These MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontrollers feature architecture, combined with extensive low-power modes, optimized to achieve extended battery life in portable measurement applications. The device features a powerful 16-bit RISC CPU, 16-bit registers, and constant generators that contribute to maximum code efficiency. The digitally controlled oscillator allows wake-up from low-power modes to active mode in 3 µs (typical).

The SMB 3.0 is a modular development platform incorporating key TI Smart Grid devices to demonstrate the capabilities of a smart meter. SMB 3.0 is a unique tool with multiple features. It performs energy or electricity metering and has the capability of transferring key metering data via wired power-line and wireless (Wi-Fi, ZigBee, sub-1-GHz) communication to showcase a simple automatic meter reading and automatic metering infrastructure system.

In this TI video, Diwakar Bansal (Hercules Product Marketing) presents an introduction to the Texas Instruments SafeTI Hitex safety kit.

Texas Instruments announced the SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3000 BoosterPack. The new Wi-Fi BoosterPack is powered by the SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3000 module from TI, which offers simplified Wi-Fi connectivity for microcontroller -based systems. Working with both the MSP430 and Tiva C Series MCU LaunchPad evaluation kits, the CC3000 BoosterPack quickly gets designs started for a wide variety of MCU-based home automation, health and fitness and machine to machi...

Texas Instruments today introduced two tiny push-button reset controllers for space-constrained, power-sensitive applications such as pedometers, fitness bands, cell phones and tablets. The dual-channel TPS3420 and TPS3421 feature low power consumption and a selectable reset time delay to improve system stability.

Texas Instruments today introduced two power management chipsets with TI’s patented new MaxLife fast-charge technology, which allows consumers to charge single-cell Li-Ion batteries faster and experience longer battery life. The bq27530 and bq27531 fuel gauge circuits, coupled with TI’s bq2416x and bq2419x chargers, optimize battery performance using the highest possible charge rates with minimal battery degradation.

Today at the IMS 2013, Texas Instruments introduce a family of 12-bit, 500- to 900-MSPS analog-to-digital converters that reduce board space by 80 percent while providing industry-leading signal-to-noise ratio and spurious-free dynamic range. The ADS5409 family provides best-in-class performance in a significantly smaller footprint and at the lowest power consumption.

Texas Instruments is unveiling the industry's most power and BOM optimized small cell solution for developers of indoor enterprise PoE+ and outdoor pico base stations. Combining performance levels and features that enable macro service parity, TI's new KeyStone-based TCI6630K2L System-on-Chip offers small cell developers a single hardware and software platform to address multiple indoor and outdoor use cases, as well as headroom to offer differen...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry’s most highly integrated piezo haptic driver for high-definition (HD) consumer, automotive and industrial touchscreen applications. The DRV2667 features a digital interface, integrated 15-V to 105-V boost converter, power diode, and 40-V to 200-V peak-to-peak (Vpp) fully-differential amplifier, resulting in a complete single-chip solution size that is less than half the size of compet...

Nineteen top students were added to an elite group of scholars when they were recognized as recipients of the 2013 Jerry R. Junkins Memorial National Merit Scholarship at a luncheon recently at the company's headquarters in Dallas. The scholarships, named in honor of TI's late chairman, president and CEO Jerry Junkins, are awarded to National Merit Scholarship Program finalists who are sons or daughters of active, retired or deceased TI employees...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the next-generation AEC-Q100 qualified automotive LED drivers, feature-packed with the industry’s highest voltage rating, thermal shutdown protection and optimized electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance. In harsh automotive environments, the electronics must endure high temperatures, high voltage transient and electromagnetic interference. It is crucial for the devices to survive such con...

Texas Instruments today introduced the industry’s fastest 4-channel, 14-bit analog-to-digital converter, clocking in at 250 MSPS. The high-density ADS4449 enables receiver systems to support up to 125 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth in extremely small forms, such as multiple input and multiple output base stations and munitions guidance, or in greater density applications, such as active electrically scanned array and other phased-array rada...

At the DIY with TI event on May 24, TIers showed how to take TI products and create new inventions. TIer Trevor Hubbard is a beer enthusiast who likes porter, India pale ale (IPA) and stout styles of beer and wanted to find a way to use TI products to make his favorite beers at home. He used the BeagleBone Black to make the Beagle Brew Home-Brew Kit.

Texas Instruments expands its sensorless, brushless DC motor driver portfolio with a new device designed for high efficiency and low noise, which requires a low external component count of only one capacitor. The DRV10963 is a 5-V, 3-phase sensorless BLDC motor driver that simplifies layout and reduces board space by 80 percent, allowing designers to create smaller, sleeker, more innovative designs.

Helping developers jumpstart their product designs, Texas Instruments introduce its OMAP5432 processor-based evaluation module for high-performance industrial applications. TI’s OMAP5432 EVM enables quick, easy evaluation and benchmarking for applications demanding high-performance processing and graphics at low power, including human machine interface, portable data terminals, digital signage and medical monitoring end equipment.

Expanding the industry’s lowest-powered capacitive touch portfolio, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced a new software library, sensor tuning GUI, design collateral and support for additional microcontrollers (MCU) to ease development of capacitive touch solutions. With ultra-low power operation at less than 1µA average current per button, TI’s MSP430 MCUs are the industry’s best choice for capacitive touch button, slider, wheel...

An article from ES Design magazine providing a simple but innovative solution to adding current limiting to a voltage converter. By Matthias Ulmann, Reference Design Engineer worked in the EMEA Design Services Group at Texas Instruments.

New UL-certified SafeTI software packages from Texas Instruments help make designing functional safety consumer applications using TI C2000 real-time control microcontrollers easier and faster. The software in these SafeTI software packages is UL-certified, as recognized components, to the UL 1998:2008 Class 1 standard, and is compliant with IEC 60730-1:2010 Class B, both of which include home appliances, arc detectors, power converters, power to...

Texas Instruments Incorporated and Continental are pleased to announce their collaboration on the first 65 nm ARM Cortex safety microcontrollers with Flash technology in volume production. The Continental processor for advanced control in electronic braking systems (PACE) is the foundation for the Continental MK 100 family of electronic stability control (ESC) systems. This latest innovation is one of the many technologies jointly developed over...

ECOtality Inc and Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced TI will install 46 Blink Level 2 charging stations at 12 office locations throughout Texas, including nine at its corporate headquarters in Dallas. TI is the latest in a fast-growing list of leading companies to offer workplace charging benefits to employees.