Micrel and Balda Battle Escalating Gas Costs With Tire Pressure Measurement System (TPMS) IC Solution
Micrel Inc., (Nasdaq: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth and Ethernet IC solutions, today announced that Balda Solutions Malaysia, has chosen Micrel’s MICRF112 and MICRF211 QwikRadio(R) IC solutions as its devices of choice for inclusion into new TPMS systems for aftermarket applications. The system consists of a minimum of four sensor transmitters (MICRF112 used) and a Receiver Display system (RF211 used). The application senses the tire pressure and temperature continuously and then alerts the driver when any of the tires’ pressure or temperature reaches beyond a specified set level, potentially saving the driver significant gas and associated tire “wear and tear” costs.
“We are pleased to have chosen Micrel’s RF solutions for use in our most advanced applications,” stated Mr. Y.M. Leong, Director of Business Development of Balda Solutions Malaysia. “Our goal is to provide our customers with cost effective, highly reliable solutions and Micrel’s fully integrated IC not only allowed us to eliminate extraneous parts and keep product costs down, but the simple drop-in design enabled us to decrease time to market. We are also very pleased with the technical support from Micrel — the performance of their RF devices is second to none.”
In this system, a RF link also provides the life-saving ability to monitor the pressure and temperature of the tires and alert the driver when tire pressure becomes abnormal (exceeding preset limit). Included in the RF solutions are Micrel’s QwikRadio(R) RF transmitter and receiver. Typically, a receiver would consist of an array of tuned parts, but costs were kept to a minimum with the use of Micrel’s fully-integrated, single-chip solution. A transmitter is mechanically activated to transmit a coded signal to the Micrel receiver. Micrel’s MICRF211 receives the RF signal and converts it to a digital signal. The decoder then interrupts the digital signal to see if an alarm situation has been reached.
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