Automotive
Intelligent embedded systems are the new driving force in today's automotive designs. The latest safety and efficiency technologies are made possible by the incorporation of an extensive variety of complex embedded devices that make thousands of decisions per second. Whether you're designing a system to simply adjust a mirror, or one to monitor and control a parallel hybrid power system, embedded systems technologies play a role.
Consult the Tektronix Automotive Electronics Guide
Videos
- Embedded Design Techniques for Optimizing Control Parameters Webinar
In this session we explore the process of optimizing control functions, small adjustments in microcontroller firmware can produce significant improvements in embedded system performance. Coming up with the right values for gains, offsets, delays, hysteresis values and PWM parameters can be time consuming, but using the right tools can speed the process. With a mixed signal oscilloscope, especially one with deep memory, you efficiently gain access to insights of your process including sensor signals, feedback signals and firmware timing. - Selecting Components and Sub-systems Webinar
Quickly and easily selecting appropriate components and sub-systems with confidence is essential to reliably delivering smaller and more cost-effective solutions. Find out how intuitive test and measurement tools can help you make quick and informed choices. - Developing Cost-effective Communications Webinar
End-user constraints around portability, longer battery life, and lower prices make it even more critical to find cost-effective means for providing reliable communications.
Application Notes
- Debugging Serial Buses in Embedded System Designs
Find out how the powerful trigger, decode and search capabilities of the popular MSO and DPO Series oscilloscopes solve serial debug challenges with exceptional efficiency. - High Amplitude Arbitrary/Function Generator Simplifies Measurement in Automotive, Semiconductor, Scientific and Industrial Applications
This application note describes the conventional approach of generating high amplitude signals with an external amplifier. It then discusses typical applications and shows the benefits of using a novel arbitrary/function generator with integrated high amplitude stage. Applications described in this note include measuring the timing and switching characteristics of power semiconductors for automotive applications and the characterization of amplifiers for gas chromatography detectors. - Breakthrough Solutions for the Latest Automotive Designs
This document describes a new generation of Tektronix test and measurement instruments and software that has been designed to help automotive engineers deal with embedded systems measurement challenges.
