Texas Instruments has introduced a family of flexible three-channel integrated video buffers optimized for consumer video applications where performance, space savings and lower system cost are required. The family supports HDTV, SDTV and a variety of digital media processors, such as TI’s DaVinci processors. The amplifiers incorporate a fifth-order Butterworth filter, which can be used as an encoder’s digital-to-analog converter (DAC...

Texas Instruments has announced a tool for designing embedded systems that combines ultra-low-power MSP430 microcontrollers with wireless communications. At the low cost of $49, TI’s new eZ430-RF2500 development tool, packaged in a convenient USB stick form factor, offers two radio frequency -enabled microcontroller target boards and a PC debugging interface that may be used to develop stand-alone wireless projects. Developers will now find...

Texas Instruments has announced a tool for designing embedded systems that combines ultra-low-power MSP430 microcontrollers with wireless communications. At the low cost of $49, TI’s new eZ430-RF2500 development tool, packaged in a convenient USB stick form factor, offers two radio frequency -enabled microcontroller target boards and a PC debugging interface that may be used to develop stand-alone wireless projects. Developers will now find i...

Texas Instruments has announced the release of the SimpliciTI network protocol, a proprietary low-power radio frequency protocol targeting simple, small RF networks (less than 100 nodes). SimpliciTI network protocol was designed for easy implementation with minimal microcontroller resource requirements. The protocol runs out-of-the-box on TI’s MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontrollers and CC110x/CC2500 RF transceivers. The next release of Simpli...

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced a monolithic, filter-free, Class-D audio power amplifier with an integrated boost converter, which provides constant output power for portable applications such as personal navigation devices, PDAs, mobile phones, portable media players and handheld gaming devices. The combination of the 2.7-Watt (W) Class-D amplifier and integrated boost converter provides 85 percent overall efficiency, with l...

Texas Instruments and Thomson are working together to create inventive products for digital video customers based on TI’s DaVinci technology and Thomson’s leading expertise in digital video technologies. This is perfectly illustrated in the WiFi Tablet, launched by Thomson in March of this year, which brings more flexibility and advanced features to the video market. By leveraging the flexibility of TI’s DaVinci technology, Thom...

Texas Instruments has introduced today a family of battery charger front-end integrated circuits, which dramatically increases protection when charging a cell phone or other portable electronic device. The 2 mm x 2 mm safety circuits protect a system from input over-voltage, over-current and battery over-voltage conditions, which may result from a power spike during charging, or a defective or incorrect wall adapter.

Driving the market growth for next-generation, portable, high-definition (HD) video products, Texas Instruments today announced the availability of a new DaVinci processor with ARM host control and complete development tools. At a price of less than $10, the new TMS320DM355 digital media processor provides HD video performance and double the battery life of today's HD products.

Texas Instruments Incorporated and Arrow Electronics will present a live Analog eLab Webcast for designers titled “Improved Voltage Reference Circuits Maximize Converter Performance” on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. CDT (18:00 hrs CET). The webcast will highlight how reference accuracy is a major factor in the overall accuracy of the data conversion. During the webcast, TI analog expert Bill Klein, P.E., and eLab panelists Mir...

Building on the success of its popular power design seminars, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced the schedule for its 2007 Portable Power Design Seminar series. Leading TI power management experts will conduct the one-day seminar in 5 cities in Europe, starting in December.

Texas Instruments has introduced what is said to be the industry’s lowest power zero-crossover operational amplifier. Featuring a unique single-input-stage architecture, the OPA369 achieves rail-to-rail performance without input crossover to solve the common design problem of input offset distortion due to the change in common mode voltage that is very prominent in low-voltage, rail-to-rail applications. Combined with 1µA quiescent cu...

Texas Instruments today introduced two new video switches for digital video interface (DVI) or high definition multimedia interface (HDMI). The new devices connect either two or three digital video signals coming from devices such as game consoles, digital video switch boxes, set-top boxes or DVD players to a single HDTV display.

Building on its commitment to provide semiconductor solutions to fast growing markets, Texas Instruments has announced that it has opened a new Customer Support Center and representative office in Prague (Czech Republic), adding to existing recently established offices in Warsaw, Moscow and Istanbul and providing new levels of support to Eastern European markets by extending its local customer service. TI also now offers a toll-free number for it...

Texas Instruments has announced that it has acquired Integrated Circuit Designs, Inc. (ICD), a privately-held company that specializes in the design of radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs). Combining ICD’s design expertise with TI's extensive high-performance analog and low-power microcontroller product portfolio will enhance TI’s ability to provide industry-leading low-power RF solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer appl...

Texas Instruments has introduced a sub-1GHz RF transceiver featuring low-power consumption, high integration and excellent RF performance. The CC1101 targets low-power wireless applications in alarm and security, automatic meter reading, industrial monitoring and control, and home and building automation. The CC1101 is an improved performance, code-compatible version of TI’s successful CC1100 sub-1GHz RF transceiver.

Texas Instruments has introduced a sub-1GHz RF transceiver featuring low-power consumption, high integration and excellent RF performance. The CC1101 targets low-power wireless applications in alarm and security, automatic meter reading, industrial monitoring and control, and home and building automation. The CC1101 is an improved performance, code-compatible version of TI’s successful CC1100 sub-1GHz RF transceiver.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a 3ppm/C (max) temperature drift, high accuracy, low cost, CMOS voltage reference family with high output current. The REF50xx features accuracy and system performance levels previously found only in costly buried zener technologies. Although designed for next-generation industrial process control, the REF50xx is also a good fit for a wide range of applications including medical instrumentation, pre...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry's fastest monolithic 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) at 400 mega samples per second (MSPS). The new ADC provides unmatched performance of 11.1 effective number of bits (ENOB) at this speed, enabling high-bandwidth applications such as test and measurement instrumentation, software-defined radio, radar systems and communication instrumentation that were previously confined to le...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a single-supply operational amplifier with e-Trim™ precision and very low noise. The OPA376 combines low offset voltage of 25uA (max) and wide bandwidth of 5.5MHz in micro-packages. In addition, the device offers low noise density of 7.5nV/sq rt Hz and quiescent current of 950uA (max). These attributes provide a balance of parameters required to meet both AC and DC specifications for filtering...

Texas Instruments has introduced its smallest 2.25-MHz high-performance, step-down DC/DC converters, which support low-power DSPs and microcontroller-based portable electronics. Extending battery life in Bluetooth headsets, cell phones and other Li-Ion battery-powered applications, the high-performance converters save valuable board space.