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Rich Nowakowski
Apr 4, 2018
Why are there so many control modes for step-down DC/DC converters and controllers?
One of the questions I receive frequently is why there are so many control modes for step-down DC/DC converters and controllers. Whether hysteretic, voltage mode, current mode, constant on time or D-CAP™ mode control (and all of their derivatives), it seems a new one comes out just as we’ve gotten comfortable with the last one. A few...
Charles Wong1
Apr 3, 2018
Create a cost-effective boost power supply with true load-disconnect functionality
The fast-growing consumer electronics market brings opportunities as well as challenges for boost converters. The huge volume drives the market to be very cost-sensitive, so you will need to make trade-offs between solution cost and performance. The need for true load-disconnect functionality A boost converter does not have a native mechanism...
Art Kay
Apr 3, 2018
Are you cooking up a new circuit? We can help!
To accelerate the design process, we have developed something new call Analog Engineer’s Circuits. They are in a "recipe" format that includes step-by-step instructions, basic formulas, schematic diagrams and SPICE simulations. While each circuit is available as a standalone document, we’ve also compiled these “recipes”...
Think. Innovate. contributor
Apr 3, 2018
Flight crew helps students prepare for takeoff in aviation careers
(Please visit the site to view this video) The Huffaire Monoplane featured on the cover of Sports Aviation Magazine in 1969 was a pile of parts and pieces last year, tucked away in storage at an airport hangar classroom in North Texas.But high school...
Garrett Satterfield
Apr 2, 2018
How to HART-enable your analog input module
The Internet of things (IoT) has implications for Industry 4.0, motivating smart sensor transmitters and similarly capable programmable logic controller (PLC) analog input modules. A previous blog post illustrated how to achieve digital communication...
Issac Hsu
Mar 30, 2018
TI at the Auto Lamp Exhibition 2018 in Shanghai
TI exhibited the newest automotive exterior lighting solutions at the 13th Auto Lamp Industry Development Technical Forum and Fourth Shanghai International Auto Lamp Exhibition (ALE) on March 28-29 in Shanghai. ALE Shanghai is an annual automotive lamp show at which the top innovators and companies share the most updated technologies around automotive...
Clark Kinnaird
Mar 29, 2018
How many electric motors are in your car?
At the recent Motors & Drive Systems Conference, I discussed electric motor applications in automobiles. The U.K. and France have already set dates to outlaw internal combustion engines (ICE), with China also studying when to ban ICE vehicl...
Marcoo Z
Mar 28, 2018
Accurately measure vital signs with low Iq and a small form factor
These days, it feels like the “portable future” is right around the corner. Devices that used to be cumbersome and bulky have become light and portable. I saw this firsthand in personal electronics: cellphones were once heavy and slow; they’re now slim, fast and have an increasingly longer battery life. I’ve also witnessed...
NickSmith
Mar 28, 2018
Your microcontroller deserves a nap – designing “sleepy” wireless applications
Why does your microcontroller (MCU) deserve a nap? Much like humans, MCUs generally consume less energy while sleeping. Designing low-power connected applications is key to extending battery and product life and proliferating the widespread adoption...
Ahmad Bahai (TI)
Mar 27, 2018
Gallium nitride innovations promise to improve the efficiency and size of power-management systems
Imagine an electric-vehicle charger that gets you on the road twice as fast as chargers used today or a motor drive that takes half the space and offers more efficiency than current applications or a laptop computer power adapter that fits in your p...
Brett Colteaux
Mar 26, 2018
How to minimize time to market in your USB Type-C™ and USB Power Delivery designs
Many electronic system designers are interested in implementing USB Type-C™ and USB Power Delivery (PD) while getting their products to market as quickly as possible. Most USB Type-C applications require a microcontroller (MCU) because of the need for firmware configuration via the I 2 C, Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and/or Universal Asynchronous...
Michael Firth
Mar 26, 2018
Understanding the importance of color saturation and color gamut in augmented reality head-up displays
DLP® technology is gaining popularity in automotive applications such as augmented reality (AR) head-up displays (HUDs) and one of the primary reasons is the bright, vivid colors that it can deliver. To better understand how color plays a role in AR HUDs (like the one depicted in Figure 1), I would like to introduce the concepts of color saturation...
Keegan@TI
Mar 26, 2018
Catch your breath: Which is a better occupancy detector – mmWave or PIR?
Let’s start with what might be an all-too-familiar scenario. You find yourself working late and alone; maybe you’re typing out some last emails for the evening or crunching some numbers for an upcoming deadline. Suddenly, the lights in your “smart office” turn off, and you find yourself standing up and waving your arms so that...
Alon Srednizki
Mar 21, 2018
When new meets old – adding AT command support to SimpleLink Wi-Fi MCUs
If I were to ask you when the Internet of Things (IoT) was born, you’d probably say sometime in the last decade. It’s important to remember, though, that connected devices have been with us for over a half a century. Back in 1981, Hayes C...
Allison Walker
Mar 21, 2018
The value of a charger IC over a discrete solution for vacuum robots
As technology continues to boom, interconnectivity between devices enables the rapid growth of automated homes. The development of the vacuum robot came about as a result of the convenience of manipulating home equipment through wireless connecti...
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