Powertrain Teardown
(Second Teardown article in a series.) By John Scott-Thomas, TechInsights The Chevrolet Volt, GM’s entry in the electric car market, is one of the most complex vehicles on the road, using almost 100 microprocessors that are controlled by about 10 million [...]
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Volt teardown: Charge system slide presentation
Here's a presentation compiled by Al Steier of Munro & Associates and John Scott-Thomas of TechInsights that walks you through what they found during their analysis of the Chevy Volt's charge/powertrain system:
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Volt Teardown: The battery pack
By John Scott-Thomas, TechInsights The Chevrolet Volt is GM’s atonement for the cancellation of its first modern electric vehicle, the EV1, and a potent attempt to create a bold new technical future. The Volt’s control systems are among the most elaborate ever [...]
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Volt Teardown: Battery pack parts list
Here are select components used in the design of the Chevrolet Volt 360V battery pack: LG Chem Battery Management ASSP, by STMicro in proprietary BCD Technology. The L9763 is a full ASIC with intellectual property shared by LG. Freescale microcontroller: [...]
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Volt teardown: Battery pack slide presentation
Here's a presentation compiled by Al Steier of Munro & Associates and John Scott-Thomas of TechInsights that walks you through what they found during their analysis of the Chevy Volt's battery pack:
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Build a DTMF POTS control link
Control your world from your cell phone By Jon Gabay In our last installment, “Build your own crack POTS,” we discussed how to make a Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) interface that we could use as an access point for [...]
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Games for Techies
By Naomi Price, Managing editor for content The seventh annual Avnet Tech Games (ATG) is right around the corner, and excitement among Arizona community college and university participants is running high. This college technology competition provides students with an opportunity [...]
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Build your own crack ‘POTS’
By Jon Gabay The most successful and widely deployed communications network the modern world has ever seen is the Plain Old Telephone System (POTS). For generations, these household phone lines have provided basic voice and, later, data services to hundreds [...]
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Build An Interfacing Linear Sensor
A fast and easy way to hook up and calibrate different types of analog sensors By Jon Gabay It’s an analog word. Real-world processes and events happen in the analog domain. Temperature for example isn’t just On or Off. [...]
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GM: We’re Not Pulling the Plug on Chevy Volt
03/07/12 By Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test for DesignNews The temporary halt in the production of the Chevy Volt isn't a sign that the Volt is dead or that electric cars are disappearing, but rather that General [...]
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