Texas Instruments has introduced a highly integrated audio codec in full production with leading consumer electronics companies to help them meet growing consumer demand for cost-efficient, feature-rich products with better audio quality and longer battery life. The 1.8-V codec combines integrated power management and dual miniDSP audio processing engines to save designers total audio solution cost and make it easier to design advanced audio feat...

Continuing to drive innovation to meet the specific needs of its automotive customers, Texas Instruments Incorporated today extended its market-leading TAS54xx family of highly-efficient Class-D audio amplifiers with two new devices. The new amplifiers offer greater integration and channel flexibility, saving OEMs up to 50 percent system cost when designing automotive head unit and external amplifier applications. The latest devices offer custome...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced four low-power analog-to-digital converters that reduce power consumption while providing high performance for precision applications. The 12-bit ADS7229 and ADS7230 and the 14-bit ADS7279 and ADS7280 combine a 1-MSPS successive approximation register ADC with inherent sample and hold and a conversion clock. The devices are designed for applications that require excellent AC and DC performance, high...

Designers today that must integrate multiple digital signal processors (DSPs) on a board in order to handle performance-hungry tasks, such as simultaneously processing on multiple channels or executing multiple software applications concurrently, can now realize significant cost, power and board space savings with a new high performance multicore DSP from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN). The TMS320C6474 integrates three of TI's in...

Texas Instruments has introduced today a new eight-channel sequencer and monitor with non-volatile error logging. The device supports the latest generation microprocessors, ASICs and DSPs, to improve system reliability and ease sequencing on boards with multiple points of load. The sequencer operates from a 3.3-V supply and does not require external memory or a clock, to help reduce board space in a variety of equipment, including telecommunicati...

Texas Instruments has introduced a zero-drift, bi-directional current/power monitor integrated circuit with an I2C interface. Featuring highest accuracy and smallest size, the INA219 monitors the drop across a shunt resistor and senses the shunt supply voltage, while also calculating power. The device is available in a SOT23 package, offering a compact and cost-effective solution for digital current sensing for servers, notebook computers, power ...

Texas Instruments has introduced six 12- and 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with sampling rates as high as 250 MSPS (mega samples per second) to deliver a premium combination of wide signal bandwidth, high dynamic performance and low power consumption, enabling more efficient power amplifier linearization in digital pre-distortion (DPD) solutions, better range and sensitivity in radar and defense electronics and greater accuracy in hi...

Texas Instruments has introduced a highly integrated, cost-effective radio frequency (RF) range extender for 2.4-GHz wireless applications, such as ZigBee networks, wireless sensor networks and industrial, consumer and audio equipment. The CC2590 extends range up to eight times the line-of-sight by integrating a power amplifier for improved typical output power of +12 dBm and a low-noise amplifier for improved receiver sensitivity of +6 dB.

Texas Instruments has introduced a highly integrated, cost-effective radio frequency (RF) range extender for 2.4-GHz wireless applications, such as ZigBee networks, wireless sensor networks and industrial, consumer and audio equipment. The CC2590 extends range up to eight times the line-of-sight by integrating a power amplifier for improved typical output power of +12 dBm and a low-noise amplifier for improved receiver sensitivity of +6 dB.

Texas Instruments has introduced three new smart battery management integrated circuits that improve measurement and protection of multi-cell, lithium-based battery packs. The innovative controllers simplify design in multi-cell lithium-based rechargeable batteries used in uninterruptible power supplies and applications, such as cordless power tools, power-assisted bicycles, and portable medical and test equipment.

Texas Instruments has announced three devices that it says transcend traditional floating-point processors, enabling engineers to easily design more portable, connected, cost-efficient and high-precision end products. The three devices, based on TI’s new C674x DSP core, merge the inherent advantages of floating point with a combination of connectivity peripherals, low power and low cost that, until now, has only been available with fixed-po...

Texas Instruments has introduced a flexible four-channel video buffer that consumes 57 percent less power than its closest competitor. The new device also includes a power-down feature to lower system power consumption even more and help enable manufacturers to achieve ENERGY STAR compliance in set-top boxes (STBs) and personal and digital video recorders (PVRs and DVRs). The balance of ultra-low power and reduced space and cost also makes the am...

Texas Instruments has introduced a high-resolution (24-bit), high-speed (625kSPS) delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADS1672 features a unique combination of wide bandwidth, outstanding AC and DC performance, and a dual-path digital filter to give greater flexibility to designers of automated test equipment, test and measurement, medical instrumentation, vibration analysis and sonar/military equipment.

Texas Instruments has introduced two integrated analog front ends (AFEs) for handheld ultrasound systems. The newest members of TI’s AFE family for medical ultrasound, the industry-first 16-channel AFE5851 and the 8-channel AFE5801 bring breakthrough power efficiency and smaller footprint to support the new market for handheld ultrasound systems that can fit in a doctor’s pocket.

Texas Instruments has introduced three fully integrated power management and signal chain companion chips to support all system power requirements of an OMAP35x processor-based design. Combining leading power management circuits with TI’s low-power embedded processors results in optimized power and performance, leading to longer battery life and system run-time.

Texas Instruments has introduced what it says is the market’s first 16-bit, single-channel, 200 mega samples per second (MSPS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to provide faster speeds previously only available with lower resolution ADCs. The new data converters enable new levels of performance in communications, test and measurement, and defense applications. Evaluation modules (EVMs) simplify design and enable rapid evaluations of these ...

Texas Instruments and Ittiam Systems today announced a new feature rich customizable and scalable Internet Protocol (IP) video phone solution based on TI’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) and software, allowing equipment manufacturers who are building IP phones to introduce video phone products into their portfolio without costly redesigns. Leveraging TI’s existing Gigabit Ethernet IP phone platform with Telogy Software™ for VoIP, high-p...

Texas Instruments has introduced what it says is the industry’s highest accuracy digital-to-analog converter (DAC), which features 18-bit monotonic performance, ±2 LSB integral nonlinearity (INL), ±1 LSB differential nonlinearity (DNL). Delivered in a small QFN-24 package, the DAC9881 enables customers to increase system performance and simplify designs in precision industrial applications such as automatic test equipment, ins...

Texas Instruments has announced the first DOCSISR 3.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) data and video gateway product that supports eight downstream channels of DOCSIS and/or digital video supporting frequency anywhere within the spectrum. Based on a flexible and scalable architecture, TI Puma 5 DOCSIS 3.0 cable products enable OEMs Original Equipment Manufacturer) to develop products that provide an efficient migration path to f...

Texas Instruments has announced the availability of a new secure multi-purpose contactless chip designed for the growing closed-loop contactless micropayment, loyalty, ID and access application markets. TI’s ISO/IEC 14443 Type B chip called the RF-HCT-WRC5-KP221, (also available in module form), combines processing speed, advanced radio frequency (RF) performance and industry-standard security with a flexible and configurable memory that su...