Experience the world's first demonstration of a Bluetooth low energy application running on the iPhone 4S. Brought to you by Texas Instruments.

Embedded software programming comprises the majority of the product development cycle. Significantly reducing learning curves and accelerating development time in the embedded design process, Texas Instruments Incorporated has announced its free StarterWare software packages, offering user-friendly, production-ready software for Sitara 32-bit ARM microprocessor C6000 digital signal processor (DSP) and DSP + ARM developers. StarterWare provides ap...

A demo video on how the Texas Instruments TPS92070 high efficiency lighting driver controller reduces part count, size and cost

Texas Instruments has introduced its next generation of power management integrated circuits for energy harvesting. The highly efficient boost charger for nano (ultra low) power energy harvesting manages the microwatts to milliwatts of power generated from a number of sources, such as solar, thermoelectric, electromagnetic and vibration, and stores the extracted energy in various storage elements, including Li-ion batteries and super capacitors. ...

Ideal for processing-intensive applications in industrial automation markets, Texas Instruments Incorporated is offering developers the industry’s highest performing, scalable and flexible multicore solutions based on its TMS320C66x digital signal processor generation. Customers designing products such as smart cameras, vision controllers and optical inspection systems, will benefit from the ultra-high performance, combined fixed-and floating-p...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry’s first automotive power management integrated circuit (PMIC) to support 14 power voltage rails. As the industry’s first automotive PMIC with more than 10 rails, the TPS658629-Q1 provides all the power supply functions and reduces board space for infotainment, navigation and LCD/TFT cluster applications by integrating multiple regulated power supplies, system power managemen...

Since its inception, the wireless market has grown rapidly. At first, growth was measured as subscriber growth with a focus on voice, but now, it is measured by data rate and throughput improvements. Arguably wireless spectrum is the wireless operators’ most precious resource. As such, an operator’s ultimate measuring stick is the number of bits transmitted per Hertz of spectrum.

This document presents users of Texas Instruments' low-power RF products with an overview of the different characterization tests (conducted, not radiated) that are performed during the device verification process. The document covers the basic setup of the test system and gives procedural information about each test. Throughout this document, the term CCxxxx refers to the low-power CC25xx, CC11xx, CC10XX, and CC24xx RF device families.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a fully integrated, programmable solution for driving ultrasonic transducers in automotive park distance, blind-spot detection or similar object detection applications. With its highly configurable burst generator, low-noise amplifier and 12-bit successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the PGA450-Q1 provides for processing the echo signals and calculating the distan...

Texas Instruments introduced a highly integrated clock generator featuring the industry’s best jitter performance. The National LMK03806 offers designers the ability to synthesize their required clock frequencies from a single low-cost crystal, enabling a dramatic reduction in component count of up to 80 percent, board size, and bill of materials cost by up to 50 percent, while improving performance over legacy solutions.

Texas Instruments introduced two 20-V step-down voltage regulators with PMBus digital interface and adaptive voltage scaling capability for non-isolated point-of-load designs. Together with the National system power protection and management products, TI provides the design engineer with complete single-, dual- and multi-rail, multi-phase PMBus solutions -- allowing telecom and server designers to intelligently monitor, protect and manage the sta...

Stellaris microcontrollers (MCUs) were the first MCU on the market to be based on the ARM Cortex-M core, an architecture that has quickly become a top choice for many developers across the globe. Since its establishment, the Stellaris product line has remained true to its original goals – providing the broadest portfolio of highly connected, low cost and easy-to-use 32-bit microcontrollers. The latest Stellaris LM4F series refines the offering ...

Texas Instruments announced the new low power, floating-point Stellaris Cortex M4F microcontroller generation. All of the new LM4Fx Stellaris microcontrollers provide floating point for performance headroom and best-in-class power consumption to address portability and power budgets. Developers can also select from a variety of high-performance analog, memory and connectivity options to best satisfy design parameters across a broad range of appli...

Texas Instruments Incorporated has announced the acquisition of National Semiconductor is complete. “National is now a strategic part of TI’s Analog growth engine. Together, we’re focused on accelerating semiconductor innovation to improve performance and power efficiency for our customers’ electronic systems,” said Rich Templeton, TI’s chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced new sub-1 GHz 6LoWPAN solutions, aimed at providing a gateway for remote, low-cost wireless sensors to connect to the Internet and a wireless extension of wired IPv6 infrastructures. By operating in the sub-1GHz band, TI’s 6LoWPAN solutions offer longer wireless range at lower power levels than traditional 2.4 GHz-based 6LoWPAN offerings. The 6LoWPAN solutions support large-scale mesh networks and a...

Texas Instruments Incorporated the new low power, floating-point Stellaris Cortex - M4F microcontroller generation. All of the new LM4Fx Stellaris microcontrollers provide floating point for performance headroom and best-in-class power consumption to address portability and power budgets. Developers can also select from a variety of high-performance analog, memory and connectivity options to best satisfy design parameters across a broad range of ...

Texas Instruments Incorporated a élargi aujourd'hui son offre d'amplificateurs opérationnels (ampli-op) 1,8V avec entrée et sortie rail-à-rail destinés à unusage général, avec le lancement du premier ampli-op de sa nouvelle gamme pour applications basse tension alimentées par batterie destinées aux domaines industriel, domestique et médical, et recherchant le meilleur ra...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry’s first auto focus voice coil driver with both pulse width modulation (PWM) and linear current regulation support. The DRV201 provides designers the flexibility to select the PWM or linear regulation for compact cameras, smartphones and mobile devices. PWM current regulation is up to 75-percent more power-efficient than traditional designs using linear mode.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced an automotive-qualified 36-V, single-supply, low-noise op amp (operational amplifier) that can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7 V to +36 V. The OPA171-Q1 offers high-precision performance in a cost-effective, low-power device. In addition to industry-standard packaging, the device is available for automotive qualification in the SOT-553 micro package, which is 50-percent smaller than comparable...

Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced an automotive-qualified 36-V, single-supply, low-noise op amp (operational amplifier) that can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7 V to +36 V. The OPA171-Q1 offers high-precision performance in a cost-effective, low-power device. In addition to industry-standard packaging, the device is available for automotive qualification in the SOT-553 micro package, which is 50-percent smaller than comparable devic...