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PRODUCT BRIEFS

SPOTLIGHT: SIMULATION/ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
Radar simulation software

CT scan data analysis

New features
in Remcom's
(State
College, Pa.)
high-fidelity
radar simulator for drive
scenario
modeling
provide a
more accurate representation of conditions that vehicles
encounter in the real world. The WaveFarer Radar
Simulation Software enables OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to
virtually test and refine sensor placement and target identification earlier in the design process. The updates include diffuse scattering from rough surfaces and transmission through materials including glass, walls and composites. By taking into account surface variations that could
be caused by common road phenomena like crumbling
pavement, WaveFarer provides modeling of the real-world
environment. In addition, several new tools increase accuracy for target detection, including scripts for setting up
simulations with chirp waveforms and post-processing
utilities for predicting Doppler velocity and generating
range-Doppler plots.

Volume
Graphics
(Charlotte,
N.C.) extends
data export
from its nondestructive
testing and
analysis software based
on industrial computed tomography (CT) to the statistics
software Q-DAS qs-STAT. This cooperation between Volume
Graphics and Q-DAS, now united under the roof of Hexagon,
allows for statistical evaluations to be fully integrated into a
CT scan data analysis workflow. A first result of this collaboration is the option to also export 3D representations of
components or measured features to Q-DAS software. This
option was recently introduced with version 3.4.3 of
VGSTUDIO MAX, VGMETROLOGY and VGinLINE. In practice,
the user marks the relevant box in the export mask. The
software then adds the corresponding part image to the
data to be exported. Users can make their reports, which
they define and access with Q-DAS qs-STAT, even more
transparent. They can immediately see which measurement
series belongs to which detail.

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Smart tire sensor

uSRR/SRR evaluation kit

The MLX91805 smart
tire sensor from
Melexis'
(Tessenderlo,
Belgium) is specially
designed to be embedded in the tires
of commercial vehicles - including heavy-duty - and passenger cars, unlike current rim-mounted TPMS sensors. The
combined sensor will help OEMs prepare for the forthcoming extension of mandatory tire-pressure monitoring to include commercial vehicles, and to enable future generations
of smart tires. The MLX91805 TMS integrates an 800g XZaxis accelerometer that senses up to 10,000 samples per
second. It also integrates a high-accuracy pressure sensor as
well as temperature and voltage sensors. Integrating a lowpower 16-bit microcontroller and 315/433 MHz RF transmitter that draws just 5mA at 5dBm output power, and with an
extremely low 90nA sleep current, the MLX91805 can run
from a tiny battery for the life of the tire.

Vayyar's (Tel Aviv, Israel) ultra-short and short-range
imaging radar (uSRR/SRR)
evaluation kit (EVK) is for the
development of ADAS and
autonomous vehicle applications. Based on the company's 4D MIMO Radar-on-Chip (RoC), the SRR EVK includes
a high-resolution point cloud, with a very wide field-of-view
(FoV) both in azimuth and elevation, no-dead zones and zero
minimum distance. As more scooters, bikes and pedestrians
populate the road, there is a growing need for ADAS and
monitoring capabilities that can prevent collisions, injuries or
deaths. Vayyar's SRR EVK enables evaluation and development of such applications, delivering a comprehensive radar
hardware-software package for rapid prototyping and experimentation. The kit includes advanced 4D image reconstruction algorithms and software for efficient data representation
structures. This allows rich target data streaming to a vehicle
central-hostprocessor over a low-bandwidth interface.

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