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Step 6 to build a smart thermostat using an MCU: energy optimization
Co-authored by Bhargavi Nisarga, Systems Engineer at TIIn the first five installments of this series, we’ve helped you build a fully featured and network-connected smart thermostat. In this...
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Technology takes root on a traditional farm near Barcelona
Xavier Pedrosa, a hard-working farmer whose family has lived near Barcelona since the Middle Ages, never had much need for technology. In an age when many farmers have gone high tech, he still favors...
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Making a solar inverter more reliable than the sun
Like most people on a wicked hot sunny day, all I can think about is how to beat the heat, which more often than not involves hiding in an air-conditioned room in my home. Later – on almost always a...
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Do-it-yourself: Three ways to stabilize op amp capacitive loads
Capacitive loads can cause stability problems in operational amplifier (op amp) circuits, resulting in large overshoots, ringing, long settling times – and in severe cases, sustained oscillations....
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Understanding current sensing in HEV/EV batteries
When I was six years old, I got a remote-control car as a present from my dad. With just a click of a button, I was able to control the car and it was running all around my home. One day, my brother...
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Plug, play and display with the most affordable TI DLP® Pico™ display EVM
Texas Instruments has taken large steps to enable its groundbreaking DLP® projection display technology. Over five years ago, we released DLP Light Commander, which was our first effort to address...
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Color the world with what’s next in RGBW LED light source technology – part 1
Red, green, blue and white (RGBW) light emitting diode (LED)-based color-tunable luminaires are very common in applications such as stage lighting, entertainment lighting and architectural lighting;...
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How to implement FM modulation
For most people, listening to frequency modulation (FM) radio is a part of their life. But what is FM exactly? It’s simply a popular modulation scheme used to embed information on a high-frequency...
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How to use a boost bypass as the pre-regulator in a smartphone
A typical power source for a portable device like a smartphone is a single lithium-ion battery. With the development of silicon anode material and maximizing the battery energy as much as possible, the...
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Help! My power supply unit is unstable – part 2
In the first installment of this series, I stated that there are many reasons for switched-mode power supply (SMPS) instability, only one of which is that the control loop has insufficient gain or...
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How to deliver clean USB Type-C™ signals
The rapid growth of USB Type-C enables a unified interface to deliver data, video, audio and power through a single connector. USB Type-C™ not only supports the latest USB data rate of 10Gbps, it also...
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Quantifying harmonic distortion - Effect of sinc3 filter roll off (part 3)
In the second installment of this series , I briefly talked about the attenuation of frequencies due to the sinc 3 digital filter. In this installment, I’ll quantify the theoretical degradation due to...
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One to Watch: For Darnell Moore, community involvement means full STEAM ahead
In our ongoing series, ‘One to Watch,’ we profile TIers who are making a difference through innovation or citizenship.For Darnell Moore – a technology leader, mentor, and champion of diversity and...
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Power topology choices for power-hungry devices
It is hard to choose a power topology for a wireless design when there are so many power-management integrated circuits (IC) out there. It may be hard to tell where to start, so I always start at the...
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Another chance to catch the 2016/2017 Power Supply Design Seminar
For nearly four decades, the Texas Instruments Power Supply Design Seminar has brought in-person training from power-supply experts directly to customers.For each seminar, we carefully choose topics...
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Teaching IoT with the TI LaunchPad™ development kit
It’s no secret that when students get into the industry, they will need to have a basic understanding of IoT and how it works within embedded systems. Below we’ve compiled resources and materials to...
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Transimpedance amplifier designs for high-performance, cost-sensitive smoke...
This post is co-authored by Collin Wells.Photodiode-based light sensing is a common technique where operational amplifiers (op amps) are used to condition a photodiode sensor for a wide range of...
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Integrated intelligence part 1: EMI management
Intelligent integrated motor drivers and brushless DC (BLDC) motors can both help electric vehicles and next-generation automobiles become more attractive, viable, and reliable.Integrated motor drivers...
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Decoding power module derating curves
As electronics get smaller and smaller, power-supply designers must consider thermal limits when designing their power supplies. A smaller power supply is not useful if it cannot operate at a heavy...
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Create a power supply for a MRI application
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a large magnet and radio waves to look at organs and structures inside your body. There are a number of challenging design requirements when designing a power...
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