Celebrate with us—get a discount on an EDN Hot 100 MCU tool
Have you heard that our C2000™ Piccolo F2807x MCU was named one of EDN’s “Hot 100” MCUs of 2014? To celebrate this great achievement, we’re offering a chance to win a 20-percent discount on the...
View ArticleLaunchPad unleashes UNT student creativity
Close your eyes and imagine the future with us for a minute. What if Christmas lights could light up just from someone speaking? What if there was a sprinkler system that could sense the pH-level and...
View ArticleTI on board the Visio.M e-vehicle - a project from the Technical University...
Researchers from Technical University Munich (TUM) in Munich, Germany recently presented Visio.M, an electronic vehicle they developed with industry experts. The goal: to build an affordable, stylish...
View ArticleA team of minds is limitless
When you think about diversity, what does it mean to you?For me, diversity hits all aspects of my life. I’m a woman. I’m African-American. I’m over 40. Shall I go on? But I’m more than what you see on...
View ArticleUsing SAR ADC TINA Models: Much ado about settling
Arguably the most important parameter that will determine the accuracy of your SAR ADC is settling error associated with the input and reference signals. “Well, what about the noise and linearity...
View ArticleIs your IGBT gate-driver power supply optimized? – Part 1
Many of us are familiar with low-power DC motors because we see them everywhere in our daily lives. What we may not see are all the larger AC industrial motors working behind the scenes to automate the...
View ArticleDigital power chat recap: Real-world digital power applications and benefits
Continuously searching for a way to improve your power supply in applications? The Planet Analog Digital Power chat session on Nov. 19 explored power management and control questions to help with...
View ArticleMCU + Analog : A one-chip solution for portable medical needs
When it comes to portable medical or healthtech applications, the most valuable and beneficial feature when picking a microcontroller is undoubtable low power. Making this your top design priority will...
View ArticleGame-changing innovation captures top TI prize; TI fellows honored
The world's first inductance-to-digital converter (LDC) is disruptive, differentiated and defies convention.And it was developed by TI.On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the company recognized the game-changing...
View ArticleTI enables the unexpected at 2015 International CES
In less than three weeks, we’re headed to Las Vegas for an action-packed 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). From next-generation advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to...
View ArticleAngelGuard – with TI inside – calls 911 in a car crash
Four years ago, Joe Mader’s routine commute to the office was suddenly interrupted. Traffic slowed to just a few miles per hour. Flashing lights could be seen up ahead. As Joe approached the scene of...
View ArticleThe shocking impact of poor RF selectivity and blocking
At TI, we have more than 15 years of experience with low-power RF solutions. Over time, working hands-on with customers, we have learned what it takes to design RF IC’s that work well in industrial...
View ArticleSolving the three most common DDR Challenges
We are happy to have Joe Skazinski, CTO at Kozio, as a guest blogger today. Joe has been in the industry for over 20 years, innovating with embedded software for hardware verification and data storage...
View ArticleNew TI Designs showcase IR transceiver functionality and MSP430 FRAM...
Infrared (IR) transceivers can be seen in a number of wireless remote control applications including LED lighting, television, and air conditioning controllers.IR wireless communication is low power,...
View ArticleDamping input bead resonance to prevent oscillations
A traditional approach to damping input filter resonances has been to add another capacitor of at least three times the capacitance of the original input capacitor with a resistor in series for...
View ArticleEnhancing the Driving Experience at CES 2015
TI’s automotive team is gearing up for yet another CES! The Automotive Innovation Room, located within the TI Village in rooms N115-N119, will be showcasing the following innovative demos:TI DLP®...
View ArticleGet Connected: Data aggregation using a general purpose SerDes
Welcome back to the Get Connected blog series here on Analog Wire! In my previous Get Connected blog, we reviewed the benefits of implementing equalization in high-speed serial links that are prone to...
View ArticleIns and Outs of Power Sequencing for FPGAs
A field programmable gate array (FPGA) requires anywhere from 3 to10 power rails, or more. It is important to implement power-supply sequencing upon startup to avoid drawing excessive current which...
View ArticleHow to choose and use MCUs with integrated LCD controllers
Segment liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are used across many applications from electronic shelf labels to medical equipment. TI's MSP430FR4133 MCUs with the industry's lowest power and unmatched pin...
View ArticleMIT undergrads share groundbreaking research
In MIT’s SuperUROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) EECS students participate in a year-long research project. An inaugural supporter of SuperUROP, the TI University Program provides...
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