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Don’t let your battery drain on the shelf – use ship mode
Don’t let your battery drain on the shelf – use ship modeYou’ve done it; your battery-powered design is complete: a new wearable for the consumer electronics market. You’re excited, and you want your...
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The top three ways to split a voltage rail to a bipolar supply
Audio applications, data-signal acquisition and analog sensors benefit from a bipolar bias power supply. A bipolar supply provides the best use of the analog-to-digital converter’s (ADC) dynamic range,...
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Which is better? Discrete or combined controllers for an AC/DC power supply?
If you have ever listened in on typical hallway conversations in a power-supply design company, it’s likely you have heard a spirited debate on whether the right way to design a >75W power supply...
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A scalable approach to cloud computing applications for low power sensors
The evolution of low-power wireless technologies has accelerated in the past few years due to the development of a number of applications for home and building automation, asset management and factory...
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Six easy steps to select the right digital isolator for solar-inverter...
With the solar inverter market growing at a fast rate based on data from International Energy Agency (IEA), it is imperative that designers be able to design their systems faster to meet the market’s...
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Business-savvy CIO focuses on company growth, stays true to self
The role of CIO in organizations is evolving from its early definition as a deep technologist who works behind the scenes to a leader with a depth of operations experience and an ability to build...
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Airthings Wave uses TI technology to detect radon gas and more
Radon gas is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC), Radon...
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IoT is making buildings greener and more intelligent. Value versus affordability
At a basic level a building -- whether it was a primitive shelter or a modern steel and glass structure -- is expected to provide a comfortable space for its occupants inside. The Internet of Things...
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TDA ADAS solutions enable a safer driver experience
Our TDAx family of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) processors enables automotive OEMs to provide a safer driving experience for drivers worldwide. See some of the different applications that...
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Driving the future of head-up display (HUD) with augmented reality (AR)
Navigating the future of head-up displays (HUD) for vehicles may sound like a lot of acronyms and buzzwords, but this display technology has huge potential for adoption in the coming years. IHS...
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How FeiBit uses TI ZigBee® technology to bring the IoT into the home
We continue to see a surge of home automation devices which are intended to make our homes “smarter” and more efficient. Today ZigBee® technology is the industry’s leading global wireless standard used...
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Four tech trends that improve the driver experience
According to a survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, adult drivers spend up to 58 minutes a day in their cars. So it’s no surprise that with all that time spent commuting to work or stuck in...
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The story of motor-drive integration
Just like every MOSFET needs a gate driver to switch it, there’s always a driving force behind each motor. Depending on the complexity level and the system’s cost, size and performance requirements,...
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DIY with TI: Maker lights up smart home innovations
At TI, we celebrate the makers and hobbyists who enjoy creating and innovating on their own time. In our ongoing DIY with TI series, we share their incredible Do-It-Yourself inventions using TI...
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Don’t let bad reference signals destroy the phase noise in your PLL/synthesizer
“You are what you eat” is a commonly heard saying that recommends the careful selection of food, given its ability to directly affect our health and well-being.Although not an exact comparison, the...
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How do you detect battery aging in rarely discharged applications?
Battery packs are used in the products that we depend on daily. Many of our portable devices such as our cell phones, our watches and our tablet computers are constantly at our sides and running on...
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What is a watchdog timer and why is it important?
Much like a small, yappy dog that lives in a celebrity’s purse, watchdog timers are often considered unnecessary or excessive. To equate the two, how ever, would do a great disservice to the watchdog....
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Integrated power devices simplify FPGA and SoC designs
Industrial electronics are trending toward smaller board sizes, sleeker form factors and more cost-effectiveness. Due to these trends, electronic system designers must reduce the size and cost of...
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How to design with isolated LVDS in your industrial system
Isolation, as you know, is used in a wide variety of applications: to protect human operators and low-voltage circuitry from high voltages, to improve robustness to noise, and to handle ground...
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Explore the non-speed-related benefits of CAN FD
Most discussions about Controller Area Network with Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD) invariably revolve around its most distinctive feature – increased speed. Naturally, this leads to the assumption that if...
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