Staying in lane, parking, driving in traffic jams - the latest ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) can already do it all. However, there are few challenges to overcome before autonomous driving becomes a reality. Tamara Drexler, Assistant & Product Manager Automotive Business Unit at RUTRONIK explains.

What are claimed to be the industry’s first AEC-Q101-qualified 12V and 20V MOSFETs in a dual asymmetric package from Vishay are now available at Rutronik. The Vishay Siliconix SQJ202EP and SQJ200EP n-channel TrenchFET® devices are optimised for high-side and low-side synchronous buck applications.

An Innovation Center will be at the heart of Rutronik’s stand at the electronica 2016 show in Munich (November 8-11).  RUTRONIK AUTOMOTIVE will be presenting specific components from selected manufacturers, as well as providing contact personnel for global technical and commercial support in all automotive applications.

The new TPSMF4L series of Transient Voltage Suppression (TVS) Diodes from Littelfuse are now available at distributor Rutronik. They are specifically designed to protect sensitive automotive electronic equipment and portable devices from voltage transients induced by load dump and other transient voltage events.

The new RP20-FR series of isolated 20W DC/DC converters from RECOM are now available at distributor Rutronik. Especially designed for railway applications, they are also ideal for industrial and telecommunication applications. The compact 2inx1in modules of the RP20-FR series feature a wide 4:1 input voltage range (9-36V, 18-75V, 43-160V) and therefore cover all standard battery-board levels including the ±40% tolerance margin.

MBR Series Schottky Barrier Rectifiers, the latest Littelfuse devices based on silicon Schottky diode technology, are available at Rutronik. The two new series are designed to meet the general requirements of commercial and industrial applications. These Schottky Barrier Rectifiers come with extremely fast switching speed, very low forward voltage drop, low leakage and high junction temperature capability.

The Super Fine Technology (SFT) by TNE gives TFTs viewing angles up to 88° in each direction. It is available in several sizes at distributor Rutronik as of now. SFT is a specific form of the IPS technology, developed by NLT Technologies. This technology can realise very wide viewing angles in all four directions.

The new VTVSxxASMF series of surface-mount transient voltage suppressor (TVS) protection diodes from Vishay are now available at Rutronik. They are the industry’s first to feature a 2% breakdown voltage tolerance. They are ideal for line transient voltage protection in space-constrained electronics, such as laptops, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, and external hard drives.

The portfolio of memory products for embedded applications has bee expanded at distributor Rutronik with the new line-up of 24nm SLC NAND flash memory products from Toshiba. They are compatible with the widely used Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). New functional requirements increase the demand of embedded memory, for software (boot programs, firmware, embedded OS) and data (including log data).

A workshop taking a close look at microcontrollers and sensors for the Internet of Things (IoT) is being organised by Rutronik. The distributor is collaborating on the event with Intel, Bosch Sensortec and Melexis. Participants will learn about the design possibilities of combining Intel’s latest Quark microcontrollers with sensors from Bosch Sensortec and Melexis.

With its new ARM-based Starter Kits powered by NXP and TI processors, Advantech says it is providing a shortcut for ARM platform evaluation and development. The new starter kits are available at distributor Rutronik as of now. The kit includes key elements of a development environment including main boards with CPU cables, adapter cards, LCD panel and power adapter.

A round active matrix OLED module from DLC enriches the established application sections and opens new markets. It is available with touch screen from distributor Rutronik. The active full colour OLED is offered in a circular form with a diameter of 40mm. In comparison to DLC’s round passive OLED, it has a much higher resolution of 400 x 400 pixels.

Three new crystal series, which follow the trend towards the usage of smaller size crystals have been launched by Epson. They are available at distributor Rutronik. The new 2.0x1.6mm size TCXO/VC-TCXO series TG2016SBN contains the built-in 2nd generation of Epson internal IC. It is the TCXO with the lowest cost offered by Epson due to re-engineered package and cost optimised production.

The new version D3348-B2 of Fujitsu’s proven ATX Motherboard D3348-B offers various new features. It addresses customers in need of powerful CPUs on the cutting edge of technology and is ideal for use in CAD workstations, medical equipment and industrial servers in 19” rack format.    

The F-50 series is an extension to Swissbit’s existing F-60/F-600 CFast 2.0 card portfolio. It is available at Rutronix. This new series delivers up to 500/330MB/s read/write performance for cost sensitive applications. The new F-50 products complement the high performance, high endurance durabit F-60 devices by offering a DRAM-less product for cost sensitive applications with use cases that don’t require the extreme IOPS rate and end...

A new 2-port EtherCAT PCI Universal card, the PCI-1203 from Advantech is available at Rutronik. It is a ready-to-use EtherCAT development platform for all PC-based industrial automation. The EtherCAT protocol stack is executed autonomously on the PCI card. The PCI-1203 comes with a 650MHz dual-core ARM processor.

By adding the new 650V EF series, distributor Rutronik now presents Vishay’s expanded portfolio of fast body diode n-channel power MOSFETs. It includes the Vishay Siliconix SiHx21N65EF, SiHx28N65EF, and SiHG33N65EF, providing additional voltage headroom for industrial, telecom, and renewable energy applications.

The Internet of Things (IoT) Tech Expo Event in Berlin (June 13 - 14) provides a showcase for Rutronik’s portfolio of selected sensors for IoT applications under its RUTRONIK SMART label. A further highlight of the show is the Distribution Art Car. In line with the key industries covered by this event – including manufacturing, transport, health, logistics, energy, and automotive – Rutronik will be exhibiting the sensors of lead...

Rutronik and Pulse Electronics have expanded their franchise agreement, which previously encompassed Germany and France, to cover the entire EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa). Rutronik has been a Pulse Electronics distributor since 2003. The agreement covers all products from the Power, Wireless Infrastructure and Network User business units.

The new industrial-grade SuperMLC UHS-I Speed Class 1 (U1) microSD cards from Transcend have capacities of 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. Between SLC and MLC NAND flash, the new SuperMLC technology features a cost-effective solution yet with nearly equivalent performance to SLC NAND flash. The SuperMLC is ideal for industrial applications and is available at distributor Rutronik.