In our modern world, motors are used in many products, such as power tools, e-bike, e-car, industrial robot, and more. BLDC (brushless DC) and PMSM (permanent-magnet synchronous motor) motors in particular provide advantages in terms of high efficiency, low noise and long life. For the control method of the BLDC or PMSM, field-oriented control (FOC) algorithms are used in many applications where the motor needs to run smoothly with high efficienc...

Applications such as Hot-swap where Power FET is operated in saturation region under high stress, FET safe operating area (SOA) is a major concern for system designers. Designers need to study the FET SOA curve available in the manufacturers data sheet and determine if the FET can handle the power stress without undergoing damage. This application report covers the significance of FET SOA, how the manufacturers derive SOA plot, and how the hot-sw...

Texas Instruments has announced a new SimpleLink family of Wi-Fi 6 companion integrated circuits (ICs) to help designers implement highly reliable, secure, and efficient Wi-Fi connections at an affordable price for applications that operate in high-density or high-temperature environments up to 105ºC.

There are many different types of process inputs in the world of process control. Including temperature, humidity, flow, level, and pressure. These process inputs need to be measured by sensors that can convert measurements into suitable signal formats (either analog or digital), and then transmit those signals through a transmitter to a receiver, which interprets the signal and makes a control decision.

Microcontrollers (MCUs) in embedded systems are the equivalent of air traffic control in a busy airport. MCUs sense their operating environment, take actions based on those observations, and communicate with related systems. They manage and control signals in an almost endless list of electronics, from digital thermometers to smoke detectors to heating, ventilation and air-conditioning motors.

A lack of precise motion control could result in the elevator stopping at misaligned positions versus building floors, causing those inside to feel dizzy or unsafe. Robotics, computer numerical control machines and factory automation equipment all require precise position control (and in many cases precise speed control) from their servo drives in order to manufacture products correctly and maintain workflows.

By delivering continuous innovation in battery management systems, we empower automakers to design BMS architectures for new and emerging battery chemistries that help make EVs safer and more affordable.

The careful design of traction inverters for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) can help enable faster motor speeds, higher efficiency and a smaller system size while maintaining power density. New technologies allow automakers to create the vehicle of the future with longer range and optimum performance.

MSPM0G150x microcontrollers (MCUs) are part of the MSP highly integrated, ultra-low-power 32-bit MCU family based on the enhanced Arm Cortex-M0+ 32-bit core platform operating at up to 80-MHz frequency. These cost-optimized MCUs offer high-performance analog peripheral integration, support extended temperature ranges from -40°C to 125°C, and operate with supply voltages ranging from 1.62 V to 3.6 V.

MSPM0G150x microcontrollers (MCUs) are part of the MSP highly integrated, ultra-low-power 32-bit MCU family based on the enhanced Arm Cortex-M0+ 32-bit core platform operating at up to 80-MHz frequency. These cost-optimized MCUs offer high-performance analog peripheral integration, support extended temperature ranges from -40°C to 125°C, and operate with supply voltages ranging from 1.62 V to 3.6 V.

MSPM0G150x microcontrollers (MCUs) are part of the MSP highly integrated, ultra-low-power 32-bit MCU family based on the enhanced Arm Cortex-M0+ 32-bit core platform operating at up to 80-MHz frequency. These cost-optimized MCUs offer high-performance analog peripheral integration, support extended temperature ranges from -40°C to 125°C, and operate with supply voltages ranging from 1.62 V to 3.6 V.

MSPM0G110x microcontrollers (MCUs) are part of the MSP highly-integrated, ultra-low-power 32-bit MCU family based on the enhanced Arm Cortex-M0+ 32-bit core platform operating at up to 80-MHz frequency. These cost-optimized MCUs offer high-performance analog peripheral integration, support extended temperature ranges from -40°C to 105°C, and operate with supply voltages ranging from 1.62 V to 3.6 V.

The TPSF12C3-Q1 is an active filter IC designed to reduce common-mode (CM) electromagnetic interference (EMI) in three-phase AC power systems. The active EMI filter (AEF) configured with voltage sense and current inject (VSCI) uses a capacitive multiplier circuit to emulate the Y-capacitors in a conventional passive filter design. The device senses the high-frequency noise on each power line using a set of sense capacitors and injects noise-canc...

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LED-based lighting is increasingly popular in automotive applications like headlights and rear lights. These applications use a LED driver circuit, with the goal to maintain constant current.

The THVD1424 is a flexible RS-485 transceiver for industrial applications. The device has features such as on-chip 120-Ω termination resistor, slew rate control and interchangeability between half and full duplex mode. All the features are pin-controlled. This enables the device to be used at any node location (end nodes or middle nodes) in any network, two-wire (half duplex) or 4-wire (full duplex), slow or fast. End-equipment designers ca...

MSPM0G110x microcontrollers (MCUs) are part of the MSP highly-integrated, ultra-low-power 32-bit MCU family based on the enhanced Arm Cortex-M0+ 32-bit core platform operating at up to 80-MHz frequency. These cost-optimized MCUs offer high-performance analog peripheral integration, support extended temperature ranges from -40°C to 105°C, and operate with supply voltages ranging from 1.62 V to 3.6 V.

Our scalable portfolio of Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontrollers have pin-to-pin compatible options to match your memory, analog and computing requirements, enabling you to reduce costs at both the component and system level without compromising performance and flexibility. Get started quickly with intuitive and user-friendly design resources, including graphical tools that streamline device configuration. 

With vehicle electrification on the rise, there is a business need to replace electro-mechanical devices in automotive designs. Many interaction points in a vehicle require some kind of button, dial, or switch to register user input. These interaction points can be designed under a variety of new technological implementations that allow more design freedom than the traditional electro-mechanical applications. This paper will discuss different HMI...