NXP adds to its RoadLINK ICs, targeting ‘car-to-X’ communications
The TEF510x RF transceiver meets Japanese 760 MHz C2X requirements, US and European (5.9 GHz) as well as Wi-Fi and DSRC (5.8 GHz) specifications. It will be released for automotive production in 2015 and is expected to be available to consumers as early as 2016.
Together with the NXP/Cohda Wireless SAF510x baseband processor, that uses software-defined radio technology, the RoadLINK chip provides fast, accurate and reliable communication to and from the vehicle. RoadLINK, NXP asserts, gets safety-critical information to the driver significantly faster than current, conventional applications can.
Japanese-based company ALPS Electric is already using products from NXP’s RoadLINK range to deliver in-car applications.
“Our chips enable OEMs to utilise a unique software-defined radio approach, to deploy global solutions based on a single hardware platform with end-of-line configurability,” said Thomas Hinz, senior product marketing manager, RoadLINK, NXP Semiconductors. “It’s the only solution that has been field proven in simTD and Safety Pilot, and which easily exceeds all of emerging Car-to-Car minimum performance requirements. It’s fast, it works over extended distances and it has the features to fully realise the potential of C2X technology.
Features of the TEF510x include;
RF-Transceiver for global C2X standards, covering Europe, US and Japan, as well as DSRC and Wi-Fi (802.11abgn) standards
Support for various antenna configurations and diversity schemes
Together with SAF510x, enabling 802.11p reception performance and communication range for mobility use cases even in non-line-of-sight conditions
AEC-Q100 qualification scheduled for 2015.
A video is at; https://youtu.be/CLcnhGb1aHI
NXP; www.nxp.com/connected-mobility
Cohda Wireless is an equipment vendor in the Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) market. The company manufactures hardware products and has developed complete software solutions (from network layer to applications layer) for this market. Cisco and NXP Semiconductors are strategic investors in Cohda Wireless. Cohda’s hardware and software products are being used in car-to-car field trials today. www.cohdawireless.com
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