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How ultrasonic technology improves convenience and performance in home...
Homeowners are becoming more interested in automating the control of lights, fans, thermostats, TVs, music equipment, garage doors, doorbells and much more, leading to a growing trend of bringing...
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Temboo makes it easy to interface with hundreds of REST-ful web services with...
With internet-connected embedded devices, developers have the ability to tap into a massive offering of representational state transfer (REST)-ful application programming interfaces (APIs). REST-ful...
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The multi-switch detection interface: integrated features for smaller, more...
Automotive body control modules (BCMs) are electronic control units that manage numerous vehicle comfort, convenience and lighting functions, including door locks, windows, chimes, closure sensors,...
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Signal integrity in multiphase, smart power-stage applications
While a proper high-current power-stage layout is always important in DC/DC applications, paying attention to regulator signal routing during printed circuit board (PCB) layout is more important than...
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Educational robot puts STEM into motion
Hope Stanley, an eighth-grader at Travis Vanguard Academy in Dallas, says she’s not the most tech-savvy student at her school. But that may change after she learned to program using our new educational...
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Unique active mux capability combines buffer and switch into one solution
This post is co-authored by Anthony Vaughan.Designers often run into the problem of selecting one of two (or several) inputs to pass on to the next stage. While a plethora of multiplexer (mux)-type...
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An easy power-module reference design for RF data converter negative voltages
Do you have a need for a negative voltage rail to bias a radio frequency (RF) sampling data converter such as the DAC38RF80? Most applications don’t require the generation of a negative voltage, but...
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SimpleLink™ MCU SDKs: making time-to-market windows a breeze
Welcome to the latest installment in a series of blog posts that review the major components of SimpleLink™ microcontroller (MCU) software development kits (SDKs). These SDKs feature common components...
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Step 7 to build a smart thermostat using an MCU: how to pick the right MCU
You made it to the last post in this series. Congratulations! You should have almost everything you need to get your smart thermostat application up and running, and you’ve learned how to tailor it to...
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Vary the output voltage in an inverting buck-boost topology
In this blog post, I’d like to discuss a methodology for providing a variable output voltage in an inverting buck-boost topology. In this topology, the choice of resistors on the feedback voltage...
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Forget the tiny homes craze – Have you heard about tiny inductors for...
You can’t turn on the TV or open a website lately without seeing or reading about the tiny home craze. Smaller is supposedly better, right? Similarly, mobile phone manufacturers tout how small, slim or...
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How to approach a power-supply design – part 4
In the previous installments of this series, I focused on specification, transfer ratios and basic power ratings, and buck, boost and buck-boost topologies. In this installment, I’ll introduce the...
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Visualizing the performance of the low-energy accelerator
Today’s electronics engineers are constantly challenged with the need for high performance while maintaining low power. The balance between these two seemingly conflicting ideas is at the heart of...
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Finding the maximum adapter power for the fastest battery charging
Figure 1: Smartphone chargingWhen you plug in your smartphone to charge, you want it to charge as fast and safely as possible. The integrated circuit (IC) that a smartphone (or other mobile device)...
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Cycle scavenging on C2000™ MCUs, part 1: introduction
Many engineers in the field of power electronics are developing closed-loop control systems for applications needing real-time motor control and power conversion technology. A closed-loop control...
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Smart robots: Machine learning drives collaboration, continual improvement
This edition of Chief Technologist Ahmad Bahai’s quarterly Tech Trends column features a conversation about the future of robotics and machine learning in the factory of the future.Robots have operated...
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Powering up the performance of sensitive test and measurement systems
When creating high-performance test and measurement equipment, the last thing on your mind is what is powering the board. It may be hard to believe, but the power supply can have a drastic impact on...
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Smart Wi-Fi® locks will soon open many doors
Intelligence can take you a long way in the world. But in many cases, it’s one of your networking connections that will get you where you want to go. Such is the case with smart electronic locks...
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Power management: the big picture
Figure 1: Remote lake in central CanadaEvery few years, my friends and I canoe in the Canadian wilderness for a week, eating only what we can catch (fish) or carry in with us. We cook over a fire and...
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How energy harvesting can extend the life of your fault indicator on the grid
Fault indicators are extensively used in grid infrastructure for monitoring overhead and underground transmission lines. These indicators monitor the current flowing in each phase and send commands to...
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