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When microseconds count: Fast Current Loop innovation helps motors work...
Intelligent machines shape the world around us.At the heart of powerful automated motion technology are countless electric motors and motor drives, sometimes referred to as industrial servo drives. And...
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25 functions for 25 cents: communication functions
Have you ever used a home entertainment system or a home security system? Have you ever toured an automated factory? You may have found yourself wondering how all of the devices in these systems work...
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Three ways DLP® technology can enable augmented reality experiences
You put on your augmented reality (AR) headset and look up at the ceiling in your living room. At first, nothing looks out of the ordinary. Then a small piece of drywall seems to fall to the floor,...
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Introduction to EV charging displays
As more people own electric cars and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), the electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) infrastructure will need to support all of the extra battery-powered...
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Real-time control meets real-time industrial communications development –...
In my previous blog post, “ EtherCAT and C2000™ MCUs – real-time communications meets real-time control ,” I discussed a design in the TI Designs reference design library to help ease hardware...
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The D-CAP+™ Modulator: Evaluating the small-signal robustness
In a previous Power House blog post, I introduced TI’s D-CAP+ multiphase regulator control topology and covered the basics of its architecture, steady-state operation and transient performance versus a...
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Cycle scavenging on C2000™ MCUs, part 4: ADC post-processing blocks
The idea of “cycle scavenging” is built into the DNA of C2000 microcontrollers (MCUs), which enables them to minimize latency at every stage of real-time control without compromising performance.In...
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Seven things that only an analog engineer would understand
I’m sure you’ve been asked at some point what you do for a living. For me, it is normally an odd conversation:Them: What do you do?Me: I work at Texas Instruments.Them: So you make the calculators!Me:...
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Modern, sleek and durable touch on metal HMIs
Many industrial and consumer electronic product designers use metal in their designs due to its modern look and durability. However, implementing human machine interfaces (HMIs) on metal surfaces is...
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“Peak current-mode control” in an LLC converter
In 1978, when Cecil Deisch worked on a push-pull converter, he faced a problem of how to balance the flux in the transformer and keep the core from walking away into saturation caused by slightly...
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Industrial radar sensors need 77GHz
Although specialized applications (primarily within the military) have used radar technology for sensing for nearly a century, simplification and size reductions through integration and higher...
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Essential linear charger features
As electronic devices become smarter with more built-in features, they become more attractive but also more power-hungry, making rechargeable batteries an obvious economical choice. Charger...
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Use Ultrasonic sensing for graceful robots
We’re not far from the day when robots perform many of the tasks done by humans today. We already have robotic vacuums cleaning our homes and robotic mowers cutting the grass in our yards. On factory...
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FPGA power made simple: design steps
Over the last three installments of this series, I have gone over some basic design considerations for creating a power supply for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Now that you have determined...
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“Trust, but verify” SPICE model accuracy, part 5: input offset voltage and...
Previous installments of this blog post series discussed the need to verify SPICE model accuracy and how to measure common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR), offset voltage versus common-mode voltage (Vos...
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Why a wide VIN DC/DC converter is a good fit for high-cell-count...
More and more drone applications require high-cell-count battery packs to support longer flying distances and flight times. For example, consider a 14-series lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack...
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SimpleLink™ MCU SDKs: What is an SDK plug-in?
One of the challenges in systems development is expanding beyond the capabilities of your selected microcontroller (MCU). This expansion could include connecting to sensors or actuators to interface...
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ESD fundamentals, part 1: What is ESD protection?
If you’ve seen a lightning bolt or been unpleasantly shocked by a doorknob, you’ve been exposed to the phenomenon known as electrostatic discharge (ESD). ESD is the sudden flow of electricity between...
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Voltage and current sensing in HEV/EV applications
This post was co-authored by Ryan Small.The rapid increase of semiconductor content in automotive systems has prompted a need to manage key voltages and currents in each subsystem. Supervising supply...
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How to use load switches and eFuses in your set-top box design
Sitting in front of a TV is easy. Changing the channel is easy. Recording four shows at once while watching one show on your TV and streaming another show to your tablet is excessive – but also easy!...
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