NXP announces new automotive radar microcontroller for semi-autonomous capabilities
Company plans to make new radar MCU available in the second half of 2017
NXP Semiconductors has developed a new automotive radar microcontroller (MCU), NXPS32R27, to enable new range of semi-autonomous capabilities, the company said in a press release on Monday (7 November). The company claims the new radar MCU delivers significant improvement in performance—four times over the previous MPC577X products—resulting in higher accuracy and safety for variety of automotive applications such as collision avoidance, lane change assist, autonomous emergency braking, radar cocooning with 360° perception, or adaptive cruise control. It also enables better detection of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, motorcycles and bicycles.
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