If you need choices, we've got them. Atmel offers a rich variety of devices that make it easy for you to design and build the application that best meets your customers' needs. You can take advantage of Atmel's experience in innovative solutions, from sensor or actuator control to more sophisticated applications.
You can leverage our 25+years of expertise in automotive device design to create high quality products packed with convenience and power saving features.
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Applications |
Technologies |
Key Parameters |
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Control the dashboard light brightnes |
Lamp brightness control systems, especially dashboard applications |
Bipolar Technology |
PWM |
The power width modulation (PWM) IC, designed in bipolar technology, is ideal for lamp brightness control systems, especially dashboard applications.
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Direction indication Hazard warning lights |
Flashers |
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You can rely on Atmel's expertise and broad portfolio of dedicated flashers that meet stringent manufacturer requirements for direction indication and hazard warning lights.
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Consistently detect brake lights, and less noticeable parking lights, license plate lights, and backup lights |
Lamp outage monitoring |
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2-comparators 8 to 44 mV Threshold ESD Protection |
Consistently detecting brake lights, and less noticeable parking lights, license plate lights, and backup lights pose real problems for car manufacturers. Atmel lamp-monitoring ICs reliably display malfunctions even when the vehicle is moving.
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imiting the operation time of high voltage loads Built-in power-on-reset functionality |
Electrical load control, like fog lamps, high/low beam, heated window |
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Adjustable time delay |
To insure that safety systems will deploy only and when they are needed, Atmel sensor and fail-safe ICs are designed with immunity against channel cross-coupling and offer backup positive and negative reset with output signals in the case of chip malfunction or voltage anomalies.
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Immunity against channel cross-coupling Backup positive and negative reset with output signals |
Automotive Safety Systems like airbags |
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Airbag Power supply Airbag sensors Fail-safe system IC |
To insure that safety systems will deploy only and when they are needed, Atmel sensor and fail-safe ICs are designed with immunity against channel cross-coupling and offer backup positive and negative reset with output signals in the case of chip malfunction or voltage anomalies.
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More safety inmonitor μCs by an independent IC |
All safety related automotive functions |
CMOS/ SOI |
2 timing windows |
Watchdogs are the most economic way of an independent μC monitoring in order to reset the µC in the case of malfunction.
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Interval and wipe-wash operation Power-saving timers |
Windshield wipers |
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Prewash Delay, INT/WIWA Switches to VBATT |
Atmel timer ICs are tailored to interval and wipe-wash operation of windshield wipers, with power-saving timers that switch off high wattage loads after a preset time period to conserve power and prolong the life of the motor.
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