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Circuit Protection Considerations for Automotive Information Busses

From Tyco Electronics, Raychem Circuit Protection Products
 

 

New passenger cars, trucks, buses, trains and even motorcycles have become mobile networks, connecting a wide variety of features and functions, including embedded controls, mobile media, and wireless options. Applications such as infotainment, telematics, safety, and control require the use of several established networking standards such as LIN, CAN, MOST, IDB-1394, FlexRay, byteflight, Bluetooth for
embedded control, and others. Read the full story...


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