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IEEE802.3bt: May 2014 Interim Meeting Recap
The May 2104 interim meeting of the IEEE802.3bt task force was recently held in Norfolk, Virginia. Over the course of three days, the task force heard approximately 20 presentations including ad hoc...
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How to create modulated waveforms using fractional PLLs
We’ve likely all seen situations where we’ve needed to sweep the frequency over time. If you are faced with this, consider an application like radar where a transmitted signal is bounced off a target...
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One to Watch: DLP Applications Engineer Nicole Navinsky
In our ongoing series, ‘One to Watch,’ we profile the movers and shakers at TI who are making a difference through their extraordinary work.Some people just know they are going to be engineers. They...
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The "little" world of short lists, small cells & concise predictions
As our communications processors team gets ready to head to London again for the annual Small Cells World Summit, we’re excited about what we’re going to hear, who we’re going to meet with and whether...
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Those darned op amp cap loads
They say that if you are using your amplifier to drive a capacitive load (Figure 1, CLOAD), a good rule of thumb is to isolate the amplifier from the capacitor with a 50 or 100 Ohm resistor (RISO)....
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PowerLab Notes: How and Why to Sense Current – Part II
It is almost always necessary to measure some sort of current. In my last post, I covered two main reasons why you should measure current and a few ways to do so using loss current sense techniques....
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Engineering a smarter energy grid
Establishing a smart grid is critical for the future of our energy supplies. Grid inefficiencies, aging infrastructure, and damaged systems across the globe are causing us to lose energy.TI created a...
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Extending battery life of “smart” wearable devices with DSP architecture
The ultra-low-power C5517 DSP is now available and ready to make a big splash in the power-hungry audio and vision applications. The C5517 is ideal for analytic applications – such as wearable...
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Lessons from younger brothers – an automotive infotainment analogy
It’s great to be a little brother. I’m speaking a bit out of turn on this, as I am an older brother that carries a bias, but I definitely think younger siblings have it made.A few of my observations...
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On the Fringe: Creating autonomous vehicles in our homes, offices, factories...
In our ongoing ‘On the Fringe’ series, some of TI’s brightest minds discuss today’s biggest technological trends and solving the challenges of tomorrow.When I tell people that I am the director of...
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The power of information #onthegrid
With extensive smart meter deployments across the globe, the energy segment is going through an active transformation. Enablement of a smarter grid infrastructure facilitates a bi-directional flow of...
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Maximize shelf life with a one-time, push-button switch
Many modern portable devices must be shipped with a battery installed so that a customer can power it up initially without any battery installation or charging. Any excessive current “leakage” from the...
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Configurable AFEs change the future of power line communications
When I was a kid, someone from the power company regularly came to our house to read our electric meter so that we could be billed for our home's power consumption. Not only was this time consuming,...
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Part 2 - Electrical overstress in a nut shell
In the last electrical overstress blog we introduced the absolute maximum specification table and described how a series resistor can be used to protect the inputs from electrical overstress....
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New article explains how MCUs ease solar micro inverter design
Welcome to another blog post in celebration of #OnTheGrid week! This blog post takes a look at the design of solar micro inverters—an emerging segment of the solar power industry and an increasingly...
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Customer reduces motor control software development from one year to one month
We always appreciate the opportunity to share a customer’s success story. It’s one thing for us to tell you what our technology can do, but what really matters is the functionality and time savings...
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The Analog Shield at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2014
Recently, I was privileged to showcase a project I have been intimately involved with for some time, the Analog Shield, at the TI booth at the Bay Area Maker Faire. For those not familiar, Maker Faire...
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Develop a more efficient energy grid power supply
The intent of the smart grid is to allow communication through the power supply to increase the efficiency of the energy grid. This is achieved by ensuring that any equipment connected to the power...
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Stopping utility fraud and abuse with wirelessly connected smart meter...
Water is one of the most precious resources we have. The world’s population, homes, industry and draught conditions in many regions, are putting more pressure on water restrictions. Cities and...
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Maybe that LDO isn’t the best choice… or maybe it is!
If your next product had an efficiency of 30%, would you advertise it as a feature? Or might you contemplate burying this fact deep down in the user’s manual or other documentation? For many simple...
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