This reference design demonstrates the use of the AWR1642, single-chip mmWave sensor with integrated DSP, as a Vehicle Occupant Detection Sensor enabling the detection of life forms in a vehicle. This design provides a reference processing chain which runs on the C674x DSP, enabling the generation of a heat map to detect life forms in a Field of View (FOV) of ±60°. 

The CC1352R device from Texas Instruments is a multiprotocol and multi-band Sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz wireless microcontroller (MCU) targeting Thread, Zigbee, Bluetooth 5 Low Energy, IEEE 802.15.4g, IPv6-enabled smart objects (6LoWPAN), proprietary systems, including the SimpleLink TI 15.4-Stack (Sub-1 GHz and 2.4 GHz), and concurrent multiprotocol through a Dynamic Multiprotocol Manager (DMM) driver.

Texas Instruments has introduced the new LaunchPad SensorTag kit. It offers integrated environmental and motion sensors, multi band wireless connectivity and easy-to-use software to help you prototype your next connected application.

The LM5146-Q1 100V synchronous buck controller from Texas Instruments regulates from a high input voltage source or from an input rail subject to high voltage transients, minimising the need for external surge suppression components. 

Industrial robots are typically placed in ‘caged’ environments; a human entering that environment stops robot movement for safety reasons. But limiting human/robot collaboration prevents the realisation of many benefits. Robots with autonomous capabilities would enable the safe and productive co-existence of humans and robots.

This video was created to show how automotive infotainment and cluster systems are facing different thermal challenges that can be solved with TI temperature sensors in order to achieve systems thermal safety. 

High speed digitisers, low noise clocking, high speed signal chain and low noise power are critical elements of high performance oscilloscopes. The integrated circuits and reference designs from Texas Instruments help you design high-speed and high-resolution next generation oscilloscopes.

The LM5180 from Texas Instruments is a primary-side regulated (PSR) flyback converter with high efficiency over a wide input voltage range of 4.5 to 65V. The isolated output voltage is sampled from the primary-side flyback voltage, eliminating the need for an optocoupler, voltage reference, or third winding from the transformer for output voltage regulation. 

This reference design from Texas Instruments is a three-phase inverter with a continuous power rating of 1.25kW at 50°C ambient and 550W at 85°C ambient for driving 200V AC servo motors. It features 600V LMG3411R150 Gallium Nitride (GaN) power modules with an integrated FET and gate driver mounted on an 1.95mm Insulated Metal Substrate (IMS) board for efficient heat dissipation.

The TPS7A02 from Texas Instruments is an ultra-small, ultra-low quiescent current low-dropout linear regulator (LDO) that can source 200mA with excellent transient performance. The TPS7A02, with an ultra-low IQ of 25 nA, is designed specifically for applications where very-low quiescent current is a critical parameter.

The BQ25618/619 from Texas Instruments integrates charge, boost converter and voltage protection in a single device. It offers the industry’s lowest termination current for switching chargers to charge wearable devices by full battery capacity. The BQ25618/619 best-in-class low quiescent current reduces battery leakage down to 6 uA in ship mode, which conserves battery energy to double the shelf life for the device. 

The OPA828 JFET from Texas Instruments is the next generation OPA627 and OPA827 operational amplifier (op amp), combining high speed with high DC precision and AC performance. This op amp supplies low-offset voltage (50 µV), low-drift over temperature (0.45 µV/°C typical), low bias current (1 pA typical), and low noise (4 nV/√Hz typical) with only 60-nVRMS 0.1- to 10-Hz noise. 

The RS-485 half-duplex evaluation module (EVM) helps designers evaluate device performance, supporting fast development and analysis of data-transmission systems using any of the SN65HVD1x, SN65HVD2x, SN65HVD7x, SN65HVD8x and SN65HVD96 half-duplex transceivers.

This reference design from Texas Instruments illustrates the fact that several spacecraft projects provide a system health status telemetry that ground personnel monitor in real time. This reference design shows an example using a digital output temperature sensor to acquire temperature data on a sub-system using a radiation hardened MSP430FR5969-SP microcontroller (MCU). 

The OPA462 device from Texas Instruments is an operational amplifier with high voltage (180V) and high current drive (30mA). It is unity-gain stable and has a gain-bandwidth product of 6.5MHz. The OPA462 is internally protected against overtemperature conditions and current overloads.

The IWR6843 from Texas Instruments is an integrated single chip mmWave sensor based on FMCW radar technology capable of operation in the 60-GHz to 64-GHz band. It is built with TI’s low power 45-nm RFCMOS process and enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor.

The DRV5011 device from Texas Instruments is a digital-latch Hall effect sensor designed for motors and other rotary systems. The device has an efficient low-voltage architecture that operates from 2.5 V to 5.5 V. The device is offered in standard SOT-23, and low-profile X2SON and DSBGA packages. The output is a push-pull driver that requires no pullup resistor, enabling more compact systems.

The TMP390 device from Texas Instruments is part of a family of ultra-low power, dual channel, resistor programmable temperature switches that enable protection and detection of system thermal events from –50°C to 130°C. The TMP390 offers independent overtemperature (hot) and undertemperature (cold) detection. 

The TLV900x family from Texas Instruments includes single (TLV9001), dual (TLV9002), and quad-channel (TLV9004) low-voltage (1.8 to 5.5V) operational amplifiers (op amps) with rail-to-rail input and output swing capabilities. These op amps provide a cost-effective solution for space-constrained applications such as small appliances where low-voltage operation and high capacitive-load drive are required. 

The PRU is a scalar processor, processing each instruction sequentially. With the exception of memory read instructions, all PRU instructions execute in a single cycle. However, the execution time of PRU read instructions varies based on memory access latencies.