SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera Corporation
(NASDAQ: ALTR) is demonstrating its industry-leading programmable
logic solutions for electric and hybrid vehicle powertrains and
battery management systems at the Electric & Hybrid Technology
Expo 2015, being held at the Suburban Collection Showplace in
Novi, Michigan, from September 14 to 17. Visit the Altera booth
(#737A) to learn how Altera FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays)
can improve system performance, accelerate time-to-market, and
reduce total cost of ownership for automotive designs.
Demonstrations at the Altera booth include:
- Tandem Motion-Power 48V prototyping board that
uses Altera's Max® 10 FPGA and controls a dual axis motor with
DC/DC conversion (12V to 48V), and which supports optional battery
power capability.
- Battery Management System (BMS) that uses an
FPGA-powered SOC (state of charge) estimator, running on an Altera
Cyclone® V SoC (system on chip) that demonstrates the high accuracy
and breakthrough performance of FPGA-enabled electric vehicle BMS
systems, developed by the University of Pisa, Italy.
- New Charging Curve Analysis (CCA) Technology that uses
an Altera Cyclone V FPGA to provide a much more accurate estimation
of the battery's SOC and SOH (state of health). This patented
technology allows maximum utilization of battery capacity within
minimum error of estimation even after a long life usage
cycle.
According to Tak Ikushima, Sr.
Marketing Manager in the Automotive Business Unit at Altera,
"Microcontrollers used to be sufficient, but they are now hitting a
ceiling in performance as automotive applications become smarter
and more demanding. Altera is seeing a lot of opportunities in this
area because FPGAs offer parallel processing without much power
being dissipated, and they are also more deterministic in
real-time, which allow them to process higher performance
computations."
Altera Automotive Solutions
Automotive OEMs and
manufacturers use Altera FPGAs and CPLDs to differentiate their
automobiles with powerful, cost-effective, flexible design
platforms that meet the performance, quality, life cycle, and
scalability needs of their increasingly complex digital systems.
With Altera automotive products, they can reduce system costs,
improve reliability, and simplify complexity to accelerate time to
market.
Learn more about Altera's complete portfolio of electronic
design solutions for the automotive industry design including ADAS,
infotainment and functional safety solutions at
http://www.altera.com/automotive.
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable
designers of electronic systems to rapidly and cost effectively
innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Altera offers
FPGA, SoC, CPLD, and complementary technologies, such as
power solutions to provide high-value solutions to customers
worldwide. www.altera.com
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Taylor
Altera Corporation
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