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    Automotive

    In or On? LiDAR Positioning in Cars Explained

    July 12, 2024
    LiDAR placement is essential for the production and development of advanced and safe autonomous vehicles.
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    Sensors

    Achieving Safety Through Sensing

    May 15, 2024
    To bring vehicle automation to the next level, designers seek next-generation ADAS solutions. This article examines tradeoffs for sensor options like LiDAR and looks at sensing...
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    Automotive

    New DSPs Plus Radar Accelerator Merge Automotive Vision, Radar, LiDAR, and AI Processing

    March 11, 2024
    Cadence’s latest Tensilica Vision DSPs combine advanced vision technologies with AI processing to address automotive sensor fusion.
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    Sensors

    Flash LiDAR Delivers Low-Cost, Near-Field 3D Sensing

    Jan. 10, 2024
    PreAct’s software-defined Mojave flash LiDAR sensor provides a 3D point cloud.
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    MEMS Mirrors: The Next Big Wave in MEMS Technology

    Oct. 4, 2023
    Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirrors are making their way into new applications after decades of intensive development efforts.

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    Partnership Develops Coherent Detection-Based LiDAR Platforms

    Aug. 29, 2023
    This advanced FMCW LiDAR platform integrates indie’s Surya SoC and SiLC’s Eyeonic vision sensor.
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    “World’s First Centrally Processed 4D Imaging Radar” for AVs

    July 26, 2023
    Ambarella’s latest technology offers an alternative for edge-based radar processing.
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    Phone App Captures Data Using Photogrammetry & LiDAR

    July 25, 2023
    Pix4D’s PIX4Dcatch real-time kinematic (RTK) system includes a phone and viDoc RTK rover, which provides RTK accuracy for the imagery and LiDAR data.
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    Ouster's LiDAR Lineup Aids Industrial and Smart Infrastructure

    Jan. 26, 2023
    The REV7 LiDAR family can handle applications from automotive ADAS to industrial robots.
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    The Latest in LiDAR Comes to CES 2023

    Jan. 18, 2023
    Here are six examples of how LiDAR took a step up and forward at CES 2023.
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    Level-4-Ready 2024 Electric SUV: A Technology Tour de Force

    Jan. 13, 2023
    Volvo’s forthcoming EX90, which will be positioned above its flagship gasoline-powered XC90, will employ what’s claimed to be the first rooftop-mounted LiDAR unit on an international...
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    Advanced Chip Technology Enhances Lidar Sensor Capabilities @ Power & Motion

    Oct. 21, 2022
    Ouster’s new CMOS chip provides better signal processing to improve range detection in its digital lidar sensors.
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    Lidar Enters the Digital Age @ Power & Motion

    Oct. 21, 2022
    The transition from analog to digital lidar sensor technology brings a range of benefits for autonomous systems.
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    DSP-Based Radar, LiDAR, Comms Processing Optimizes Auto Apps

    July 8, 2022
    Built on Cadence’s Tensilica Xtensa customizable processor architecture, the ConnX DSPs implement systems at power levels that reduce the need for hardware accelerators.
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    GaN-Based Solutions Empower Autonomous Driving

    May 26, 2022
    eGaN FETs and ICs developed by EPC provide the short pulse widths needed for higher-resolution LiDAR that enable autonomy as well as other vision-based systems.
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    Advanced LiDAR Vision Solution Debuts at CES 2022

    Jan. 20, 2022
    In this video, we talk to Ralf Muenster, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at SiLC Technologies, a silicon photonics innovator delivering coherent vision and...
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    How Xilinx FPGAs and Adaptive SoCs are Furthering LiDAR Innovation

    Dec. 21, 2021
    Xilinx's Willard Tu discusses the use of LiDAR in the automotive industry and beyond.
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    Automotive

    SPAD Depth Sensor for Automotive LiDAR

    Sept. 7, 2021
    Sony recently released its IMX459 stacked SPAD depth sensor.
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    Choosing Power Inductors for LiDAR Systems

    Aug. 24, 2021
    Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems may contain a half dozen or more power supplies, sometimes including Boost, SEPIC, Buck-Boost and Flyback topologies. With so many ...
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    RedTail LiDAR System for Small Drones

    Aug. 19, 2021
    Get high-resolution point clouds for your drone.
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    The Engineering Essentials Behind LiDAR

    April 9, 2021
    Whether measuring distance or making it easier to create accurate and detailed 3D mapping, LiDAR is quickly becoming a go-to technology for multiple applications.
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    Solid-State LiDAR Leverages Liquid-Crystal Metasurfaces, CMOS Manufacturing

    June 22, 2020
    The commercially viable silicon beamsteering system provides a scalable platform for automotive, consumer, and industrial use cases.
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    How Does High-Power SMT Help Improve LiDAR?

    March 16, 2020
    Osram’s Michael Godwin explains the ways in which infrared high-power SMT components for LiDAR applications help systems developers meet complex safety requirements in semi-autonomous...
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    Compact, Less-Expensive LiDAR Could Lead to Smaller, Cheaper AVs

    April 17, 2019
    Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology developed a low-cost, miniature optical beamsteering component that consumes much lower power than previous approaches.
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    11 Myths About LiDAR Technology

    Feb. 8, 2019
    Cepton CEO and co-founder Dr. Jun Pei tackles the myths around LiDAR technology amid its rising popularity in helping with autonomous-vehicle navigation.
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    GaN Devices Power the Next Generation of LiDAR Systems

    June 19, 2018
    Sponsored by Texas Instruments: For LiDAR systems to meet ever-higher performance specs, they must perform fast switching of high-current pulses, which is where a gallium-nitride...