Melexis, the Belgian automotive IC specialist, has a LIN-to-LIN gateway that overcomes the limitation of  16 devices on a typical LIN bus. Each MLX81120 connects as a LIN slave on the main LIN bus and is controlled directly from the vehicle’s Body Control Module (BCM). The new device allows for up to 16 LIN RGB ...

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