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Why does Iq matter for USB Type-C?
USB Type-C is a hot topic following the release of new laptop computers, smartphones and tablets that have one Type-C port for both charging and connecting peripherals.This change is driving an...
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Protect your BLDC motor drive with cycle-by-cycle current limit control – part 1
Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are popular because of their high efficiency, high torque-to-weight ratio, low maintenance and long life. A three-phase brushless DC motor consists of a three-phase wound...
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Why do you need a 5.5Vin buck-boost in a car?
An automotive-qualified buck-boost converter that’s only rated to 5.5VIN? With a 12-V car battery, you can’t connect the buck-boost to the battery. So who needs such a buck-boost converter? It turns...
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Reversing the voice quality gap
A guest post from Scott Kurtz, president, DSP SoundwareHuman evolution is a constant when compared to the ever increasing rate of evolution of technology. Our input methods (sight, hearing, smell,...
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Amp up your cans: Is your op amp stable? (Part 2)
This post is co-authored by John Caldwell.In the first post in our “Amp up your cans” blog series, my colleague John Caldwell and I used a nominal value of headphone impedance to calculate the output...
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Power Tips: Determining capacitance in a high-voltage energy storage system
High-voltage capacitive energy storage often provides power to repetitive high-power pulse loads such as a camera flash or radio transmitter. Storage capacitors supply a brief, high-power burst of...
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Roundtable audio loudness and quality evaluations for smart amplifier solutions
Making transducers sound as natural as possible is quite a challenge for audio tuners. While subjective evaluations help designers fine-tune sound, they face several challenges, such as visual cues...
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VIDEO: Inside the inspiring office of our SVP of sales
On every wall and shelf of Bing Xie’s office, motivation exists in abundance. Whether it’s a poster of Jack Kilby, the inventor of the integrated circuit (IC), or calligraphy hand written by his...
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Generating bias current networks with arbitrary magnitudes - Part two
In the previous post in this series, an equation was derived to describe the ratio of the Nth RSET resistor in Figure 1 below. Figure 1: Current Sink NetworkThat equation, again, is as follows:So, what...
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MSP432™ microcontrollers are on fire
Things are heating up with MSP432 microcontrollers, so much so that it was included in EDN’s Hot 100 2015 list. The list highlights the electronic industry’s most significant products of the year based...
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Get connected with WEPTECH's 6LoWPAN IoT gateway solution
Guest blog post by Sarah Nett, Weptech, www.weptech.de/contact.html What is the problem you are solving and how?WEPTECHs 6LoWPAN Internet of Things (IoT) gateway provides an affordable,...
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A flexible, easy-to-design MicroSiP power module for portable test and...
Test and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes and waveform generators has its own set of design challenges, from increasing measurement accuracy to providing a low-cost solution to the...
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TI Accelerated the Driving Experience at CES 2016
It’s hard to believe that yet another CES has come and gone, and 2016 was the best year yet. With 32 automotive demos, featuring TI technologies ranging from ADAS and Infotainment to Audio, Haptics and...
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Learn the inner workings of a CAN bus driver and how to debug your system
Welcome to the third post in this series about the controller area network (CAN). In my last post, I focused on what CAN bus signals look like in terms of voltage levels on the bus pins. In this post,...
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How batteries may make travel on Mars easier
I recently went to see the movie “The Martian.” Being the engineer that I am and working for such a large engineering company, the story of Mark Watney's perilous journey above the deserted planet,...
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Easy supercap backup power for smart grid
Figure 1: Backup power lasts for 6.5 secondsEveryone wants reliable smart meters. Utility customers want them so that the utility knows exactly when there is a power outage without the customer having...
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Pump it up with charge pumps – Part 1
Life was simple when I first became interested in electronics. Components were so big I could solder them without a microscope. Switching converters switched at a whopping 25 kHz, digital circuits all...
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How to quickly prototype your pico display application by selecting the right...
Texas Instruments DLP ® Pico™ technology can enable a broad number of applications, ranging from head-mounted displays (HMD) to mobile smart TVs. As many hardware developers with limited knowledge in...
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Enter your project to the Europe TIIC 2016 to win $5,000!
The TIIC European Design Contest 2016 – your chance to win $5000 and entrepreneurship training opportunities! The TI Innovation Challenge (TIIC) 2015 Award Ceremony that took place on November 3, 2015...
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DIY your game watching party
Looking to throw an awesome party for the big game? DIY parties aren’t just for baby showers and wedding receptions. Here are three DIY hacks to take next Sunday to the tech level:Cheer 'em on– Bring...
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