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Multiplexing, Multiplexed Data Bus Controls Cars Electrical System

Today's vehicles are chocked full of electronics and electric powered devices - electronic fuel injection, antilock brakes, infotainment and navigation systems, and power everything. Now, electric steering, transmission, suspensions and even electric air conditioning are appearing in the latest models. All these system require wiring, and lots of it. Besides adding weigh and taking up space, the huge amount of wiring means assembly and maintenance headaches.

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Diversity Antenna

A Diversity Antenna system has two, or more, antenna which are mounted on a vehicle. The system will select which antenna to take the radio or other device, signal (AM, FM, WiFi, satellite, microwaves, mobile phones), from depending on which one is receiving the clearest signal – also known as best Signal to Noise Ration (SNR). Users should experience less ... Read More »

Messes Impress Chrysler

Sponsored by Chrysler in conjunction with a company called YES Essentials, which produces a line of car products for the "tidiness challenged," Maria's sloppy jalopy earned her family the grand prize of a new Chrysler Pacifica with YES Essentials' "kid, pet and ketchup-proof" seat covers. Read More »

Lights, Camera, Ticket! Drivers Divided On Red-Light Recordings

New intersection camera technology, combined with buried magnetic induction loops under the road, make it possible for the camera to record if your vehicle came to a full stop, or simply slowed as you were turning. While there is no set amount of time that you are required to wait before you proceed, if you roll through a red light and do not make a complete stop, the cameras will get you. Read More »