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One to Watch: Product marketer uses R&D experience, martial arts strategy to...
In our ongoing series, “One to Watch,” we profile TIers who are making a difference through innovation or citizenship.Ram Machness approaches the art and science of product marketing with the...
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How to achieve higher system efficiency- part two: high-speed gate drivers
It’s the new year and designers are still pursuing higher efficiency in their designs. In part one of this series, I discussed how high-current gate drivers can help systems achieve higher efficiency....
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Sequencing and managing multiple power rails in a system: common questions...
The input voltages (rails) powering today’s complex field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), central processing units...
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Improve printed circuit board (PCB) quality with 3D inspection
In my two decades with DLP Products , I’ve seen a wide variety of applications benefit from the use of DLP technology. The migration from 2D Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) to 3D AOI for printed...
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Exploring watchdog timer applications
In my last post, “What is a watchdog timer, and why is it important?” I discussed how watchdog timers (WDTs) work and how you can implement them in your system. In this post, I’ll talk about why you...
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Designing a discrete wide-bandwidth, cost-sensitive instrumentation amplifier
In this post, I’ll show how to design a cost-optimized, discrete, wide-bandwidth instrumentation amplifier using the TLV3544. Instrumentation amplifiers are used for their high input impedance and...
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The flexibility of advanced controllers and NexFET™ Power Blocks in...
Many of today’s space-constrained designs use point-of-load (POL) converters with integrated power MOSFETs (iFETs) to solve engineering challenges. iFET converters offer integration that results in...
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How to overcome minimum on-time challenges in switching power supplies
In switching power supplies such as a buck converter, the duty cycle controls the output voltage with respect to the input voltage. While a higher switching frequency is great for reducing the solution...
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Study break: #UniversiTI riddles
Welcome to second semester; cue the leaning tower of textbooks, bottomless coffee cup and permanent residence in the lab. It sounds like you could use a serious study or grading break already… You’re...
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Our isolators are certified. Are yours?
Imagine a world where electrical equipment and gadgets are blowing up left and right because there are no high-voltage safety standards to follow, and no third-party certification agencies that oversee...
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Drought in Africa inspires students to invent smart irrigation system using...
The worst drought to hit southern Africa in 35 years is only expected to worsen this year. Students in southern Africa are struggling to focus in class and, in some cases, unable to participate in...
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How to get more processing without sacrificing power consumption
Every day more electronic devices are being connected to centralized networks for the purpose of data collection and analysis. These products range from industrial sensors used to monitor a factory...
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Upgrading USB chargers from Type-A to Type-C
USB chargers are becoming more and more prevalent, and seem on their way to becoming universal. They’ve gone from just being on your computer to being in wall outlets, wall warts, car panels, airplane...
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Deciphering module datasheets – size
I’m sure at some point or another, we’ve all agreed to terms and conditions that we haven’t really read. Why bother spending so much time reading fine print? Like any important document, data sheets...
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Steps toward getting a job offer
You just finished a big interview with the company of your dreams. You and the prospective employer had a great discussion on how your skills and abilities match their business needs. You also proved...
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RF sampling: Learning more about Latency
In this post, I’m going to discuss latency in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Latency is the time it takes for a signal to travel from point A to point B. In an ADC, latency is how long it takes...
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Deciphering module data sheets – efficiency
In my blog, Deciphering module data sheets – size, I discussed how it’s critical to go beyond just the front page of the data sheet to get the full story about a power module’s integration and solution...
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Celebrating #MSP430love
One of the things that makes MSP430™ microcontrollers (MCUs) great is the worldwide community and how much love they show for the platform with their designs, external forum and TI E2E™ community posts...
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Digital signal processing in RF sampling DACs
In this blog post, I will discuss the important digital signal processing (DSP) blocks that create all of the magic in direct RF sampling DACs. These blocks include interpolation filters, mixers,...
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MSP430™ MCU, I heart you: How a community of innovators has formed around...
It’s not every day that a development board gets a marriage proposal. But when it comes to the MSP430™ MCU LaunchPad™ development kit, it’s just another day in the life of this little red rectangle of...
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