Texas Instruments has today revealed that Samantha Dwinell has been elected vice president. As vice president of talent management for human resources, Dwinell will lead TI’s global talent management function and ensure the company is attracting and developing a diverse, capable workforce that is committed to helping TI flourish.

Texas Instruments have elected Ambassador Ron Kirk, former United States Trade Representative (USTR) under President Barack Obama, to TI's board of directors. This will become effective September 19. Ambassador Kirk currently serves as Senior Of Counsel in the Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices of the global law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Texas Instruments have today announced two new differential amplifiers, the THS4531A and THS4532. Offering the industry’s best power-to-performance ratio, the single-channel THS4531A and dual-channel THS4532 reduce power consumption by 80 percent, compared to the closest competitor. The new differential amplifiers are capable of achieving seven times the bandwidth with one-fourth of the input referred noise.

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...

Texas Instruments has today announced a new multi-mode power management unit, the TPS65290. Enabling ultra-low total system quiescent current as low as 100 nA, the TPS65290 PMU minimizes power consumption in battery-powered, microcontroller-based water and gas meters and other industrial applications. The new power management unit manages all power requirements in the system, including load conditions from 100 nA to 500 mA.

This video shows you how a TI device and non TI device work together in a wireless environment when an interfering device enters the room.

Learn how to properly measure residual noise of clock fanout buffers so as not to degrade system performance in high precision applications from Jim Catt, manager of TI's clocking application group.

Texas Instruments and Family Giving Tree will host STEM in the Schoolyard for Downtown College Prep students on Friday, July 19. The event marks the culmination of the Downtown College Prep Alum Rock's Summer Bridge Program for incoming, low-income 6th grade students. Held at the Santa Clara University Recital Hall, the afternoon event for the students and their families will include inspiring presentations by elected officials, hands-on science,...

Texas Instruments announced the SimpleLink Sub-1 GHz CC1200 transceiver, an extension to TI’s RF performance line family. With leading range, co-existence and data rates up to 1Mbps, the CC1200 is aimed at Sub-1 GHz wireless connectivity for Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Home Area Networks in the smart grid, home and building automation, and alarm and security system applications. The CC1200 offers years of battery life from low power op...

While every DIY with TI project is amazing, one rises above the rest -- literally. Alex Kozitsky's High-Altitude Helium Balloon captures images near space. Yes, read that again. It has the ability to travel to the farthest reaches of our atmosphere and document the entire journey using an on-board camera.

Texas Instruments expanded its FPD-Link III automotive-grade SerDes family today with the industry’s most feature-rich chipset. The DS90UH927Q-Q1 serializer and DS90UH928Q-Q1 deserializer deliver uncompressed high-definition (HD) digital video and audio to touchscreen LCD panels in a vehicle’s central information display and rear passenger seats. The DS90UH928Q-Q1 is the industry’s only deserializer to offer automatic cable equa...

Texas Instruments have announced the launch of the industry’s smallest and most accurate Li-Ion battery fuel gauge integrated circuit. The bq27421 boosts battery run-time in portable medical devices, such as wearable health monitors, and industrial devices such as inventory scanners, portable emergency lights and other consumer electronics.

Adding to its SafeTI design packages, Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduces its new SafeTI Compiler Qualification Kit. The SafeTI Compiler Qualification Kit assists customers in their efforts to qualify their use of the TI ARM C/C++ compiler to functional safety standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 while helping maximize its functionality and performance. This kit, a component of the SafeTI design packages, was developed primarily...

Texas Instruments announce a new family of fully-integrated IO-LINK physical layer devices, replacing discrete implementations and providing a great level of flexibility. The SN65HVD101 and SN65HVD102 provide higher output current and higher operating temperatures compared to the competition. This enables their use in point-to-point communication applications such as pressure, level, temperature or flow IO-LINK sensors and IO-LINK actuator drives...

Minimising standby current in ‘permanently connected’ automotive systems demands careful and clever power supply design. Matthias Ulmann, Reference Design Engineer in the EMEA Design Services Group at Texas Instruments, explores further in this ES Design magazine article.

Today Texas Instruments introduced a precision analog design library that provides comprehensive board-level precision designs to help engineers quickly evaluate and customize their systems while expanding their analog knowledge base.

As the majority of states implement online exams for assessment of Common Core State Standards, Texas Instruments is announcing a new program to make its ExamCalc software available to assessment providers for inclusion in states' selected CCSS summative assessments. ExamCalc software provides states with online versions of the TI-84 Plus graphing, TI-30XS MultiView scientific and TI-108 elementary calculators, for use during CCSS online exams.

Texas Instruments continues to deliver new near field communications innovations in its broad portfolio of solutions that make entry to NFC development easier and lower cost. Today, TI introduces the Dynamic NFC Transponder RF430CL330H hardware to enable uncomplicated and inexpensive wireless set up.

Today, Texas Instruments, in collaboration with Hitex Development Tools, introduces the new SafeTI Hitex Safety Kit, enabling developers to evaluate SafeTI components for use in their designs requiring compliance to functional safety standards such as ISO26262 and IEC 61508.

Today, Texas Instruments, unveils a free, interactive online simulation tool that enables motor designers to assess TI’s InstaSPIN-field-oriented-control technology. This online simulation allows users to fully evaluate TI InstaSPIN-FOC’s superior software-sensor-based “sensorless” control for variable speed and load applications using three-phase, synchronous or asynchronous motors.