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Increase voltage tolerance and accuracy in FPGAs
Advanced processors and FPGAs are becoming more sophisticated and powerful. At the moment, there are new FPGAs using process nodes as small as 20 micrometers! As semiconductor process technology...
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Set the Mood with Red-Green-Blue LEDs
Written by John Rice and Mike MellittThe science of color and illumination is highly complex and the authority on this subject is the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) based in Vienna,...
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Free Webinar From TI and Nuvation: Green Power Grid - Connect, Control and...
As the “electricity grid” evolves into the “smart grid,” energy management needs are increasing in complexity. Innovations such as integrating renewable energy sources, smart meters, electric vehicles...
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Simplifying merging units - Measuring a large numbers of currents and...
The “smarts” in a smart grid come from the ability the grid has to measure, control and communicate. Once a measurement is done, communication between the power distribution company and the customer...
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DIY with TI: Engineer makes magic with time-lapse photography system
At TI, we celebrate the makers and hobbyists who enjoy creating and innovating on their own time. In our ongoing DIY with TI series, we share their incredible Do It Yourself inventions using TI...
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LaunchPad brings new era of control to FRC robots
This year’s FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Dallas regional kick off was a mixture of excitement and determination as students received their kit of parts – which...
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SAR ADC response times: Interface topology makes a difference (Part 3)
In Part 2 of this series, I explained a serial interface in which a conversion result for sample S is transferred to the host controller after the conversion is complete but before the start of the...
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Happy National Battery Day
Let’s get this party started! Celebrating National Battery Day on February 18. We all know Ohm’s famous law, V = IR. But before that, Alessandro Volta figured out that Q = CV. He was born on Feb. 18,...
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What are you sensing? Active shielding for capacitive sensing, part 1
Have you been experiencing problems with fluctuations in capacitance measurements within your sensor system? There are several explanations for these fluctuations, but the most common root cause is...
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Making safety systems safer with the right LDO
Making safety systems safer with the right LDOWhen it comes to safety, most everyone is willing to pay top dollar. This is especially true in the world of automobiles, where fast moving objects have...
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ADC power-supply rejection, calculating allowed supply ripple
In my previous blog, “Measuring PSRR in an ADC,” I looked at the methodology and techniques needed to measure the power-supply rejection ratio (PSRR). In this blog post, we’ll finish the...
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Industrial communication solutions with MSP430 MCUs
When it comes to factory automation, developers can either use wired or wireless communication interfaces to carry the data back from the digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to the amplifier to complete...
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TI Design: EtherCAT & EnDAT enabling Industrial Single chip drive
The AM437x platform enables deterministic Industrial Ethernet and high precision feedback interface through the quad core Programmable Real-time Unit (PRU) or Industrial Communications Sub-system...
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Save money when you buy MSP430 FRAM LaunchPad Bundles
Start your microcontroller projects today with more than 30 percent offMSP430 FRAM MCU LaunchPad bundles on the TI Store:MSP-BNDL-FR4133IR: MSP430FR4133 LaunchPad Development Kit with Infrared (IR)...
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When STEM first stole my heart…
On Monday, engineers all over the United States begin their celebration of National Engineers Week. The annual event, started by the National Society of Professional Engineers more than 60 years ago,...
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Exploring the MSP430 tool chain: Part 3 – Programming with the MSP430...
This is the third entry of a five-part series to help you learn more about our robust MSP430 MCU tool chain. Don’t miss Parts 1 and 2 on this blog from past weeks, because this week we focus on MSP430...
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Power Tips: Solar panel lighting requires a system-level approach
Going green isn't always quite as simple as it seems; for example, take a system designed to store solar energy in a battery to power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at night. As you can see from the...
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Start your BLDC journey with motor startup (Part III): Initial position...
In part I and part II of this blog series, we talked about ‘blind’ startup of a motor, which is an easy approach but has certain limitations. If the application can’t accept the blades going back and...
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Industrial DACs: How to protect 2-wire transmitters
In my previous post, I explained how to design 2-wire, or loop-powered, analog outputs for industrial automation. In this post, with the design and operation of the transmitter in mind, I will talk...
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How to do a BOM review for a low-power DC/DC converter design
When reviewing a design, a schematic review is very common and important. Simple errors and omissions can be caught just by having someone, besides the circuit designer,—check the design. (read more)
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