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Posted In: industry, automotive, tdk, clamp, production, mass, of, filter, begins, first by Alex

TDK has developed and began mass production of the industry’s first automotive clamp filter in December. The new filter is called the ZCAT08V-BK, ZCAT12V-BK. TDK developed clamp filters that are suitable for automotive use as an effective noise countermeasure against the effects of electromagnetic noise on the cables that link the various onboard ECUs and units. TDK’s clamp filters have an original structure consisting of a vertically-split cylindrical ferrite core with an integrated resin case for mounting on cables. The ferrite material, a key component of the filter, provides outstanding magnetic characteristics and high-frequency absorption properties achieved through precise control of the fine structure using TDK’s original materials and process technologies.

The resin case and core material have been improved to enhance heat resistant and shock resistance for use in automotive applications. The operating temperature range has been increased from earlier TDK products (-25 C - 85 C) to -40 C - 125 C.

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Posted In: 2.5, industry, largest, 80gb, applications, automotive, hdd, inch, image, picture, pic, for, launches, toshiba by Alex

Toshiba announced the latest additions of 2.5-inch hard disk drives for automotive applications: an 80GB drive offering the industry’s largest capacity, and a 40GB drive. The drives will be used in such applications as car navigation systems, and will be released in industrial and retail versions. Toshiba’s automotive HDD have earned an unrivaled reputation for environmental toughness and performance, and made the company the leader in the world automotive HDD market. With its latest drives, the company has further enhanced durability and increased data capacity, using perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) to boost areal recording density and to raise storage capacity to 80GB (MK8050GAC and MK8050GACE), double that of Toshiba’s current automotive drives.

The new Toshiba drives can operate at up to 5,500m above sea level, 1,200m higher than current automotive models. In addition to map data information for car navigation, the new Toshiba automotive HDD can be used in on-board entertainment systems, to store high capacity movie, digital image and music files. Sample shipping of the drives has started and mass production will start in March 2008.

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