper will focus on Dr. Taguchi’s Robust Engineering methodology, measurement methods and experimental results for the optimization of a lead free SMT process for use in an Automotive Electronics application. The key strategy is to find process parameters that make the process insensitive to noise factors. Traditional optimization approaches focus on maximizing the response variable while ...