Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced support within the 6WINDGate software solution for TI’s new scalable 28-nm multicore processors based on its recently announced KeyStone II multicore architecture. By providing a comprehensive, pre‐integrated suite of packet processing software, 6WINDGate eliminates the need for TI’s customers to invest their engineering resources into combining discrete protocols from multiple sources and/...

Texas Instruments Incorporated and iRobot Corp. today announced a partnership to develop robotic technologies using TI’s smart multicore OMAP platform. The relationship stems from the companies’ shared vision to create intelligent and practical robots capable of enhancing people’s lives. The two companies will achieve this vision by leveraging iRobot’s long history in advancing the field of robotics and TI’s strength in applications pro...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced two configurable analog front ends (AFE) that provide an easy-to-use, modular solution for bridging the gap between the microprocessor and sensor. Design engineers can dramatically reduce their development time by using a single AFE across multiple nondispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor and pH sensor platforms instead of designing several complex discrete solutions.

Greg Delagi, SVP and general manager of TI's wireless business unit, presents to media and analysts at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 27, 2012.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the expansion of its broad Ethernet portfolio to include its next-generation single-port 10/100 Ethernet physical layer (PHY). The TLK110 offers the lowest deterministic transmit and receive latency, which provides predictable and precise control for real-time applications. For daisy-chain architectures, this fast loop time is 30-percent faster than competitive PHYs.

HARMAN and Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced a collaboration to bring TI's OMAP 5 processors to HARMAN's premium automotive infotainment platform. Together, TI and HARMAN will leverage the OMAP 5 processors' smart multicore architecture to bring innovative, multimedia-rich experiences such as robust navigational tools, stunning 1080p graphics, interactive Web streaming and more to the world's most sophisticated automobiles. The OMAP ...

Imagine a device worn on your finger that allows intuitive, touch-free interaction with the digital world. Imagine a solar panel the size of a microcontroller that enables environmental intelligence in any building. Imagine integrating carbon monoxide sensing, thermostat control and biometric security capabilities to a smoke detector without increasing its size. This smarter, greener, battery-free world is fast becoming a reality with the world�...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today added a duo of new RF DC/DC switching converters to its industry leading portfolio of RF power management integrated circuits (ICs). The new National LM3242 and LM3243 regulators are adaptive power supply ICs that minimize power consumption of the RF power amplifier (PA) across all operating conditions. Together with the National LM3241, the ICs extend battery life and reduce heat dissipated in battery-powered...

OMAP processors from Texas Instruments Incorporated are moving beyond mobile devices to deliver incomparable processing power and performance to new markets. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 this week in Barcelona, TI is showcasing innovative experiences driven by OMAP processors, including the smart digital home, enterprise mobility, cloud computing, augmented reality, natural user interfaces (NUIs), radical visual imaging and gaming on mobil...

Continuing to push the limits of data converter performance, Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry’s fastest 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The quad DAC34SH84 is 50-percent faster and uses 50-percent less power than the closest 16-bit DAC alternative, clocking in at 1.5 GSPS and consuming just 362 mW per channel.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry’s highest-performance and lowest-cost evaluation boards for evaluating high-speed data converters. The TSW1400EVM data capture and pattern generation board evaluates up to 16-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs).

Enabling developers to streamline the design process, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced its Stellaris Cortex-M4F-core based microcontrollers now support ARM’s latest Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS). In addition to TI’s StellarisWare software suite, ARM’s CMSIS libraries help developers realize the industry-leading benefits of Stellaris LM4F microcontrollers by simplifying the implementatio...

Next week at the prestigious International Solid State Technology Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco, Texas Instruments Incorporated is presenting several papers and participating in presentations to outline accomplishments and opportunities in areas of low power, energy management and improved energy efficiency.

Achieving another wireless connectivity milestone, Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the WiLink 8.0 product family: a collection of 45-nanometer single-chip solutions that integrate up to five different radios, and set the stage for next-generation mobile Wi-Fi, GNSS, NFC, Bluetooth and FM transmit/receive applications.

Information on energy harvesting and end appliations and how CC430 and TI play a role.

Helping make the world greener, Texas Instruments Incorporated announces two new solar kits based on its C2000 32-bit Piccolo and Concerto microcontrollers (MCUs). These new solar kits bring advanced peripherals, application-targeted development hardware, schematics, comprehensive software libraries of algorithms and an industry-leading development environment to the renewable energy market, allowing designers to easily create solar inverter des...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry’s most integrated and configurable digital power management controller optimized for AC/DC and isolated DC/DC power supply applications. The UCD3138 gives designers an innovative path to increase power density and reliability in a broad range of power supply topologies used in servers, telecom rectifiers and high-power DC/DC modules.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced that Chris Allexandre has been elected a vice president of the company. In his new role, Allexandre will implement the TI sales strategy in Europe and drive revenue growth, while managing relationships with TI’s distributors and channel partners. Allexandre is leading a workforce of approximately 300 people split between 30 regional and account teams.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a low-side gate driver for use with MOSFETs and Gallium-Nitride (GaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) in high-density power converters. The new LM5114 drives GaN FETs and MOSFETs in low-side applications, such as synchronous rectifiers and power factor converters.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced 10 signal conditioners designed to drive high-speed interface standards such as 10G/40G/100G Ethernet, 10G-KR (802.3ap), InfiniBand, Fibre Channel and CPRI. The new integrated circuits (ICs) join a comprehensive family of repeaters and retimers that combat signal impairments caused by insertion loss, jitter, reflections and crosstalk in high-speed enterprise servers, routers and switches.