Texas Instruments announce what the company claims to be the industry’s highest-performance 14GHz fractional-N PLLatinum phased-locked loop (PLL) with advanced frequency modulation. The LMX2492 is also claimed to offer the industry’s best noise performance, 6dB better than the nearest competitor, for improved RF sensitivity and radar range and accuracy.

This video walks through the usage of the MSP430F67641 EVM used for three phase metering applications. It explains the working of the EVM and capability to measure energy consumption.

Expanding the company's portfolio of SafeTI design components, Texas Instruments has announced the 32-bit dual-core lockstep Hercules RM57Lx and TMS570LCx microcontrollers for developers’ functional safety applications. System and software developers will enjoy an insightful, efficient and powerful debug experience for code profiling and greater execution visibility, enabled by integrated real-time instruction and data trace support.

Texas Instruments has introduced what the company claims to be the industry’s most power-efficient 5W wireless power receivers that support the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) Qi 1.1 standard. The bq51020 and bq51021 allow consumers to charge their Qi-compliant mobile phones, tablets, power banks and other electronics faster, cooler and more efficiently compared to other available wireless power solutions.

Efficiently protecting and controlling 3-15 cell batteries when charging or operating in harsh environment conditions, Texas Instruments has introduced the bq76920, bq76930 and bq76940 circuits. TI claims that these are the first scalable, multi-cell battery monitors that significantly improve battery pack safety and reduce design time of 12-48V lithium-ion and lithium-iron phosphate batteries used in e-bikes, power tools and energy storage syste...

Learn about accuracy in radar applications including CW radar, pulse radar and continuous wave radar with frequency modulation from Texas Instruments' clock and timing expert, Simon Damphousse.

Expanding the company's scalable TMS320C5000 device portfolio, Texas Instruments introduces the next-generation, ultra-low-power TMS320C5517 (C5517) DSP. This device delivers up to 200MHz performance, enabling faster processing of data with low-power consumption for demanding applications such as audio and video, biometrics and other analytic specific applications.

Designed for use in industrial applications ranging from position detection to motor control, the DRV5000 Hall effect sensor family expands Texas Instruments motor solutions and sensing portfolio. All devices in the family include reverse supply protection up to -22V and the ability to withstand transient voltages up to 40V.

  Enabling engineers to design highly efficient and reliable grid-tied solar micro inverters, Texas Instruments announces the C2000 Solar Micro Inverter Development Kit. The kit implements a complete grid-tied solar micro inverter based around TI's C2000 Piccolo TMS320F28035 microcontroller.

Texas Instruments has claimed that the TPS92602-Q1 and TPS92630-Q1 are the automotive industry's first two-channel switching LED driver for front lights and the only linear LED driver with single short LED detection for rear lights, respectively. Unlike other LED drivers, both devices feature both high-side current sense dimming and pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming capabilities.

Easing the software development experience, Texas Instruments announces the latest version of the Code Composer Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Based on the latest version of the popular, industry-standard, open-source Eclipse software framework, Code Composer Studio v6 provides numerous updates, features and integrated tools.

Learn about tests you can perform to help protect your IC from electrical over-stress (EOS) damage and improve system reliability.

AEC-Q100 qualified for automotive applications, Texas Instruments has claimed that the UCC275xx-Q1 family of single- and dual-channel gate drivers features the industry’s fastest propagation delays of less than 15ns. The ultra-low propagation delays in the gate drivers help automotive systems efficiently switch power electronics at high frequencies to maintain a small footprint and reduce overall vehicle weight.

Learn about designing for Industrial Control applications with 4-20 Ma Precision DACs, including the new DAC8760 family of fully-integrated DACs.

Delivering low power, low cost and simplified automotive connectivity to emerging smartphone-controlled and wire-replacement applications, Texas Instruments introduce the SimpleLink Bluetooth low energy CC2541-Q1. The CC2541-Q1 leverages the success of TI’s broad-market Bluetooth Smart solution (SimpleLink CC2541) and automotive connectivity offerings for combo WiFi, Bluetooth and GNSS (WiLink 8Q) and dual-mode Bluetooth (BL6450Q).

In this video, get an overview of TI's SimpleLink Bluetooth Smart SensorTag with iBeacon technology and use cases for iBeacon.

A SDK has been launched, offering developers a flexible framework, comprehensive set of hardware device drivers and a useful set of development tools for more efficient implementations of ADAS. The TI Vision SDK, based on Texas Instrument’s popular SYS/BIOS RTOS, enables multiple algorithms to run concurrently on numerous heterogonous cores and eases integration of new functionality into the system. Additionally, the comprehensive...

Along with the launch of a location app, Texas Instuments has announced support for iBeacon technology across its Bluetooth low energy portfolio. This iBeacon support is inlucded on TI's Bluetooth Smart with SimpleLink CC2541 and CC2543 wireless MCUs, Bluetooth dual mode with the SimpleLink CC2564 solution, the BL6450Q automotive connectivity device and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo-connectivity ...

Texas Instruments introduces its first programmable microcontroller solution to handle resolver-to-digital decoding. The C2000 MCU Resolver Kit shows designers how to implement resolver-to-digital conversion using software on programmable C2000 MCUs, saving system cost and space in a variety of industrial applications, including robotics, servo drives, automation, avionics and transportation.

Enabling manufacturers to connect with the IoT more easily and rapidly, Texas Instruments has announced a third party ecosystem of Internet of Things (IoT) cloud service providers. Manufacturers need proven hardware, software and an easy way to connect to the cloud, manage services and capitalise on the growing IoT market. The cloud ecosystem allows TI customers to find the best cloud service provider to meet their individual needs and get the mo...