Texas Instruments announce the industry’s first RF power converters to integrate the MIPI Alliance’s radio frequency front-end digital control interface, a specification that simplifies multi-band and multi-radio communications. The highly efficient LM3263 buck converter and LM3279 buck-boost converter significantly reduce the heat and power consumption in RF power amplifiers, improving battery life and extending talk time in 2G, 3G a...

Texas Instruments brings its revolutionary InstaSPIN-FOC sensorless motor control technology to its most affordable, real-time-control C2000 Piccolo F2802x microcontrollers series, offering a smaller package size and much lower cost. Engineers can use TI InstaSPIN-FOC technology, embedded in the read-only-memory on the C2000 Piccolo F2802x MCU to accelerate motor control development while improving efficiency for cost-sensitive brushless DC, perm...

Designing with Tiva C Series microcontrollers is now even easier with the new Tiva C Series TM4C123G USB+CAN Development Kit from Texas Instruments. Featuring a Tiva C Series MCU with ARM Cortex- M4 core that integrates connectivity and sensor aggregation solutions, this kit makes it easy for designers to evaluate the Tiva C Series TM4C123x MCU's peripherals and inputs/outputs for industrial, motion control, automation, human machine interface, l...

This video from Texas Instruments highlights the key features, functionality and benefits of the TI-Nspire CX Handheld graphing calculator.

In this DIY With TI video from Texas Instruments, Kristen Villemez builds a motion sensing sound generator.

See what we can learn from zombies in this STEM Behind Hollywood video featuring Zombie expert Steven C. Schlozman, M.D., a Harvard Medical School professor, and Mayim Bialik, actress and neuroscientist. Dr. Schlozman helps students explore several real-life scenarios of math and science -- including what factors would impact the outbreak and spread of a "zombie pandemic,"and what a "zombie brain" teaches about a real, healthy human brain's funct...

Texas Instruments today introduced two programmable system timers that significantly reduce system standby power consumption. The TPL5000 with watchdog timer and TPL5100 with MOS driver draw only 30 nA of current, a reduction of 90 percent compared to competitive solutions. They also replace a microcontroller’s internal timer, allowing the MCU to remain in low-power sleep mode.

There's a lot more behind Hollywood magic than smoke and mirrors – popular movie and TV shows about zombies, superheroes, spaceships and true crime only come to life because of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). That's why TI is launching "STEM Behind Hollywood," an exciting new education program developed with assistance from The Science & Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as...

In this Texas Instruments video, TI Systems Engineer, Rahul Prakash asks the question: What is a multiplying DAC (MDAC)?

Texas Instruments have today introduced the XDS200 JTAG emulator for just $295 (USD). Offering a great balance of cost and performance, the new JTAG emulator is intended for algorithm development, programming and hardware debugging on TI’s embedded processors. A mid-range option, the XDS200 emulator fits in the overall TI emulator portfolio between the entry-level XDS100 JTAG emulator and the XDS560v2 JTAG emulator with system trace receive...

Texas Instruments System Engineers interact with bright minds around the globe on the next big thing. In this role, you will influence each step of the product lifecycle by working directly with business units and customers to define product roadmaps. System engineers interact with bright minds around the globe on the next big thing. In this role, you will influence each step of the product lifecycle by working directly with business u...

Texas Instruments introduce the industry’s first single-chip DockPort interface solution, the HD3SS2521. This new DockPort solution provides audio/video, USB data and power over a single cable between a notebook, ultrabook or tablet PC and a docking station or dongle. TI’s DockPort solution offers more features than standard USB docking stations and is a lower cost alternative to proprietary implementations. Enabling DisplayPort, USB ...

Following the recent launch of Android 4.3 “Jelly Bean” with native support of Bluetooth Smart Ready, Texas Instruments unveil the Bluetooth Smart SensorTag app for Android. Available here for free , TI's new Bluetooth Smart SensorTag app removes entry barriers for app developers wanting to take advantage of the millions of Android smartphones and tablets that will soon be Bluetooth Smart Ready.

Texas Instruments has today introduced the newest addition to its microcontroller LaunchPad ecosystem. The new Hercules LaunchPad is priced at just $19.99, making it the lowest cost evaluation platform for Hercules MCUs. The new LaunchPad also provides an entry-level option enabling developers to gain familiarity with TI Hercules MCUs and evaluate the MCUs’ performance and safety features.

Texas Instruments has awarded Adam Munich, a freshman from Rochester Institute of Technology, as the overall winner of the Engibous Prize in its sixth annual TI Analog Design Contest. This contest showcases the innovative projects and competitive spirit of today's future engineers. Munich's project focused on improving the original Tesla coil, which is used to produce high-voltage, low-current and high-frequency alternating-current electricity. H...

Texas Instruments have unveiled their second-quarter revenue of $3.05 billion, net income of $660 million and earnings per share of 58 cents. Results include a gain associated with the transfer of wireless connectivity technology to a customer and higher-than-expected charges associated with previously announced restructuring. The net impact of these items was a benefit of 16 cents to EPS.

Texas Instruments today introduced a high-power, multi-topology DC/DC LED driver with adjustable switching frequency and current sense threshold that provides design flexibility and low electro-magnetic interference (EMI) for automotive headlamps, fog lights and general-purpose area lighting. The TPS92690 is an N-channel MOSFET controller with low-side current sense designed to support step-up (boost) or step-up/step-down (SEPIC, Cuk, flyback) LE...

Todd Toporski, senior applications field engineer at Texas Instruments, shows you how to properly terminate an unused op amp, the benefits of doing so, commonly used circuit limitations, and how to select a proper configuration.

Ryan Kehr, application manager for Motor Drivers at Texas Instruments, shows you how to simplify your stepper motor drive solution.

West Ray, Systems and Applications manager at Texas Instruments, introduces the HD3SS2521, the first DockPort interface solution, delivering display, USB data and power between a notebook, ultrabook or tablet and a docking station using a single interconnecting cable.