In this Texas Instruments video, Marc details how to make thermal design simple and eliminate electronic failures with synchronous SIMPLE SWITCHER regulators. He tests his design with WEBENCH thermal simulation and runs a test comparison on the bench with a thermal camera.

SIMPLE SWITCHER synchronous regulators deliver high efficiency across the load spectrum with scalable, easy-to-use solutions in a small footprint. Adam demonstrates the triple output power supply reference design, one of the SIMPLE SWITCHER tested designs created to simplify your design process.

Targeting the 100G optical networking market, Texas Instruments has introduced the company's first transimpedance amplifier (TIA). The ONET2804T provides high levels of sensitivity with negligible cross-talk and low input-referred noise of less than 2μA, offering stable and robust communication in hot-pluggable transceivers.

Texas Instruments has announced the ADC3k family of ADCs. Comprising 12- and 14-bit options in speed grades up to 160MSPS with two or four channels and LVDS or JESD204B interfaces, the family is suited for industrial or defence and communications applications, such as motor control, medical imaging, portable test and measurement, software defined radio and MIMO communications.

TI Applications Engineer, Denislav explains best practices for EMI and board layout with the SIMPLE SWITCHER synchronous regulators then takes you inside the company's 3m chamber to test the evaluation board.

Suitable for automotive, industrial and communications applications, seven SIMPLE SWITCHER regulators have been announced by Texas Instruments. The LM43600, LM43601, LM43602, LM43603, LM46000, LM46001 and LM46002 DC/DC converters help create energy-efficient, EMI compliant products and simplify wide VIN synchronous power supply design.

To allow customers with a limited budget to develop reliable power and area efficient embedded systems, Texas Instruments has introduced the KeyStone-based AM5K2Ex processors. Powered by quad-core ARM Cortex-A15s, the processors operate at 1.4GHz, from under 10W with up to 19600 DMIPS.

Texas Instruments has revealed that its ZigBee RF4CE hardware and software solutions support the ZigBee Remote Control 2.0 standard, released by the ZigBee Alliance. The SimpleLink RF4CE CC2533, CC2530 and CC2531 wireless MCUs support the new standard through TI’s RemoTI software to enable fast development of new remote controls.

An ecosystem which allows the quick and easy development of systems for designers who use C2000 MCUs has been introduced b y Texas Instruments. The third-party ecosystem of digital power hardware and software tools, as well as development services, include members Altair, MathWorks and Powersim. Each company has demonstrated its digital power offerings on one or more of TI’s C2000 MCU solutions, enabling applications such as inverter contro...

A linear battery charger, claimed to be the industry’s smallest with the lowest power, has been introduced by Texas Instruments. The company have also introduced fully integrated DC/DC power modules. Offered in a  0.9x1.6mm WCSP, the bq25100 single-cell Li-Ion charger is half the size of existing chargers. The charger supports input voltages up to 30V, allowing accurate control of fast-...

Enabling system designers to reduce the size of their industrial monitoring and control applications, Texas Instruments has introduced SAR ADCs. The company has claimed that the ADS7042 is the industry’s smallest and lowest-power 12-bit SAR ADC and the ADS8354 family includes the industry’s smallest 14- and 16-bit, simultaneous-sampling SAR ADCs.

He can boost bucks, follows Ben Franklin's high-voltage testing practices and makes the most demanding clients swoon over his designs. See why the world's most interesting engineer prefers SIMPLE SWITCHER from TI.

A highly-reliable, low power wireless MCU, the SimpleLink Bluetooth low energy CC2540T, has been unveiled by Texas Instruments. Operating over an extended temperature range of -40 to +125°C with USB connectivity for industrial applications, the MCU is a complete solution for easier development with TI’s BLE-Stack software and sample applications.

Suitable for applications such as smart meters, home automation equipment and white goods, Texas Instruments has introduced a 700V switcher with a quiescent current of 100μA at full load. The manufacturer has claimed that this is the industry's lowest quiescent current, at just half the power consumption of existing solutions.

Texas Instruments has announced what the company claims to be the industry’s first wireless haptic development kit. The Haptic Bluetooth Kit (DRV2605EVM-BT) provides system designers with a fast and convenient way to prototype eccentric rotating mass (ERM) motor and linear resonant actuator (LRA) haptic effects.

Scalable up to 128KB non-volatile FRAM memory, the MSP430 FRAM MCU family has been expanded with 46 new devices. With integrated features such as ESI and a differential input ADC, the MSP430FR69x MCUs reduce power consumption and minimise product size by eliminating redundant components in systems.

Zach provides an overview of what it's like to be a technician at Texas Instruments.

In a battery-operated water meter, long battery life is the key. One of the challenges is to continuously measure the water flow information while consuming the least energy possible. The Extended Scan Interface (ESI) sensing peripheral integrated onto the ultra-low-power MSP430 microcontroller from TI is solving this problem.

The LTC2000 is the latest high speed DAC from Linear Technology. Its low noise and excellent spectral purity make it ideal for demanding signal-generation applications. The LTC2000 is a high performance DAC that can produce signals up to 1GHz with extremely low noise and very high spectral purity. It can be operated in single or dual port mode simplifying FPGA design. It is in a family of 16-, 14- and 11- bit pin- compatible converters incre...

Enabling precision feedback in power control applications, the C2000 Delfino 32-bit F2837xS MCUs have been launched by Texas Instruments. Compatible with the recently launched C2000 Delfino F2837xD MCUs, the company claim that the single-core MCUs are the first in the industry to offer four 16-bit ADCs.