Power House

  • A major update of TINA-TI is now available for download. Version 9.1 includes new features requested by you, including 565 TI models. This version of TINA TI offers: Up to 5X speed increases over version 7.0 making power design and simulation...
  • How many times have you plugged a nearly dead phone into a charger only to get the message, “charging not supported with this accessory,” or something to that effect? What’s wrong? The connectors all fit. The USB cable works...
  • Let's talk about it! The Engineer It videos from Texas Instruments are instructional, how-to videos on a variety of technical topics. We've devoted this space to talk about a series of Engineer It videos devoted to testing power supplies. The four...
  • Watch George Lakkas discuss TI's bqTESLA contactless charging evaluation kit at APEC. The kit features Fulton innovation technology. The kit is a high performance, easy-to-use development kit for the design of contactless charging solutions. The evaluation...
  • As the TI power portfolio continues to expand, so does our popular Power Management Guide. We're up to 96 pages... full of new portable and line power solutions aimed at emerging and specific power design areas. Download your copy at www.ti.com/powerguide...
  • Power Optimizers have been introduced to the photovoltaic (PV) market in the past few years and proven that there is a viable market for distributed electronics in PV systems. As of early 2012, more than one million power optimizers from various manufacturers...
  • The industry debate on “if LEDs will be used for real world lighting applications” is over. The answer is an undeniable “Yes”. The debate has shifted to “when”. When will LED based light bulb replacements be affordable...
  • It’s so great to see more and more news coverage and blog posts related to wireless power, ranging from new phones, portable electronics and charging pads to new flavors of wireless charging technology. Adoption is happening, and TI continues to...
  • Sami Kiriaki, senior vice president of TI's Power Management business, sits down with Cliff Keys, editor of Power Systems Design magazine, at the Applied Power Electronics Conference 2011 on March 9 to discuss how TI meets demanding power requirements...
  • Since 2008, Robert Kollman, Senior Applications Manager and Distinguished Member of the Texas Instruments Technical Staff, has written a series of short technical articles on EE Times that cover all the facets of power management you want to know about...