This reference design is a complete application design for an automotive LED application. It utilizes the MAX15005 current-mode controller to boost a standard lead-acid car battery to 21V for driving a string of automotive LEDs.
This application note presents a reference design for a rear combination lamp (RCL) LED driver in a 3-series, 3-parallel (3S3P) configuration. Using the MAX16823 linear driver and external BJTs, this design provides 200mA per string as well as enhanced heat dissipation. Also included is PWM dimming circuitry for tail-light inputs and full brightness for brake-light inputs. Double-battery and load-dump conditions have been taken into consideration.
This is a reference design for a SEPIC/linear LED-display backlight driver for eight parallel strings of 8 WLEDs (white LEDs) at 70mA/string. The dimming ratio is 4000:1. The input voltage is 16V to 36V with 50V transients. The design combines a SEPIC switching power supply with adaptive feedback and linear current sinks for high dimming ratios. The MAX16809 16-channel LED driver is featured.
This reference design is for a buck-boost LED driver. The MAX16834 current-mode high-brightness LED driver is featured, and the MAX16834 EV (evaluation) kit is used to implement the design. The application note shows the design specifications, schematic, bill of materials (BOM), and performance data.
The MAX16974/MAX16975/MAX16976 high-performance DC-DC converters are standard buck controllers designed for automotive applications. This application note explains how to optimize the layout of these ICs. An example layout is provided at the end of the document.
This reference design describes how to design hardware for a temperature-based heating system for a vehicle that has an engine preheater installed, based on ambient temperature and a preordained engine start time. This system can also be used for other purposes, such as turning on a storage heater if the ambient temperature falls below a preordained value.
The FRDM-KEAZ128 NXP® Freedom Development Platform is a small, cost-effective evaluation and development system for rapid application prototyping and demonstration of ultra-high reliability microcontroller (MCU) families.
The TWR-S08JE128-KIT is a low-cost development tool for the MC9S08JE low-power USB microcontroller. The kit is part of the NXP Tower System, a modular, reconfigurable development platform that enables designers to accelerate time to market by packaging evaluation boards, tools and runtime software.
The TWR-S08RN60 module is a development board for S08RN 8 automotive MCU.
The TWR-S12GN32 is a demonstration board for the NXP® MC9S12GN32 automotive 16-bit MCUs.
TWR-S12G128 is for NXPDemonstration board for the MC9S12G128 automotive 16-bit MCU.