| Editor's Desk by Stephen Vicinanza
As the automotive sector moves rapidly towards a new era of fabrication and technology, the partnerships between companies building microelectronics and car technology manufacturers are of course growing. The landscape in the use of microcontrollers is growing at a meteoric rate, jumping tens of billions every year.
In the car itself, and now in the trucking industry, the use of the microcontroller is becoming a necessary use case in motor drives, traction control, and infotainment. Navigation systems and safety systems, are becoming commonplace, as are cars that can communicate on several levels. | 