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Easily charge your smartphone faster
During an especially busy day, wouldn’t you like to be able to sit down in a meeting and have your smartphone fully recharged from your power bank by the time the meeting is over? Recharging the...
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Introducing the new SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green open hardware computer
BeagleBoard.org has collaborated with Seeed Studio to produce a new variant of BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Black, designed for makers and developers. This new open hardware board is called the...
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Wired for success: STEM learning lights up student interest
Thirty students bounded off a bus and into the halls of our main campus in Dallas with excitement, and a bit of trepidation. They were invited to celebrate innovation while learning about engineering....
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A power MOSFET that boldly goes where no one has gone before
It continues to amaze me how “Star Trek” predicted future technology progressions. The handheld communicator from “Star Trek: The Original Series” seemed like a marvel when it appeared as a prop on the...
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Beyond the first Nyquist zone
IntroductionDesigners of data-acquisition systems– especially for precision measurements in process control or automation systems – have routinely designed their systems to operate in the first Nyquist...
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SPICE op amp macromodels: “Trust but verify”
President Ronald Reagan frequently said “trust but verify” when discussing U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. Some say it comes from a Russian proverb, “doveryai no proveryai.”Trust but verify is...
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A PMBus™ primer: common PMBus questions answered
If you have not already designed a power supply using the PMBus™ digital interface or have not yet been exposed to PMBus, you may wonder what it’s all about. Here are some common questions and answers...
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Power Tips: Why is your LLC resonant converter frequency way, way off
Have you ever wondered why the measured switching frequency (fsw) of your LLC series resonant converter (LLC-SRC) is far from your calculations in some designs?To understand the reason for the...
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Gate drive transformer vs. high/low side driver: Which way to go for power...
In a typical close-loop power-electronics system, the gate driver is the key interface between the control system (normally a low voltage like 12V) and the main power stage (normally a high voltage...
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Automation Twitter chat: TI experts will be online to answer your questions
Ask the experts at Texas Instruments all of your questions about home, building and factory automation. We will be talking about the current and future trends in automated systems! The world around us...
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Get to know your battery pack: Part 1
Figure 1: TI Battery pack selection guide based on function and series cell configurationWhen it comes to choosing a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack for your portable application, whether for a smart...
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From homes to factories, we talk all things automation in a Twitter chat
Ask the experts at Texas Instruments all of your questions about home, building and factory automation. We will be talking about the current and future trends in automated systems!The world around us...
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Design an EMC-compliant interface to motor position encoders – Part 4
Recently, my colleagues have discussed various digital interface options for motor position encoders, including the EnDat and BiSS interfaces. The High-Performance Interface Digital Servo Link...
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Out of Office: Suburbia goes a fowl - TIer raises chickens in his house
TIers do amazing things every day at work and when they are out of the office. In our ongoing series, ‘Out of Office,’ we showcase the unique and fascinating hobbies, talents and interests of TIers all...
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The secrets of energy harvesting: The sloth and the bear
Industry 4.0 is a term that describes the vision that cyberphysical systems will revolutionize factories. In a recent German-language article on the concept , I discussed how industrial revolutions...
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Simplifying the software development for digital power factor correction design
Power factor correction (PFC) systems are needed to take advantage of digital control techniques when working with power systems. The control loops of a power system are typically running at quick...
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TI collaborates with Microsoft to kickstart development of IoT applications
Microsoft Azure has established itself as one of the leading public cloud platforms in the industry. Continuing its innovation in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Today, Microsoft launched...
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The wheels on the (digital) bus go round and round
The first time I looked at digital bus switches, I couldn’t come up with a use for them. Fortunately, I now know multiple ways to use them, and I’m going to share one of those ways with you here by...
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Ditching the current transformer – Part 3: How to use shunt sensors in...
With the many advantages of using shunts as current sensors, they are often the current sensor of choice for metrology systems.But as we saw in the previous entry in this series, the lack of isolation...
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How to design wearables that are smaller and go longer between charges
Earlier this year, I wrote about wearables and how they can do so much and be so small. Well, wearable devices are about to get smaller, do more and last longer thanks to innovations in battery...
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