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Is inductor ripple current as a percentage still relevant in low-power...
Power-supply designers have used various forms of Equation 1 for decades in order to select the correct inductance for their step-down (buck) converters. While Equation 1 is still correct, why should...
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Revamping curriculum, India universities revolutionize engineering education
With various government initiatives like Digital India and Make in India, the technology sector has seen tremendous growth. This presents a huge opportunity for universities to set their students apart...
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Power Tips: How connection wires affect Bode plot measurements
Bode plot measurements are essential for system stability and transient response optimization. This post describes how the connection wires affect bode plot measurements and the methods to improve...
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Roving the bottom of the globe
It is the most isolated, desolate place in the world. More than 54 million square miles of solid ice and rocks, with some of the coldest temperatures and harshest weather on Earth. And our technology...
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How LDOs meet power requirements for automobile camera modules
Rearview cameras are becoming a fundamental safety feature for vehicles; in fact, the National Highway Safety Transportation Agency (NHTSA) announced that all cars built after May 2018 must have...
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The head unit: understanding car audio amplifier system demands – part 1
Cars of all sizes and price ranges are delivering a growing array of entertainment and information to enhance the driving and riding experience. Today’s factory-installed head units typically combine...
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What you need to know about operating an op amp when your voltage is too low
In my last blog, I described how a customer had been operating their op amp circuit with a power supply voltage level that was too high for the amplifier and the consequences of doing this. Recently,...
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CES 2016: TIers share DLP® technology highlights from the show floor
Last week’s CES 2016 was a massive event for the consumer electronics industry. More than 3,800 exhibitors unveiled their latest technologies across more than 2.47 million square feet of exhibit space...
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Fueling passion: India analog education drive
The Analog Education Drive 2015 initiated by the TI university program in India has created an opportunity for engineering students at the industry threshold, who are fueled by passion for technology...
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Generating bias current networks with arbitrary magnitudes - Part one
As discussed in the previous post in this series, generating DC currents of arbitrary magnitude is a simple and straightforward process using opamp feedback and a voltage reference. However, suppose it...
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Simple battery monitoring in ultra-low-power applications
A common requirement in battery-powered applications like metering, handheld or wearable products is to know the charge level of the battery. With this information, the system MCU can estimate the...
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Experiential learning with TI India
Today, the industry is growing at a rapid pace and with it, the technology used is changing as well. To be on par with the growing industry trends, engineering students need to learn and grow by...
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16 = 64 with MSP430™ MCU with CapTIvate™ technology
It’s not bad math, we promise it adds up! Combine the power of MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) with CapTIvate technology and the 64-button capacitive touch panel TI Designs reference design, and the...
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How to create power solutions: solar power
During a recent visit back home, my father approached me with a design challenge. He wanted me to harness energy from a solar cell, but he needed a simple solution he could also understand. After...
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Are we ready for Industry 4.0?
Working in the field of industrial automation, I see Industry 4.0 come up multiple times a day in various formats: media coverage, customer meetings and other conversations with everyone from engineers...
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4 technology trends to watch in 2016
It feels like everything around us is getting smarter and more connected with new features and more electronic content. Innovation in semiconductor technology has been driving the fast evolution of new...
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Reduce power consumption in your capacitive-sensing applications
Capacitive sensing is an effective technique for applications ranging from proximity detection and gesture recognition to liquid level sensing. Depending on the application, there will be different...
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A super-small, high-efficiency PMOLED reference design for wearables
Now you’ve seen it for yourself: a complete reference design for a wearable subsystem. Figure 1 shows a passive matrix organic light-emitting diode (PMOLED) display powered directly from the TPS61046...
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How TI technology & MIT are helping us get to Mars
If we want to one day travel to Mars, our best hope is through humans and machines working together in new and unique ways to accomplish what might have seemed unimaginable before in space...
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One to Watch: From chicken farming to high tech innovation
In our ongoing series, ‘One to Watch,’ we profile the movers and shakers at TI who are making a difference through their extraordinary work.When TIer Charles Parkhurst headed off to the University of...
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