Raising the standard in half duplex (HDX) transponder technology, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the world’s smallest half-duplex radio frequency identification (RFID) mini-transponders that enable customers to embed tags into smaller objects across a broader range of applications. The 12mm TRPGR30TGC and TRPGP40TGC glass encapsulated mini-transponders are ready-to-use and 100 percent backwards compatible with all of TI&rsqu...

TI's latest ZigBee RF4CE remote control solution enables mouse-like pointing functionality, keyboard and gesture- and touch-based input controls for consumer electronics such as TVs, set-top boxes and game consoles.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a dual output power supply for automotive applications that ensures stable, uninterrupted output voltages, even in cases where the input voltage drops significantly below the output voltage levels. The start/stop function in many new car models increases fuel economy, but also leads to significant drops in the supply voltage when restarting the engine. The TPS43330-Q1 family remains fully functional...

Texas Instruments Incorporated expands its high-voltage point-of-load product line by introducing today the industry’s first 100-V synchronous buck regulator with integrated MOSFETs. The 600-mA LM5017 is the first in a new family of step-down switching regulators that reduce PCB area and system cost while improving high-voltage reliability. Used in conjunction with the award-winning WEBENCH online design tool, the LM5017 simplifies high-vol...

Offering developers more flexibility in electricity metering and energy monitoring applications, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the MSP430F673x/F672x family of ultra-low-power 16-bit microcontrollers. TI’s new devices guarantee no interruption of operation through a backup capable microcontroller supporting real-time clock (RTC) operation and power management from the main power supply and up to two separate auxiliary supplies.

Texas Instruments DLP Products today announced DLP LightCrafter, the latest, most advanced platform for modern developers seeking to harness spatial light steering ability for a multitude of applications and products within industrial, medical, security and scientific instrument markets. This evaluation module is the next advancement of tools created to empower developers with components to utilise reliable, award-winning DLP technology in new an...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the industry’s first demonstration of a radio frequency (RF) system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates an IEEE 802.15.4 (2.4 GHz) radio, an ARM Cortex-M3 processor, dedicated Smart Energy (SE) 2.0 hardware security acceleration, and enough flash and RAM to run the ZigBee IP stack and SE2.0 profile.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today unveiled the SimpleLink product family, the industry’s widest portfolio of easy-to-use wireless connectivity technologies for low-power, low-cost embedded applications. The SimpleLink family includes self-contained wireless processors, aimed at enabling easy integration with any embedded system.

Texas Instruments Incorporate introduced today the industry’s fastest, highest-performance analog front end (AFE) for femtocell base stations and portable software-defined radio (SDR) applications. The low-power, 12-bit AFE7225 integrates a dual 125-MSPS analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and dual 250-MSPS digital-to-analog converter (DAC). It operates 25-percent faster than the competition, while increasing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) b...

Texas Instruments Incorporated is showcasing new applications demonstrating how OMAP platform-based mobile devices can become your trusted gateway to demanding enterprise applications at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced its latest ZigBee RF4CE remote control solution with support for the upcoming ZigBee Input Device (ZID) profile, which enables mouse-like pointing functionality, keyboard and gesture- and touch-based input controls for consumer electronics such as TVs, set-top boxes and game consoles.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a battery charger integrated circuit to support higher cell capacity batteries and increasing battery charge currents of tablets, e-readers and smartphones. The highly integrated single-cell Li-Ion battery charger has dual inputs, which allow operation from either a USB port or higher power input supply (AC adapter or wireless power input).

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced its lowest cost microcontroller (MCU) with an integrated LCD controller. Based on TI’s MSP430 ultra-low power MCU core, the AFE4110 delivers an industry-leading combination of 16-bit processing power, built-in LCD driver, low power and low cost, while operating on a single 1.5-V battery.

Building on more than a decade of delivering automotive infotainment solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced a full system solution for connected automotive infotainment. TI’s unparalleled solution combines leading automotive infotainment processors, wireless connectivity solutions, analog solutions and an optimized software ecosystem to enable feature-rich automotive applications such as automotive infotainment head units, r...

TI has tested the Motorola RAZR communicating via Bluetooth low energy with the Salutron heart rate strap and TI's CC2540DK-MINI development kit. Motorola RAZR's open APIs make it easy to develop Bluetooth low energy-based apps. Together with TI's development kits, developers are all set to make an end-to-end Bluetooth Smart sensor solution.

Texas Instruments Incorporated is expanding its MOSFET driver portfolio with three next-generation two-output gate drivers that improve efficiency and reliability in high-density isolated power supplies. High-performance MOSFET drivers deliver efficiency and reliability, protecting a power system from 100-V surges

Macro-scale energy harvesting technologies in the form of windmills, watermills and passive solar power systems have been around for centuries. Now, as designers seek to cut the cords, they turn to microenergy harvesting systems that can scavenge milliwatts from solar, vibrational, thermal and biological sources. However, understanding ultra-low power from the sourcing side brings challenges as harvested power derived from ambient sources tends t...

Eric Siegel, product marketing engineer for TI's touch screen controllers and haptics solutions, previews what we'll be showing at the 2012 CES show in Las Vegas.

Providing a comprehensive software ecosystem for simplified microcontroller development, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the new MSP430Ware software and resource package. MSP430Ware offers a sleek and intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) where developers can immediately access and easily filter through all MSP430 microcontroller design resources by device, tool or software library.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a family of tiny, single-chip, power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for powering all the supply rails in solid state drives (SSDs), hybrid drives and other Flash memory management applications. The new LM10504, LM10503 and LM10506 PMICs improve reliability and reduce system cost and development time. Additional features include a power-saving deep sleep mode, built-in current limit and therm...