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CiTIzenship: Living life to the fullest
TIers put our company’s commitment to citizenship into action every day in their jobs and in their communities. In our ongoing series “CiTIzenship," we feature TIers around the world making a...
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How to optimize differential amplifier noise
Signal gain and noise gain are both important to amplifier circuit design. Signal gain is obviously important because you want to have accurate control of your signal amplitude. Noise gain is also...
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Untangling electric vehicle chargers – Getting started
As the quite hum of electric vehicles (EV) continues to rise on our streets, public interest in making them part of our daily life is also going up. As a plug-in hybrid owner, I routinely get asked...
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48V systems: Design considerations for a typical auxiliary power inverter
In our previous blog on 48V automotive systems, Nagarajan Sridhar mentioned that tougher emission standards are driving new vehicle architectures. One way that automakers are meeting the CO2 emission...
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Power up with SIMPLE SWITCHER® products and new WEBENCH® tools
Let’s start with a hypothetical:Your name is Floyd. You’re a digital designer. You have spent your entire career programming FPGAs. Back in college you took the introductory analog classes, but you...
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Analog curriculum: A shift towards analog system design
The following is the second blog in the Analog Curriculum blog series. This blog summarizes Dr. KRK Rao’s views on analog curriculum and how it should evolve to meet today’s industry needs. Q. As you...
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European smart grid RF communication in Sub-1 GHz - part 2
Part 1 of this blog series reviews the wM-Bus protocol standard in the 868MHZ ISM band in Europe. Now, let’s have a closer look at the wM-Bus protocol version optimized for the 75 kHz narrowband at...
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How to get started with current sense amplifiers – part 3
In parts one and two of this series, I discussed concepts related to specifications of current-sense amplifiers and how to use the application requirements to narrow device selection. In this...
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SaBLE-x: How this CC2640-based certified module meets three key requirements...
Guest blog post by Dave Burleton, vice president of marketing at LSRWhile the exact projections of “just how big” industry analysts estimate the Internet of Things (IoT) to be, this much is clear:...
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Turn three knobs to power any ultra-low power system
When designing an ultra-low-power system such as a smart watch, low-power sensor node or smart meter, the current required to operate the power supply is critical. This quiescent current (IQ) must be...
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Summertime showdown: DSPs vs FPGAs
Our fifth episode of our DSP Breaktime video series is up. In this episode we discuss FPGAs, particularly how the 66AK2L06 can replace an FPGA in your system and how the DSP blocks inside an FPGA...
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DIY with TI: Put on a happy hat
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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Multiphase DC/DC converters provide low ripple, integrated solution for FPGA...
For years, multiphase DC/DC converters have powered multicore processors in servers, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. Today’s modern field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) now integrate multicore...
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How USB Type-C helps make cars as smart as phones
Most of us have become so attached to our phones to stay connected with work, family and friends. However, the place where I feel most unconnected is in my car. My phone is in the passenger seat,...
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Six ways to sense current and how to decide which to use
High-precision current sensing is key to improve efficiency of closed-loop control systems, i.e. motor drives. In this blog, I summarize the pros and cons of different approaches to isolated current...
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Power Tips: Designing an LLC resonant half-bridge power converter
Unlike traditional pulse-width modulation (PWM) power converters, resonant converter output voltages are regulated by frequency modulation. Therefore, the design methodology of a resonant converter...
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Inductive sensing: How to sense spring compression
While most inductive-sensing applications use either printed circuit board (PCB) coils or wire-wound inductors as the sensor, inductance-to-digital converters (LDCs) can use almost any inductor as a...
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Simple circuit drives TECs
Figure 1: PMP9759 is a simple circuit which drives TECsIn optical networking modules and other communications systems, you may have to precisely control the temperature of a certain component. Lasers,...
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Call for Submissions: International Symposium on Emerging and Industrial TI...
We’re searching for the best and brightest to tell us how TI DLP ® Technology is helping advance new markets. The 10th International Symposium on Emerging and Industrial TI DLP ® Technology...
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Motor Drive forum Top FAQs Part 2: How to estimate motor regeneration and VM...
Motor regeneration is a common problem that occurs in motor-drive systems. Many designers have to select a motor supply voltage (VM) rating of twice the nominal level, which adds to the system cost....
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