Nowadays, it’s so easy to go anywhere in the world with just a small device in hand. Travelling time has just reduced to half as it used to take 10 years ago from now. 10 years ago, a road trip meant a bunch of fold out maps stuffed into our pockets or the dashboards of our cars. But thanks to the device called as GPS “Global Positioning System”, we no longer have to carry those maps equivalent to size of newspaper.
GPS is a space based navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the earth where there is an obstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
With the advancement of technology, GPS is integrated in automobiles which are becoming a necessity with time.
Saison is playing a big role in moving with the technology advancement of automotive navigation system as per customer’s need.
With having many products for GPS in its basket like GPS/GNSS Receiver Module, GPS/GNSS Antenna Module. Equipped with Mediatek high performance GPS chipset having very high sensitivity, extremely fast TTFF (Time to first fix) at low signal level. Built in SuperCap to reserve system data for rapid satellite acquisition, built in patch antenna and many other features.
Another crucial component in efficient working of a GPS is a Vibration Switch. A vibration switch is being used in a GPS, the switch’s purpose is to turn the GPS ON & OFF in order to conserve power, which in turn is very important for the battery life. When the ignition is ON, the vibration switch makes a complete circuit which turns on the GPS and vice versa.
As mentioned earlier about the technological advancement, TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) is also becoming more popular day by day, in which a small component plays a very crucial role, and that is the acceleration switch as it is designed to monitor the air pressure inside the pneumatic tires on various types of vehicles. The monitoring system then reports real time tire pressure information to the driver of the vehicle, either via a gauge or a simple low pressure warning light.
Next very important and very widely used product in automobiles is a reed switch. A reed switch consists of 2 or 3 ferromagnetic & specially shaped contact blades (reeds). They are positions in a hermetically positioned glass tube in a protective atmosphere. It has plenty of application in automobiles such as shock sensors for triggering airbags, seat belt lock sensing, Tachometers, speedometers, cruise control, Defective lamp detection, low level sensing in fuel, brake fluid and many more. They have man benefits such as they are water proof, acid resistant, have 100% galvanic isolation, have extreme temp operate range etc.
Other components for automotive in Saison’s basket are Super Capacitor, FAKRA/SMD connectors, power window switch, seat warmer switch, thermistors, smart sensors, cable assembly, PCB, crystals, resistors, LED/LCD Display Proximity Switch, float switch, alarm & security switch, pressure switch, tilt/tip-over switch etc.
The automotive industry in India is one of the largest automotive markets in the world with also being Asia’s 3rd largest exporter of passenger cars behind only Japan and Korea. According to society of Indian Automobile manufacturers, annual vehicle sales are projected to increase to 4 million by 2015.
