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Bridging 12 V and 48 V in dual-battery automotive systems
The 12 V lead-acid battery system has met its match. With increasingly strict emission regulations, growing power load requirements of advanced automotive electronics and the conversion from mechanical...
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Going beyond traditional SpO2 measurement with multiwavelength optical...
Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a popular optical technology for heart rate monitors (HRMs) and peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) measurements. It is simple and convenient because it...
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3 ways 5G wireless will start unlocking a new technological era next year
A natural disaster can strike anywhere. After it passes comes the mad scramble by authorities and volunteers to find survivors. It's terribly inefficient manual labor made harder by communications...
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Your solution for measuring blood glucose levels just got smaller and more...
According to World Health Organization statistics, the global prevalence of diabetes mellitus is approximately 155 million and is expected to increase to 300 million by the year 2025. Since there are...
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How topology selection can help improve reliability in industrial AC/DC power...
Increasing power-supply reliability is all about reducing thermal, voltage and current stress on power components, which are mostly a function of the input voltage and power required. Still, you have...
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Are we there yet? Expectations vs. reality in autonomous driving
Autonomous vehicles are one of the most talked-about technologies in automotive, so naturally, there is a lot of speculation about how advanced driver assistance systems and the levels of autonomy will...
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Design a pre-tracking regulator, part 1: for a positive-output LDO
By Arief Hernadi and Frank DeStasi The efficiency of a low-dropout regulator (LDO) depends on its input voltage and output voltage, since the input current drawn from the power supply will be equal to...
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Expanding the ultrasonic sensing solution (USS) library to support our new...
With customers not only wanting but expecting the best performance and newest features in a product, it is now more important than ever to have a reliable yet innovative software library at that...
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Pull the tab: How to implement ship mode in your lithium-ion battery design
Remember when you were a kid, and many of your battery-operated toys had a little plastic pull tab on the battery (Figure 1) that you pulled off to make the product come to life? This closes the...
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Four-switch buck-boost layout tip No. 4: routing gate-drive and return paths
Printed circuit board (PCB) layout design plays a critical role in achieving high performance for a four-switch buck-boost regulator. In earlier installments of this series, we discussed strategies for...
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Low power, big impact: Low-power Ethernet PHYs for building automation
By James CattThe use of Ethernet (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers [IEEE] 802.3) in building automation is growing, enabling smart buildings that use enhanced sensor and control...
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Top 3 design challenges that the new generation of SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® devices...
Have you ever tried to connect your smart Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to a busy Wi-Fi® network, just to have them rendered useless because the network and bandwidth are ridiculously slow? Many...
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Top 3 design challenges that the new generation of SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® devices...
Have you ever tried to connect your smart Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to a busy Wi-Fi® network, just to have them rendered useless because the network and bandwidth are ridiculously slow? Testing...
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The hidden cost of optocouplers for isolated RS-485 designs
Optocouplers, also known as optoisolators or photocouplers, have been used to achieve galvanic isolation in electronic circuits for more than 40 years. Optocouplers use an LED and phototransistor to...
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Implementing Wi-Fi® connectivity for grid protection and control
(Note: Amit Kumbasi co-authored this blog) With recent advancements in technology and the move toward a digital grid, wireless connectivity is gaining more traction as an extension to wired...
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Enhancing and evolving vehicle perception with deep learning
The dreams of autonomous cars are becoming a reality. The automotive industry’s quest for full autonomy is steadily progressing primarily through the implementation of multiple advanced driver...
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This day in TI space: from 1958 to today
When we say that our space products are out of this world, we mean it. Our heritage in space exploration is rich, dating as far back as 1958 with the launch of the U.S.’s first satellite, Explorer I,...
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Are you ready for BAW?
The 5G revolution is around the corner. Whether it means faster, richer content in the form of seamless augmented and virtual reality experiences or technology that enables truly autonomous vehicles,...
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Top 5 things to know about TI BAW resonator technology
INTRO HERE FROM WP THEN LIST TOP 5 GENERIC FAQs FINALLY LINK CLOSE WITH SIMPLELINK SPECIFIC PARAGRAPH AND RESOURCES(read more)
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Enhancing and evolving vehicle perception with deep learning
The dreams of autonomous cars are becoming a reality. The automotive industry’s quest for full autonomy is steadily progressing primarily through the implementation of multiple advanced driver...
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